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| x Climate change |
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Does flying cost the Earth? |
Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It can be a change in the average weather or a change in the distribution of weather events around an average ...
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| Can algae save the world? | |||
| The Science Of Survival | |||
| Energy: fuelling the future | |||
| Climate Change: the Burning Issue | |||
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| x RMS Titanic |
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Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition |
The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by British shipping company White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. For her time, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world....
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| Titanic - A Southampton Story | |||
| x Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel: fame and fate |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was a British engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship, and...
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| x Aviation |
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Does flying cost the Earth? |
Aviation is the activity involving man-made air-borne flying devices (aircraft), including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them.
Many cultures have built devices that travel through the air, from the earliest...
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| x James Bond |
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Bond, James Bond |
Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games. He is portrayed as an SIS agent residing in London. From 1995...
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| For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond | |||
| x The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Exhibition |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy film based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. Shooting was completed in August 2004 and the movie was released on April 28, 2005 in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and...
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| x Large Hadron Collider |
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Big Bang! |
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing particle beams of either protons at an energy of 7 TeV per particle or lead nuclei at an energy of 574 TeV per nucleus. It...
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| x Science on Screen | Films of Fact | ||
| x Dan Dare |
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Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-tech Britain |
Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson. Hampson not only invented Dan Dare and his entire world, he also put together the original team of artists and wrote the first two stories. Dan Dare appeared in...
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| x Grace Weir | Grace Weir - In my own time | ||
| x Plastic |
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Plasticity - 100 years of making plastics |
Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic amorphous solid materials used in the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular mass, and may contain other...
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| x Bakelite |
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Plasticity - 100 years of making plastics |
Bakelite (pronounced /ˈbеɪkɨlaɪt/), or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde, usually with a wood flour filler. It...
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| x Penicillin |
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Penicillin: A story of triumph and tragedy |
Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN or pen) is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. Penicillin antibiotics are historically significant because they are the first drugs that were effective against many previously serious diseases...
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| x Maurice Broomfield | Maurice Broomfield's 'New Look' at Industry: photographs from post-war Britain | ||
| x History of computer and video games |
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Game On |
The origin of video games lies in early cathode ray tube-based missile defense systems in the late 1940s. These programs were later adapted into other simple games during the 1950s. By the late 1950s and through the 1960s, more computer games were...
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| x Neuroscience |
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NEURObotics... the future of thinking? |
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Such studies span the structure, function, evolutionary history, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, informatics, computational neuroscience and pathology of the...
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| x Extraterrestrial life in popular culture |
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The Science of Aliens |
In popular cultures, life forms —especially intelligent life forms— that are of extraterrestrial origin, i.e. not coming from the Earth are referred to collectively as aliens.
This usage is anthropocentric; the term is used to refer to non-human...
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| x Extraterrestrial life |
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The Science of Aliens |
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life which does not originate from planet Earth. The existence of such life is theoretical and all assertions about it remain disputed.
Hypotheses regarding the origin(s) of extraterrestrial life, if it exists,...
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| x Pixar |
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Pixar: 20 Years of Animation |
Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. To date, the studio has earned twenty-two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments...
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| x Iceland |
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Pure Iceland |
The Republic of Iceland ( /ˈaɪslənd/ (help·info)) (Icelandic: Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland (names of Iceland); IPA: [ˈislant]) is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of...
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| x Supermarine Spitfire |
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Inside the Spitfire |
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries through the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used into the 1950s both as a front line fighter and in...
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| x The Lord of the Rings film trilogy |
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The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition |
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three live action fantasy epic films: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003) (often abbreviated to LotR for the trilogy, and FotR, TTT, and RotK for...
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| x Young British Artists |
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Sensation exhibition |
Young British Artists or YBAs (also Brit artists and Britart) is the name given to a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors and installation artists based in the United Kingdom, most (though not all) of whom attended Goldsmiths College in...
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| x Alfa Romeo |
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Alfa Romeo Sustaining Beauty |
Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automaker founded on June 24, 1910 in Milan. Alfa Romeo has been a part of the Fiat Group since 1986, and since February 2007 a part of Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. The company was owned by Italian state...
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| x Year 2000 problem |
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millennium bug: all or nothing? |
The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a notable problem for both digital (computer-related) and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which resulted from the...
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| x Leonardo da Vinci |
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The Art of Invention |
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo...
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| Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci from the Royal Collection | |||
| Leonardo da Vinci : Experience, Experiment and Design | |||
| Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman | |||
| Leonardo's Last Supper: Before and After | |||
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| x Identity | Who Am I? |
In philosophy, identity (also called sameness) is whatever makes an entity definable and recognizable, in terms of possessing a set of qualities or characteristics that distinguish it from entities of a different type. Or, in layman's terms,...
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| x Genetics |
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Who Am I? |
Genetics, (from Ancient Greek γενετικός genetikos, “genitive” and that from γένεσις genesis, “origin”), a discipline of biology, is the science of heredity and variation in living organisms. The fact that living things inherit traits from their...
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| x Weather forecasting |
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Weather |
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since at least...
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| x Weather |
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Weather |
Weather is a set of all the phenomena occurring in a given atmosphere at a given time. Weather phenomena lie in the troposphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the...
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| x The history of veterinary science | Veterinary History | ||
| x MMR vaccine controversy | The MMR Files |
The MMR vaccine controversy refers to claims that autism can be caused by the MMR vaccine, a vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella. The scientific consensus is that no credible scientific evidence links the vaccine to autism, and that the...
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| x MMR vaccine |
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The MMR Files |
The MMR vaccine is a mixture of three live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella (also called German measles). It is generally administered to children around the age of one year, with a...
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| x Ergonomics |
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The Human Factor |
Ergonomics is the science of designing the job, equipment, and workplace to fit the worker. Proper ergonomic design is necessary to prevent repetitive strain injuries, which can develop over time and can lead to long-term disability.
The...
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| x Shipping |
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Shipping |
Shipping has multiple meanings. It can be a physical process of transporting goods and cargo, by land, air, and sea. It also can describe the movement of objects by ship.
Land or "ground" shipping can be by train or by truck. In Air and Sea...
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| x Nanotechnology |
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Nanotechnology: small science, big deal |
Nanotechnology, shortened to "nanotech", is the study of the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller in at least one dimension, and involves developing...
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| x Psychology |
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Mind your Head? 100 years of Psychology in Britain |
Psychology (lit. "study of the mind", from Greek: ψυχή psukhē "breath, spirit, soul"; and -λογία, -logia "study of") is an academic and applied discipline involving the systematic systematic, and often scientific, study of human or animal mental...
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| x Mathematics |
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Mathematics |
Mathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.
There is debate...
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| x Marine engineering | Marine Engineering |
Marine Engineering involves the design, construction, installation, operation and support of the systems and equipment which propel and control marine vehicles, and of the systems which make a vehicle or structure habitable for crew, passengers and...
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| x Industrial Revolution |
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Making the Modern World |
The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transport had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions in the United Kingdom. The changes...
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| Energy Hall | |||
| x Physics |
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Launchpad |
Physics covers the AB portion of the Advanced Placement exam. It contains animations, text review and problem sets.
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| x Heat |
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Heat and Temperature |
In physics and thermodynamics, heat is the process of energy transfer from one body or system due to thermal contact, which in turn is defined as an energy transfer to a body in any other way than due to work performed on the body.
When an...
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| x Temperature |
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Heat and Temperature |
In physics, temperature is a physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that feels hotter generally has the higher temperature. Temperature is one of the principal parameters of thermodynamics. If no...
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| x Health care |
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Health Matters |
Health care (often healthcare in American English), is the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmaceutical, clinical vimto...
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| x History of medicine |
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Glimpses of Medical History |
All human societies have medical beliefs that provide explanations for birth, death, and disease. Throughout history, illness has been attributed to witchcraft, demons, adverse astral influence, or the will of the gods. These ideas still retain some...
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| x Geophysics |
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Geophysics and Oceanography |
Geophysics, a major discipline of the Earth sciences and a subdiscipline of physics, is the study of the whole Earth by the quantitative observation of its physical properties. Geophysical data are used in academics to observe tectonic plate motions...
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| x Oceanography |
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Geophysics and Oceanography |
Oceanography (compound of the Greek words ωκεανός meaning "ocean" and γράφω meaning "to write"), also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean. It covers a wide range of topics, including marine...
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| x Agriculture | Agriculture |
Agriculture is the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants (i.e. crops) creating food surpluses...
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| x Food |
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Food for Thought |
The food industry is the complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population. Only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, can be considered outside of the...
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| x Flight |
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Flight |
Flight is the process by which an object moves either through the air, or movement beyond earth's atmosphere (as in the case of spaceflight), by aerodynamically generating lift, propulsive thrust or aerostatically using buoyancy, or by simple...
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| x Space exploration |
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Exploring Space |
Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft. While the observation of objects in space, known as astronomy,...
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| x Mobile phone recycling | Dead Ringers? | ||
| x Computing |
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Computing |
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and developing computer technology, computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology. Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the...
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| x Materials Science |
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Challenge of Materials |
Materials science or materials engineering is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering. This science investigates the relationship between the structure of...
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| x Architecture |
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Building to the limits |
For a topical guide to this subject, see Outline of architecture.
Architecture (Latin „architectura“, from the Greek „arkitekton“, ὰρχιτεκτονική – arkhitektonike, from ὰρχι chief or leader and Τεκτονική builder or carpenter) is the art and science...
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| Brit Insurance Designs of the Year | |||
| Underground: London’s Hidden Infrastructure | |||
| Spans: Viaducts, Bridges and Walkways | |||
| Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for China | |||
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| x Contemporary science | Antenna | ||
| x Qin Shi Huang |
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The First Emperor |
Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; pinyin: Qín Shǐhuáng; Wade-Giles: Ch'in Shih-huang) (259 BCE – 210 BCE), personal name Ying Zheng (Chinese: 嬴政; pinyin: Yíng Zhèng), was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 246 BCE to 221 BCE during the Warring States...
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| x Terracotta Army |
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The First Emperor |
The Terracotta Army (simplified Chinese: 兵马俑; traditional Chinese: 兵馬俑; pinyin: bīngmǎ yǒng; literally "soldier and horse funerary statues") are the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang the First Emperor of China. The terracotta figures,...
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| x Edward Lear |
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Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear |
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.
Lear was born into a...
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| x Beatrix Potter |
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Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear |
Helen Beatrix Potter (July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit.
Born into a...
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| Beatrix Potter: Recent Discoveries | |||
