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Peter Lederman headshot

Science History Institute Mourns Loss of Board Member Peter Lederman
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Monsanto Hall of Chemistry pamphlet cover

Pedagogy, Popularization, and the Public Understanding of Science
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Bredig Archive materials

Hamodia: A Golden Age Turned Black
Media Coverage
Science and Disability exhibition

DHA Blog: ExhibitLab at the Science History Institute
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Guide for Applicants
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500 Women Scientists at March for Science

AGU Blog: Why Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons Are Needed, and How We Can Help
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Panelists discuss rare earth elements

UCLA Daily Bruin: Panelists Discuss Challenges Caused by Use of Rare Earth Elements
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Science and Disability exhibition

NCPH Blog: Science and Disability Q&A
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New York Times: Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table?
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The Oprah Magazine: 20 Best History Podcasts That’ll Make You Rethink What You Learned in School
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Daniel Jon Mitchell headshot

Daniel Jon Mitchell

People
IUPAC Paris 2019 meeting logo

ChemistryViews: IUPAC 2019 in Paris
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Attendees gather at the monthly Wikisalon

The Conversation: On the Job with a Wikipedian in Residence
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Thank You
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Travel Grant Application
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Close-up view of valves, pipes, and fittings

Whose Knowledge Counts? Scientists with Cognitive Differences

Distillations Article
Science history photo collage

Love, Hate, and Sex from the History of Science

Distillations Podcast
Photo illustration of woman with migraine

Sex(ism), Drugs, and Migraines

Distillations Podcast
Jennifer Doudna gives the 2018 Ullyot Lecture

Book Club: Cracking Creation with Jennifer Doudna

Distillations Article
Lab mouse in red Harvard sweater/bowtie

The Mouse That Changed Science

Distillations Podcast
Close up of Johannes de Sacrobosco’s astronomy textbook, De Sphaera Mundi (On the Sphere of the World).

Distilled #6: A 17th-Century (Interactive!) Astronomy Textbook

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Photo illustration of poppy flowers and opioid addict

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

Distillations Podcast
Photo illustration of poppy flowers and meeting chairs

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

Distillations Podcast
Photo illustration of poppy flowers and prison-hospital for addicts

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction

Distillations Podcast
Woman irritated by smog in LA in the 1950s

Fighting Smog in Los Angeles

Distillations Podcast
Man walking in forest of fall leaves

Whatever Happened to Acid Rain?

Distillations Podcast
Woman and penguins in Antarctica

Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?

Distillations Podcast
Laser inventor Gordon Gould playing chess 1940

The Man, the Myth, the Laser

Distillations Podcast

The Philosopher’s Quest

Distillations Article
Letter written by 17th-century scientist Lady Ranelagh

The Almost Forgotten Story of Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh

Distillations Podcast
Vintage margarine ad

Butter vs. Margarine

Distillations Podcast

Science and Disability: Interviews in the General Collection
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Portrait of child, grandmother and two cats

Grandmothers Matter

Distillations Podcast
Portrait of refugee doctor

Refugee Doctors

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A group of Amish people standing in a field

High-Tech and Amish

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Reference Thank You
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Thank You
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Fellowship Application
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How Drinking Beer Is in Our DNA: An Interview with Jessica Zinskie

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Fist and flask graphic

Political Science

Distillations Podcast

A Life in Science

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AIDS

Going Viral

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Before and after of laser tattoo removal

Rethinking Ink

Distillations Podcast

History Lab
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1950s ad for Mum cream deodorant

The Smell of Shame

Distillations Podcast

Virtual Speaker Series
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Guided Tours
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Scientists with Disabilities Team

Science and Disability: Project Team
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Lee Berry with Ambler interviewee Victor Romano.

Science and Disability: Participate
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David J. Caruso and Lee Sullivan Berry, Center for Oral History

Science and Disability: Frequently Asked Questions
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One-legged man on crutches and instrument at the United States Naval Observatory. c. 1904. Library of Congress.

Science and Disability
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Alfred Hitchcock in 1960

Finding the Right Words

Distillations Article
Lawrence and team, 1938

Large and in Charge

Distillations Article
Thomas Apel

Thomas Apel

People

Behind the Beaker
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Roald Hoffmann

Roald Hoffmann
Historical Profile
Mary Lowe Good.

Mary Lowe Good
Historical Profile
Esperanto postcard

Speaking in Tongues

Distillations Article
Babes of Science logo

Babes of Science, a Guest Episode

Distillations Podcast

Carin Berkowitz

People
German physicists from before World War II

Magical Thinking

Distillations Article
Beauty and Brawn

Identity Politics

Distillations Article
E. M. A. Chandler, ca. 1930.

Edward Chandler
Historical Profile
Arthur Dehon Little.

Arthur D. Little, William H. Walker, and Warren K. Lewis
Historical Profile
Louis Fieser in Harvard University laboratory, December 1950.

Louis Fieser and Mary Fieser
Historical Profile
Mildred Cohn.

Mildred Cohn
Historical Profile
St. Elmo Brady in a chemistry lab at Fisk University circa 1950

St. Elmo Brady
Historical Profile
Anna J. Harrison.

Anna Jane Harrison
Historical Profile
George E. Davis.

George E. Davis
Historical Profile

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Publications by Our Scholars
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Participants of the REACH Ambler project, 2014.

Center for Applied History
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Gordon Cain Conference
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Our library collections span nearly six miles of shelves

Othmer Library
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Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry
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Engraving of Felix Meritis Society gathering, 1800s

Lunchtime Lectures
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Research fellow Eva Hemmungs Wirtén.

Former Fellows
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Oral History Resources
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Current Fellows
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Research
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Fellowships
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Science on Tap audience members

Science on Tap
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Oral History Training
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Fellow in Focus
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Conferences and Symposia
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Bruce Alberts speaking

The Reformer

Distillations Article
trade secret document

Stealing Industry Secrets

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