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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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A history of mindfulness

Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.

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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India

Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.

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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.

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  • Studies in the history and method of science
  • Studies in the history and method of science
  • NCUACS : National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists under the guidance of the Royal Society's National Committee for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology : with compliments.
  • The expert witness : and the applications of science and of art to human identification, criminal investigation, civil actions & history / by C. Ainsworth Mitchell.
  • The expert witness : and the applications of science and of art to human identification, criminal investigation, civil actions & history / by C. Ainsworth Mitchell.
  • The expert witness : and the applications of science and of art to human identification, criminal investigation, civil actions & history / by C. Ainsworth Mitchell.
  • The expert witness : and the applications of science and of art to human identification, criminal investigation, civil actions & history / by C. Ainsworth Mitchell.
  • The expert witness : and the applications of science and of art to human identification, criminal investigation, civil actions & history / by C. Ainsworth Mitchell.
  • The expert witness : and the applications of science and of art to human identification, criminal investigation, civil actions & history / by C. Ainsworth Mitchell.
  • A lecture introductory to the theory and practice of midwifery : including the history, nature and tendency of that science, with a view of its several branches, and a proper means of attaining a perfect knowledge of the whole together with animadversions on the qualification and deportment of an accoucheur publicly delivered the 4th of October, 1773 / by John Leake.
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