Stories
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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The relationship between science and art
Often seen as opposites, science and art both depend on observation and synthesis.
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Finding a cure for homesickness
While technology can mitigate some aspects of homesickness, other components of home are harder to replicate. Find out how 21st-century studies are helping homesickness sufferers find silver linings in their new situation.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
50 years of Section J [British Association for the Advancement of Science], Programmes
Date: 1968-1971Reference: PSY/KEN/9/3/6Part of: Kenna, John Corbett- Archives and manuscripts
The Chain of Discovery: Presidential Address, Section D, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Sep 1970
Date: 1970Reference: PP/HBF/E.17/9Part of: Fell, Dame Honor Bridget (1900-1986)- Books
The Management of Science : proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Sheffield, 1989 / edited by Douglas Hague.
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Section F (Economics)Date: 1990- Books
Reforming health care systems : experiments with the NHS : proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Loughborough, 1994 / edited by A.J. Culyer and Adam Wagstaff.
Date: 1996- Books
The President's address and the sectional addresses : British Association for the Advancement of Science, Manchester Meeting, 1887.
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (1887 : Manchester, England)Date: [1887?]