Stories
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The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
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Being trans in the world of sex work
Unstable. Predatory. Risk takers. Dr Adrienne Macartney sheds stark light on the hostile and negative assumptions faced by trans sex workers.
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
Catalogue
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A catalogue of books printed before 1641 in the Science Museum Library / compiled by Judit Brody ; subject index compiled by Judith Field and Judit Brody.
Science Museum (Great Britain). Library.Date: 1979- Books
18th century nosology : some writings on the systematic classification of diseases published 1731-1800.
Science Museum (Great Britain). Library.Date: 1977- Books
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A seasonable check to the fury of an unfledg'd minister of the Gospel. In a letter to the Reverend Mr. T- - - - - - - A very young Glóstershire Clergyman. Written by Mr. J- - - - - - - - A very young Wiltshire Layman. Occasion'd by the former's falsly charging the latter with Atheism. In which are interspers'd some Observations on Atheism and Superstition, together with a Hint or two to the Professors of Christianity in general.
J- - - - - - - -, Mr.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The philosophical history and memoirs of the Royal Academy of sciences at Paris: or, an abridgment of all the papers relating to natural philosophy, which have been publish'd by the members of that illustrious society, from the year 1699 to 1720. With many curious observations relating to the natural history and anatomy of animals, &c. Illustrated with copper-plates. The whole translated and abridged, by John Martyn, F.R.S. professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge; and Ephraim Chambers, F.R.S. Author of the Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. In five volumes.
Académie royale des sciences (France)Date: M.DCC.XLII. [1742]- Journals
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences, année ... avec les mémoires de mathématique & de physique, pour la même année : tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Date: 1706-