Stories
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How stories bring us together
Elif Shafak considers how hard it is to be heard in our divided world, but how listening can nurture wisdom, connection and empathy.
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Equality in genetics
Genetic counsellor Sasha Henriques harnessed her energy and resolve to tackle the racial biases she saw in her profession – with positive and promising results.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
Catalogue
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Globes at Greenwich : a catalogue of the globes and armillary spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich / Elly Dekker ; with contributions from Silke Ackermann [and others] ; edited by Kristen Lippincott, Pieter van der Merwe, and Maria Blyzinsky.
Dekker, Elly.Date: 1999- Books
Globesity : a planet out of control? / Francis Delpeuch [and others].
Date: 2009- Books
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Syllabus of a course of lectures, on natural and experimental philosophy. Viz. Astronomy, Use of the Globes, Pneumatics, Electricity, Magnetism, Chymistry, Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Engineering Fortification Optics, &c. By A. Walker.
Walker, A. (Adam), 1730 or 1731-1821.Date: 1771- Books
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Syllabus of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, Viz. Astronomy, Use of the Globes, Pneumatics, Electricity, Magnetism, Chemistry, Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Engineering, Fortification, Optics, &c. by A. Walker.
Walker, A. (Adam), 1730 or 1731-1821.Date: 1772- Books
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The description and use of both the globes, the armillary sphere, and orrery, exemplified in a large variety of problems in astronomy, geography, dialling, &c. Carefully selected from the late Messrs. Martin, Ferguson, and other Eminent Men, that have wrote on those Subjects. Also, A New Construction of the Hour Circle on the Globes, and Semi-Circle of Illumination or Solar Horizon, and other Improvements on the Globes and Orrery. To which is added, A Short Account of the Solar System, By G. Wright. The whole illustrated by a variety of copper plate figures.
Wright, Gabriel.Date: [1783]