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National American History Museum: Science in American Life

by Ryan Somma

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Freidrich Wohler, 1800-1882
Recording Pawnee Culture with a Praphophone, 1898
Hampton Institute
Hampton Institute
Ellen Swallo Richards
Harvey Washington Wiley
"Science is a Religion" Cartoon, 1937
Evolution Debate
Science, Business, and the Depression
Science, Business, and the Depression
1920s Chemistry Set
1920s Science Kits
1920s Science Kits
The New York World's Fair, 1939
The Nylon Lap, 1930s
Futurama: Positive Outlooks on Science
Strange Companions Political Cartoon, Barbarous Warfare, Kultur, and Poisoned Gas Bomb
Coal Tar Products
Manhattan Project Identification Cards
Magnetron and Ktystron, 1940s
Geiger Counter Tube, 1940s
Radium Dial Panters, 1930s
Plutonium (Not Shown) Shipped from Paris Chemical Supplier to Rensseaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, 1903
Unknown Plutonium Display
Celebration Bottle of Chianti, Signed by Atomic Scientists 12/2/1942 in celebration of Achieving Critical Mass
Gold Foil placed between Two Hemispheres of Plutonium Bombs, 1945
Fused Earth from Test Bomb, 1945
Nuclear Reactor Log
Nuclear Reactor Control Console, 1944
Radiation Danger Zone Sign
Nagasaki Quote
Cyclotron Demonstration
Cyclotron
Cyclotron
Developing the Atomic Bomb
Geotracer GPS Units
Geotracer GPS Units
Mapping the Earth During the Cold War
From Manufacturing Weapons to Modern Conveniences
Radioactivity in the Northern Hemisphere Linked to Nuclear Testing
Uses for Plastics
Uses for Plastics
Uses for Plastics
Microscope, Microscope lamp, surgical forceps, scissors, spreaders, and Safety Glasses
Microscope, Microscope lamp, surgical forceps, scissors, spreaders, and Safety Glasses
Dioscorea mexicana, Birth Control Yam
Dioscorea composita, Mexican Yam, Source of Steroids
Environmentalism Buttons
Rachel Carson: The Edge of the Sea, The Sea Around Us, Silent Spring
Symbols of Environmentalism
Pelican Eggshell Affected by DDT
Shippingport Reactor Model
Shippingport Reactor Model
Wand Used by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Shippingport Atomic Power Station Groundbreaking, 9/6/1954
Children Write their Representatives about Science
Fusion in a Bottle Kit, 1989
Fusion Confidence Index
Funds for National Research & Development
Ann Landers: A Plea for Medical Research
Cold Fusion Cells, 1989
Science as Entertainment
Newsweek Cover: Stephen Jay Gould
Genetic Engineering in News Media
Genetic Engineering in Popular Culture
Ice Minus Protest Outfit
Oncomouse Patent
Stanley Cohen's Genetic Engineering Laboratory, 1973
Stanley Cohen's Genetic Engineering Laboratory, 1973
Super Collider Cross-Section
Super Collider Cross-Section
Super Collider Protest and Promotional Materials
Super Collider Protest and Promotional Materials
Super Collider Protest and Promotional Materials
Superconducting Super Collider Magnet
Imagining the Future of Intelligent Highways
California PATH Platoon Driving Demonstration
Traffic Management System
Ghostrider, DARPA two-Wheeled entrant
Ghostrider, DARPA two-Wheeled entrant
Ghostrider, DARPA two-Wheeled entrant
Ghostrider, DARPA two-Wheeled entrant
Model of Ghostrider, 2003
Laser Sensor, LADAR
Automation of a Friar, Clockwork Driven Figure
Automation of a Friar, Clockwork Driven Figure
Rossum's Universal Robots
Walker Robot
DARPA Medals
Stanley Autonomous Vehicle, DARPA Entry
Computer Science 294, DARPA Team
Stanley Autonomous Vehicle, DARPA Entry
Stanley Autonomous Vehicle, DARPA Entry
Stanley Autonomous Vehicle, DARPA Entry
Stanley Autonomous Vehicle, DARPA Entry
Stanley Autonomous Vehicle, DARPA Entry
The Stanford Cart, Early Automated Vehicle
Science in America, Decade by Decade
Science in American Life
The Visible Man (1960), Digi-Comp I Toy Computer (1965), Gilbert Microscope and Lab Set (1957), "New Math" Flash Cards (1966), Corky in Orbit (1962), Satellite Lunchbox (1958), Spitz Junior Planetarium (1960), Mathematics: The Story of Numbers (1958)
WFF'N Proof (1969), Cuisenaire Rods (1965), Fun with Scientific Experiments (1960)
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