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MIT Professor Paula Hammond, TIAX Founder Kenan Sahin, and Scripps CEO Peter Schultz to Receive 2024 Science History Institute Awards

Othmer Gold Medal, Bolte Award, and AIC Gold Medal will be presented on May 8 in Philadelphia.

Greenbacks, Chits, and Scrip

Alternative currencies flourish in desperate times and situations.

Chasing the Clues in Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts

The tricks and tools book sleuths use to date the undated.

How Asbestos Fell from Grace

Before we knew it was deadly, this “wonder material” saved lives and remade the world.

Hatching a Legend

Audubon and the Bird of Washington.

Human Photosynthesis

Cod liver oil was an unpopular cure for rickets due to its nasty taste. Then scientists discovered a far simpler cure: going outside.

Fats, Butter, Beef, and Lard

This outdoor exhibition explores the battle between butter and oleomargarine in the late 19th century.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

By building connections between disciplines, the British-born astronomer transformed 20th-century understanding of stellar chemistry.

Writing Lives in the History of Science

Our latest rare book exhibition sheds light on the personalities and projects of scientific biographers.

Darwin’s Self-Proclaimed ‘Stupidest’ Child

Charles Darwin’s work was misused by social Darwinists to justify inequality—work that received significant support from a surprising source: his own son.

Sesame Plots

Diaspora in twenty-one openings.

The Birds and the Bees and the Frogs

In the mid-1900s, the science of pregnancy prediction had a surprising helper: the Xenopus frog.

Eizi Matuda

The Japanese Mexican botanist made extensive collections of Central and South American plants, aroids and cacti in particular.

The Battle Over the Cause of Down Syndrome

A breakthrough proved that people with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome; it also led to a battle with a would-be saint that raises questions about how scientists determine who gets credit.

Othmer Library Tour