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Selected Audio
Podcast
Science Social Special: There Is No One History of Science (but It’s All Interconnected)
- Adrien De Sutter Alexander Blum Dora Vargha Yishu Mao Rocco Gaudenzi Benjamin Johnson Karolina Anna Sobecka Pakinam Amer Verena Braun Stephanie Hood
Selected Events
Artifacts, Actions, Knowledge and Irregular Warfare in Latin America Main Conference Room & Online
See mediaForecasts for Humanity and the Earth. What Knowledge Do We Need to Act Better?
- Several Speakers
Director Jürgen Renn Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Hebrew University of Jerusalem
See mediaSpotlight: Featured Videos
- Interview
- August 27, 2023
- 00:56:16
Lorraine Daston – Die Regeln unseres Lebens
More- Press Conference
- July 12, 2023
- 01:06:59
Announcement of the Anthropocene Working Group's Proposed GSSP Candidate Site of the Anthropocene
- Several Speakers
- Presentation
- April 4, 2023
- 00:12:38
How Can the History of Earth Sciences Help to Explain Contemporary Distrust Towards Science in General?
More- Presentation
- March 27, 2023
- 00:08:08
What Can the History of Schizophrenia Teach Us about “Revolutionary” Breakthroughs in Science and Medicine?
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