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<p>Letters sent from Charles Darwin to his cousin Francis Galton. Dates from the time of the publication of Galton's Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa in 1853 up until Darwin's death ...

Find books, manuscripts, paintings, illustrations, photos and unpublished archives about Lowne, B. Thompson (Benjamin Thompson), 1839-1925., many of them with free ...

Thirst is a universal human experience shared with most living beings. With only 3% of the water on Earth being freshwater, our land thirsts too. 'Thirst: In Search of Freshwater' explores humanity’s ...

For centuries, humankind has sought to know itself through an understanding of the body, in sickness and in health, inside and out. This fascination left in its wake a rich body of artworks that ...

21st Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences, Buenos Aires, 1959 Date: Sep 1957-Aug 1959 Reference: SA/PHY/Q/2/8 Part of: The Physiological Society ...

The architecture of purpose-built sanatoriums enabled doctors and nurses to monitor patients more closely – the transparent, open-air designs normalised a disciplinarian regime of surveillance, which ...

Explore the profound impact of physical work on health and the body at our new major exhibition. ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ delves into the stories of underrepresented workers and their ...

Anthony Acciavatti works at the intersection of landscape and the history of science and technology. He is the author of the award-winning 'Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India’s Ancient River', ...

Not everyone was happy with the growing use of tobacco in Britain. In 1604, King James VI wrote ‘A Counterblaste to Tobacco’, arguing that smoking was dangerous to lung health and offensive to the ...

Universities, American, English, German / by Abraham Flexner."This volume is an expansion of three lectures on 'Universities' given at Oxford in May 1928 on the invitation of the Rhodes trust"--Pref.

This work by Rensis Likert introduces a method for measuring attitudes, offering insights into psychological and sociological research.