Stories
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A virtual view of history
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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Yoga adapts to time and place
A yoga teacher in 1930s India inspired today’s transnational practice with his spectacular fusion of tradition and innovation.
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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India
Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Oral history of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. and Burroughs Wellcome Company: business
Date: 2001-2003Reference: WF/M/AV/O/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Audio
The history of legal medicine in Britain and Europe.
Date: 9-11 April, 1987- Books
A guide to historical institutes, history departments, archives and museums in the Czech Republic / The Czech National Committee of Historians for the participants of the 19th International Congress of Historical Sciences, Oslo 2000 ; [compiled by Petr Svobodný ; translated from the Czech by Derek Paton and Todd Hammond].
Date: 2000- Books
Crétins and idiots : a short account of the progress of the institutes for their relief and cure / R.T.
T. RDate: 1976- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Institut de France - Academie des Sciences - Seance Solennelle
Date: 1997Reference: SB/4/1/316Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection