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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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This breakout room is illuminated with natural light and a view of our courtyard.
This rental dedicates our entire Conference Center space solely to your attendees and stakeholders.
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.
Optimize your Beckman Center fellowship application with this guide to the application process and selection criteria.
The Beckman Center has hosted over 350 scholars from all parts of the world through its fellowships and programs.
Our scholars study a range of topics in the history and social studies of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
Historian Paul Wolff Mitchell discusses how the city that birthed the nation’s independence became a center of racial science.
Students consider the positive, negative, and conflicting perspectives of plastics through a debate of the issues.
Seventy years ago, a group of Philadelphia scientists and a brave 18-year-old pushed surgery to its final frontier.
The Science History Institute is home to the largest private fellowship program in the historical study of science, medicine, and technology in the United States.
This virtual training workshop introduces researchers to oral history and research interview methodologies.
Why are Black women in America three times more likely to die during childbirth than White ones?
From chemistry sets and comics, to educational board games and TV programs, we often turn to play when it’s time to learn.
Before there was chemistry, there was chymistry, and before there was chymistry, there was alchemy.
Everything has a history, including the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the environments we inhabit.
From the science of flavor to the color of margarine, you’re tasting science with every bite.