Stories
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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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Good animals, bad humans?
Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.
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Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
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Virtual reality and the fix of the future
Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.
Catalogue
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco: the pavilions and setting of the exposition. Coloured process prints, 1915.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)Date: 1915Reference: 37409i- Pictures
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Spa, Belgium: bird's eye view from the north-east. Etching by H.J. Godin after A. Le Loup.
Le Loup, Antoine, 1730-1802.Date: 1782Reference: 22823i- Pictures
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A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12151iPart of: Bird's-eye views of modern society- Pictures
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A popular acrobatics performance. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12152iPart of: Bird's-eye views of modern society- Pictures
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A popular and fashionable centre devoted to the arts and sciences. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12158iPart of: Bird's-eye views of modern society