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Second Skin exhibit

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Marie Curie in her lab

Crowdfunding Radium

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Enrico Fermi Award presentation at the White House 1963

Diplomatic Studies of Science: The Interplay of Science, Technology, and International Affairs after the Second World War

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Institute President David Cole Delivers Talk on History of Inventions at Imagine Solutions Conference
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Hidden City Philadelphia: A Year in Ruins
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For the Sake of Science

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Parking Lot or Peking Lot?

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Interior of old German passportq

Science History Institute Receives CLIR Grant to Digitize Papers of Georg and Max Bredig
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Physician inoculates boy with smallpox vaccine aboard ship

Orphan Vaccines

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Science History Institute Launches Second Podcast Series
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Tales of Love and Madness from the Periodic Table

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Wendy Zukerman standing on stage holding microphone, wearing t-shirt that reads "science isn't here to make you feel better."

Predicting the Pandemic

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Downstream
Screenshot of David Cole interview with ABC7 Fort Myers

ABC7 Fort Myers: 19 Visionaries to Discuss Timely Topics at 2021 Imagine Solutions Conference
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Institute President David Cole to Speak at Imagine Solutions Conference 2021
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Heritage Day Awards

2021 Heritage Day Awards

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Image of microphone for podcast recording

Gettingsmart.com: 100 Podcasts You Should Check Out
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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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Man pulling on a white tube of polymer

Bob Gore’s Cozy Revolution

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The Applied Arts of Alchemy
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Cows in a barn

The Washington Post: The Idea of Herd Immunity to Manage the Coronavirus Should Ring Alarm Bells
Media Coverage
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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A nurse in a mask

Between Us and Catastrophe
Museum
Photo of Miss Universe host and models standing next to skylab space junk.

Space Junk

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illustration of astronaut

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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Photo of FDR in a wheelchair

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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Woman at lab with instrument

A Seat at the Table

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Alnylam CEO John Maraganore

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
Press Release
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Interview with Katrine Bosley

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Seated man holding brush, peering into microscope

Hashime Murayama and the Art of Saving Lives

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William Haseltine on a stage

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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Michael Somogyi and Unidentified Women in Laboratory

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Readers Rapidly Identify Renowned Scientist
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Susan Weiss headshot

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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Michael Somogyi and Unidentified Women in Laboratory

Massive Science: Can You Help Identify Unnamed Women Scientists of the Past?
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Photo from 1918 showing Philadelphia streetcar with sign reading "Spit spreads death"

Spit Spreads Death

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Image of the Johnny Horizon environmental test kit

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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Edison wax cylinder phonograph

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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Science History Institute Museum

Condé Nast Traveler: 15 Best Museums in Philadelphia
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Distilled #11: A 16th-Century Pop-Up Book

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Museum display of alchemical objects

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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Monsanto Hall of Chemistry pamphlet cover

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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Man in profile in front of wall chart

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

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References for Activists
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References for Stewards
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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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Producers Case Study
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Materials Scientist
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Environmental Engineer
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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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