Stories
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Thunderbolts and lightning
Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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The sweet sound of synthetic speech
After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.
Catalogue
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Catalogue of books and papers relating to the history of electricity in the library of the Institute for Theoretical Electricity, Chalmers University of Technology / edited by Stig Ekelöf.
Date: 1964-1966- Books
Under the knife : a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations / Arnold van de Laar.
Laar, Arnold van deDate: 2018- Pictures
J.H. van Swinden demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society, Amsterdam. Engraving by R. Vinkeles after J. Kuyper and P.P. Barbiers.
Kuyper, Jacques, 1761-1808.Date: [1801]Reference: 181i- Books
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Observations on the history and treatment of cholera asphyxia, as it has appeared at Haddington, showing that is is not necessarily infectious : and including an account of the use of galvanism in the stage of collapse. With an appendix of cases / by Robert Lorimer and John Burton.
Date: 1832- Archives and manuscripts
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Birkbeck, T. B.
Birkbeck, T. B.Date: 1783-1802Reference: MS.1175