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 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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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.
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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
- Ephemera
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Received... / British Association for the Advancement of Science.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.Date: 1908- Journals
Annual report / British Association for the Advancement of Science.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.- Books
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Introductory address delivered before the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art / by Henry W. Acland.
Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900.Date: 1880- Ephemera
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Annual science exhibition / American Association for the Advancement of Science and associated societies.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.Date: 1934- Books
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Introductory address delivered before the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art / by Henry W. Acland.
Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900.Date: 1880