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For thousands of years, we’ve colored our clothes, our bodies, and our environments, to express our culture, our beliefs, and our traditions.
How popular narratives of the atomic age obscure the bomb’s first victims.
What book bindings teach us about readers of the past.
What can a railroad construction foreman’s devastating skull injury teach us about the brain’s ability to heal?
People love to retro-diagnose historical figures, even when it’s nearly impossible.
Othmer Gold Medal, Bolte Award, and AIC Gold Medal winners honored for outstanding achievements during Institute’s annual Curious Histories Fest on June 10.
A scientific mystery straight out of an Agatha Christie novel.
In medicine, going rogue is never a good idea.
Learn how Center for Oral History staff are working to shed light on the experiences of immigrant scientists.
How paranoia doomed a nuclear patent lawyer.
Can you really collapse and wake up speaking a totally new language?
French authorities thought uranium had been stolen for rogue atomic bombs. The truth was much more incredible.
The downside of using genetic genealogy to fight crime.
ReJoyce! The Science History Institute joins the Rosenbach for its annual Bloomsday celebration of James Joyce.
Kekulé famously “saw” carbon atoms joining in a “giddy dance” in a daydream. Couper invented a symbolic language to represent carbon linkage. Both made significant contributions to the field of structural chemistry.
Get answers to common questions about Beckman Center fellowships.
The Beckman Center offers a variety of short- and long-term fellowships as well as library travel grants.
Sam Kean examines the dark, restless side of the father of the atomic bomb.
You can read about what the Science History Institute is up to in the media.
Revisit the reputation of the renowned Renaissance man with host Sam Kean.
Learn about the application process for our fellowships and travel grants.
Funded by a CLIR grant, this project tells the story of the Bredig family’s struggle to survive the Holocaust.
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Small, focused displays that showcase specific collections, prototype new ideas, or respond to current events.
On scientists with a passion for Ping-Pong.
Learn more about our named fellowships, their recipients, and the people who made them possible.
Answers to all your questions about the Institute’s Center for Oral History.
The Beckman Center has hosted over 350 scholars from all parts of the world through its fellowships and programs.