The Dual Legacies of Henry Moseley

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After transforming the periodic table should the promising young scientist have been allowed to fight in World War I?
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Travels through Science

Friday, April 10 | 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Join us online for a short talk and Q&A about 19th-century English naturalists who wrote about their scientific adventures in travelogues.
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Women in Science


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Forgery and Early Modern Science

Wednesday, April 22 | 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Join us online for a Lunchtime Lecture with Columbia University research associate Hiro Hirai, who will present “The Case of Pseudo-Paracelsus.”
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