Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
Catalogue
- Books
Rooted in the earth, rooted in the sky : Hildegard of Bingen and premodern medicine / Victoria Sweet.
Sweet, Victoria.Date: 2006- Books
Astronomy and empire in the ancient Andes : the cultural origins of Inca sky watching / Brian S. Bauer and David S.P. Dearborn.
Bauer, Brian S.Date: [1995]- Books
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed / Jared Diamond.
Diamond, Jared M.Date: 2005- Ephemera
Superstition Sam Charm (with brooch pin)
Varanda, Joana- Pictures
A man riding on a horse which is pulling a wagon loaded with masonry, while another man attempts to keep the wagon steady. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 29903i