Stories
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Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
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The eye of darshan
The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.
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The Martians are coming
For over a hundred years, antagonistic alien invaders have been a popular focus for the imagined end of the world. But the destructive consequences of human behaviour is far more frightening.
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To stop or stay on lithium
In the final part of her investigation into lithium, Laura Grace Simpkins faces a dilemma – should she put her own mental health or other people and the planet first?
Catalogue
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Telescopes, tides, and tactics : a Galilean dialogue about the Starry messenger and systems of the world / Stillman Drake.
Drake, Stillman.Date: [1983], ©1983- Books
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Practical observations on telescopes.
Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.Date: 1815- Digital Images
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Reflecting telescopes pre.1835
Thomas Morton- Digital Images
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Reflecting telescopes pre.1835
Thomas Morton- Pictures
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Astronomy: several telescopes and tripods. Engraving.
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