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These four Toronto researchers discovered and purified insulin, creating a new and effective treatment for diabetes.
These four Toronto researchers discovered and purified insulin, creating a new and effective treatment for diabetes.
In the late 19th century, Little, Walker, and Lewis worked to define chemical engineering as a distinct field with a special training method.
In the late 19th century, Little, Walker, and Lewis worked to define chemical engineering as a distinct field with a special training method.
In the 1970s MacDiarmid, Heeger, and Shirakawa developed special “conductive polymers,” which had significant applications in microelectronics.
In the 1970s MacDiarmid, Heeger, and Shirakawa developed special “conductive polymers,” which had significant applications in microelectronics.
Meyer and Mendeleev were contenders in the race to develop a periodic table of the elements.
The Science History Institute and the Society of Chemical Industry America presented the 20th annual Innovation Day on September 12, 2023.
This “drop-in” tour explores the importance of water and the histories of pollution and protection.
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.
These projects investigate the common characteristics of historical groups whose individuality can only be understood within the collective identity of the group.
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.
Learn more about our named fellowships, their recipients, and the people who made them possible.
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.
Jocelyn McDaniel presents the German Society of Pennsylvania’s Günther Finke Memorial Lecture.
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.
Historians and social scientists of science, technology, and medicine discuss their collaborative work to develop and deploy “embedded connections” in the humanities and STEM fields.
Join us for a Fellow in Focus lecture on the joy, challenge, and urgency of writing about our environments.
Louis Gerdelan shows how interactions among scientists, doctors, astrologers, and churchmen formed the foundations of modern disaster reporting.
This “drop-in” tour explores the importance of water and the histories of pollution and protection.
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.
From the science of flavor to the color of margarine, you’re tasting science with every bite.
Where does science happen? It happens in field sites, factories, workshops, kitchens, and classrooms—not just in laboratories.