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In the fifth and final session of this Roundtable course, we show how racial bias is built into medical instruments and introduce the medical students and doctors working to change it.
In the fourth session of this Roundtable course, we explore how faulty beliefs about race biology influence American medicine.
In the third session of this Roundtable course, we discuss the ethical treatment of human remains and how this practice, when done correctly, is imperative to our understanding of the past.
In the second session of this Roundtable course, we cover the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, from the perspective of the free Black community tasked with saving the city.
In the first session of this five-part Roundtable course, we trace the origins of race science to the Enlightenment in Europe.
The prestigious award will be presented by the Science History Institute and the Founders Club on March 25, 2024, during AFPM’s International Petrochemical Conference in San Antonio.
Explore the materials that impact your world at a day of free, hands-on science and engineering fun for all ages!
The latest exhibition from our A Closer Read series examines distilling, café culture, and the science of flavor during the Enlightenment.
Highlighting the work of 20th-century female scientists in our library collection.
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Desperate women, mistreated by the 19th century’s medical establishment, risked black-market remedies and the wrath of Anthony Comstock’s moralizing thugs.
From Rachel Carson to ACT UP, explore how scientists and activists have shaped discovery and created change.
This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.
This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.
Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.
Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.
In this Roundtable course, the Institute’s Roger Turner will show what an ordinary shopping bag reveals about the science and politics of plastic.
On the goals and utilities of museum handling collections.
In this Roundtable course, the Institute’s Roger Turner will explore the hidden history of our most visible science.
Segregated lives of privilege, pride, and peril on Firestone’s Liberian plantations.
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!