News and Press

BBC: Institute President David Cole Remembers Inventor Bob Gore The GORE-TEX inventor passed away on September 17, 2020.

Science History Institute Mourns Loss of Bob Gore The award-winning scientist and engineer, best known as the inventor of GORE-TEX, was a longtime member of the Institute’s board of overseers.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Readers Rapidly Identify Renowned Scientist A crowdsourcing campaign on social media results in identification of a previously unnamed female scientist in photo from 1940s.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Anonymous Too Long—STL Women Shorted on Credit for Scientific Work The Institute’s social media editor interviewed about campaign to identify unnamed women scientists in photo.

Condé Nast Traveler: 15 Best Museums in Philadelphia The Science History Institute is featured on the travel magazine’s list of Philly’s top museums for the second year in a row.

New York Times: Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table? The Institute’s Brigitte Van Tiggelen is quoted in this article on Mendeleev’s chart and the variations proposed in the 150 years since.

Archive Smuggled from Nazi-Era Germany Is Acquired by the Science History Institute The collection of Jewish German chemist Georg Bredig documents the early pioneers of physical chemistry in Europe and the struggles of Jews trying to escape the Nazis.