Stories
- Article
Bubbles of history
Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.
- Article
Navigating in a connected world
Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.
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Bringing Braille back to the modern world
For anyone who thinks Braille is so last century, read on. New tech is helping dust Braille down and bring it to today’s visually impaired people.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
Catalogue
- Books
World history of psychiatry / edited by John G. Howells.
Date: 1975- Books
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World history of warfare / Christon I. Archer, John R. Ferris, Holger H. Herwig, and Timothy H.E. Travers.
Date: [2002], ©2002- Books
World history / by Arthur E.R. Boak, Preston Slosson and Howard R. Anderson ; editor, William L. Langer.
Boak, Arthur E. R. (Arthur Edward Romilly), 1888-1962.Date: [1944]- Books
The world health report 2004 : changing history / World Health Organization.
World Health Organization.Date: [2004], ©2004- Books
World health and history / [William Hobson].
Hobson, Will.Date: 1963