Stories
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Tesla, quacks and violet rays
Imagine a device that can treat everything from baldness to gout. Too good to be true? Yes, and it was banned – but not before hundreds were hoodwinked.
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Identifying skin lightening agents in cosmetics
Could your moisturiser be damaging your health? If it contains skin-lightening agents, the answer is yes. But this is an area where consumers definitely do not have the upper hand.
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Death and our digital ghosts
When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
TS Note on Mating Probabilities
Date: c.1960sReference: PENROSE/2/45/3/5Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
US National Defense Research Committee Applied Mathematics Panel calculator for 'Small Target Bombing Probabilities'
Date: c.1942-1945Reference: GC/179/A.83Part of: Bates, John A.V., and the Ratio Club- Books
Darwin was wrong : a study in probabilities / I.L. Cohen.
Cohen, I. L., 1922-Date: [1984], ©1984- Books
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Natural philosophy. An essay on probabilities and their application to life contingencies and insurance offers by Augustus De Morgan.
De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871.Date: 1841- Books
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An essay on probabilities, and on their application to life contingencies and insurance offices / By Augustus De Morgan.
De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871.Date: 1838