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Devilry and doom in 1666

Disastrous events and a significant combination of numbers signalled the end – or perhaps a new beginning – in 1666. But for some, this feverish period fuelled unprecedented inventiveness and development.

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An animated almanac for the modern world

Discover why Thomas Coleman wanted to make a medieval folding almanac relevant to the modern world and see the film for yourself.

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What is air, and how do we know?

Watching bubbles in fermenting beer led 18th-century scientist Joseph Priestley to invent sparkling water – and to discover that different gases make up the air we breathe.

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What happy endings teach us in childhood

Kate Wilkinson explores why, in quest fiction, good must triumph over evil, and what that means both for childhood dreams and adult realities.

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  • Anderson's University, Glasgow; where David Livingstone studied medicine and theology. Lithograph.
  • Personifications of law, medicine and theology argue over the superiority of their respective professions. Engraving by GWHWHNM, ca. 1720.
  • A woman with a Bible resting on the clouds; representing theology. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.
  • Natural theology; or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity / Collected from the appearances of nature. By William Paley.
  • An allegory of theology with the catholic faction on the left, the protestant faction on the right. Engraving by J. von Keller after C.H. Hermann, E. Föerster and F.J.J. Götzenberger after C.H. Hermann.
  • Comitiali puero consilium bifariam de graeco in latinum conversum. Ejusdem libellus de parvae pilae exercitio / Gregorii Nazanzeni theologi oratio in apparitionem, sive natalitia Salvatoris. Interprete ... Valerio Centannio Vicentino.
  • A half-naked youth offers food to a snake coiled round a tree trunk. Engraving by C.-C. Bervic after J.-F.-L. Mérimée, 1798.
  • The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In six volumes. To which is prefixed the life of the author / [by T. Birch].
  • The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In six volumes. To which is prefixed the life of the author / [by T. Birch].
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
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