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The Real Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer

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The Brilliant, Groundbreaking, and Wildly Overrated Leonardo da Vinci

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The Mothers of Gynecology

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Gordon Moore at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in 2005.

Science History Institute Remembers Intel Cofounder, Board of Advisors Member Gordon Moore
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Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold to Receive 2023 SCI Perkin Medal
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The Vampire Project

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Keepers of the Flame

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Science and Survival

‘Jewish Exponent’ Features Institute’s ‘Science and Survival’ Exhibition
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Diagnosing the Dead

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Does Louis Pasteur Still Matter?

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The Debaucherous Legacy of Johnny Appleseed

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The Lifesaving Rat Poison

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"Dr. Walter Freeman, left, and Dr. James W. Watts study an X ray before a psychosurgical operation.

The Making of a Lobotomist

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‘Kurrent’ Events

Science History Institute and Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie Name Joseph Gal Winner of 2022 Franklin-Lavoisier Prize
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Institute VP Michelle DiMeo to Speak at Princeton American Chemical Society Meeting
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WHYY Summer Journalists Program Features Science History Institute
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Beckman Oligo 1000M DNA Synthesizer

Institute, Tsinghua University Partner to Present Online Exhibition
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Three-dimensional anatomical diagram of the brain

When the Brain Deceives Itself

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A portrait of Niccolo Paganini on his deathbed.

Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code

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Impressionist painting of a lily pond

Could Claude Monet See Like a Bee?

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Science History Institute Announces Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold Will Present 2022 Ullyot Lecture
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Chasing the Clues in Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts

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Darwin’s Barnacles

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Interview with Jeremiah McCall

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Photo rendering of ancient greece

Learning History with Video Games

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Postcard from Walther Nernst to Georg Bredig

10K Records Published to Institute’s Digital Collections
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Bonus Episode: Interview with Colin Dickey

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Portrait of the Fox sisters, spiritualists in the mid 19th-century.

Ghost Hunting in the 19th Century

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Cover of Lady Ranelagh book by Michelle DiMeo

New Biography by Institute’s Library Director Unveils Life and Legacy of Unknown Woman Scientist
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Georg Bredig’s immigrant identification card

Institute Receives National Archives Grant to Digitize Oral Histories of Immigrant Scientists
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Chemistry World: Ida Noddack and the Trouble with Element 43
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Nature: An Incomparable Intellectual Who Fell through the Cracks of History
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Chewing It Over—and Over and Over and Over

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Lou Henry Hoover, Lost in Translation

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Charles Anderson Chases an Eclipse

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The Newton Mess

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Dr. Butler and the Quest for the Philosophers’ Stone

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How the Elements Got Their Names

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The Undying Appeal of Nikola Tesla’s “Death Ray”

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Science History Institute and Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie Announce Winners of 2020 Franklin-Lavoisier Prize
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Paracelsus, the Alchemist Who Wed Medicine to Magic

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Michael Somogyi and Unidentified Women in Laboratory

Women in Science
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Distilled #12: Edison’s Record Player

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Marie Curie, Marie Meloney, and the Significance of a Gram of Radium

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The Death of Anton Chekhov, Told in Proteins

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Grainy image of a craggy lunar landscape.

Book Club: Let’s Go to the Moon!

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Where Lies Humanity’s Salvation—Conservation or Innovation?

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Jennifer Doudna at the 2018 Ullyot lecture

Interview: Jennifer Doudna

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Harry Gold: Spy in the Lab

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An Element of Order

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