Science & Society

Plastic Wares Sales Display Featuring Dow Styron 1949

The Pulse: The Miracle and Menace of Plastic

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Science History Institute Receives $40K PHMC Grant

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Page from Isaac Newton’s copy of the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers’] Stone

Science History Institute Receives NEH/AHRC Grant

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Nurse Linda Ruggiero poses for portrait wearing face mask.

COVID’s Hidden Toll on Nurses

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Bob Gore’s Cozy Revolution

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A bearded, elderly alchemist in a fur-trimmed coat leans close over a tabletop experiment

The Applied Arts of Alchemy

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The Washington Post: The Idea of Herd Immunity to Manage the Coronavirus Should Ring Alarm Bells

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Philadelphia Nurse Sara Cohen in her Personal Protective Equipment

Between Us and Catastrophe

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Mask makers shown with a sewing machine and their dog

Science History Institute Debuts New Outdoor Exhibition

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Monsanto Hall of Chemistry pamphlet cover

Book of Abstracts

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Between Us and Catastrophe

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Space Junk

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Who Owns Outer Space?

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A man in a mine, wearing breathing apparatus and holding a lantern, finds asphyxiated miners. Wood engraving, ca. 1900.

The Alchemical Origins of Occupational Medicine

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Gabriela Serrato Marks doing fieldwork in a cave.

Bonus Episode: Interview with Gabriela Serrato Marks

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children learning geography in a classroom from 1921.

Science and Disability: Part 2

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Bonus Episode: Interview with Kim Nielsen

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Science and Disability: Part 1

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‘The Instrumental Chemist: The Incredible Curiosity of Arnold O. Beckman’ Released Nationwide on Video on Demand

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Engraving showing tableau of injected vessel and infant skeletons by Frederick Ruysch,

Collecting Monstrosity

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Interview with Magda Marquet

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Robert Langer working on a bed at home while wearing a mask

Interview with Robert Langer

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Science History Institute Receives COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL Grant

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Mark Stevenson of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Interview with Mark Stevenson

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Science History Institute and Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie Announce Winners of 2020 Franklin-Lavoisier Prize

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Michael Somogyi and Unidentified Women in Laboratory

BBC: The People Solving Mysteries during Lockdown

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A Seat at the Table

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Interview with John Maraganore

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Letter from Percy Julian to ACS president 1956

A Message from the Science History Institute about Black Lives Matter

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Interview with Katrine Bosley

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Hashime Murayama and the Art of Saving Lives

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Interview with William Haseltine

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Illustration of sirens on rocks with phonograph

The Inventions That Made Us Who We Are

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Interview with Susan Weiss

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David Allen Cole Named President and CEO of the Science History Institute

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Anonymous Too Long—STL Women Shorted on Credit for Scientific Work

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Photo of Susan Desmond-Hellmann at the Fortune Most Powerful Women

Interview with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

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Former Gilead CEO John C. Martin holds bottle of Truvada

Interview with John C. Martin

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Consultant to Medical Device Makers

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Massive Science: Can You Help Identify Unnamed Women Scientists of the Past?

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Spit Spreads Death

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Vox: 18 Fascinating Nonfiction Podcasts

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Philadelphia Magazine: Explore Philly from Your Couch with These Virtual Tours of Local Attractions

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Distilled #13: An Environmental Cowboy from the 1970s

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A Message from the Science History Institute about COVID-19

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Woman in laboratory at Hercules Hopewell plant

Women in Science

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Distilled #12: Edison’s Record Player

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Cuban postage stamp commemorating Pierre and Marie Curie’s discovery of radium

Philadelphia Inquirer: In Museums—Suffrage, Scandal, Sloths, and Rebellion

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Condé Nast Traveler: 15 Best Museums in Philadelphia

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Distilled #11: A 16th-Century Pop-Up Book

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CBS3: Science History Institute Blends History of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences

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Historical photo of Philadelphia's Fairmount Water Works

How Philadelphia’s Water Pollution Problems Shaped the City

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Best of Distillations 2019

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Rubella (German Measles) vaccination clinic in 1969

Roe v. Wade v. Rubella

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Pedagogy, Popularization, and the Public Understanding of Science

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Portait of Rohm and Haas worker George Trapp

Distilled #10: Fancy Portraits for Factory Workers

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The Transfermium Wars: Scientific Brawling and Name-Calling during the Cold War

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References for Activists

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Statement of Guiding Values

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Two brain scans: one seemingly healthy one and one afflicted by alzheimer's

The Alzheimer’s Copernicus Problem

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Owner of a Catalytic Converters Company

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Chief Sustainability Officer for a Major Automaker

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VP for a Defense Contractor

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CEO of a Wind Turbine Manufacturer

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VP for Environmental and Social Initiatives at a Consumer Electronics Maufacturer

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Goals and Recommendations

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Manufacturers Case Study

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Small-Business Chemical Entrepreneur

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Government Official Working to Stop Smuggling in China

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Chinese Supplier of Rare Earth Elements

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Assistant Manager of a Metal Mining Company in Brazil

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Director of an International Mining Company

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Director of Corporate Communications for an American Mining Corporation

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Goals and Recommendations

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Chart showing world production of rare earth oxides

Producers Case Study

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Materials Scientist

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Environmental Engineer

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Social Scientist

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Executive Director of a Wildlife-Focused Environmental Advocacy Organization

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President of a Market-Oriented Environmental Nongovernmental Organization

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Stewards Case Study

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Executive Director of a Prominent International Environmental Advocacy Organization

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Environmentalist with an American Climate-Change Organization

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Environmental Activist Based in Malaysia

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Environmental Activist Based in China

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Environmental Activist Based in Eastern California

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Spokesperson for an Indigenous Rights Organization in Brazil

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Activists Case Study

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Famous Inventor

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Ethical Consumer Journalist

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CEO of an Ethical Consumer Electronics Manufacturing Firm

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U.S. Defense Department Official

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Chief Merchandising Officer for a Large Electronics Retailer

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