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Historian of Science, Technology and Medicine

Manchester, UK
Joined January 2014
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
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50 years ago today, Pioneer 11 launched on an Atlas Centaur rocket. Pioneer 11 was the second spacecraft to fly by Jupiter and the first to explore Saturn. This full-scale Pioneer model was constructed with spare parts. #AirSpacePhoto
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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was released 55 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the greatest and most influential films to come out of Hollywood, the making of story behind Stanley Kubrick’s classic is as epic as the film itself. A THREAD 1/29
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The haunted street photography of Saul Leiter (1923-2013) one of the pioneers of the New York school.
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What would be the scariest message humanity could receive from outer space?
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42 years ago today, sister @NASAVoyager 1 made her closest approach to Saturn. NSSDC imagery: ow.ly/flaNj go.usa.gov/gOp
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Christopher Nolan maps out the story structure for MEMENTO.
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Voyager Mars 73 from @zorg2044! Included in the Kerbal Space Program mod Bluedog Design Bureau. This probe is an absolute monster and is absolutely incredible. @dsfpspacefl1ght wrote an incredible article about it back in 2019. spaceflighthistory.blogspot.…
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Stages in the development of the Alien window in the film ARRIVAL (2016, Denis Villeneuve). They eventually settled on the design that most resembled the shape of a cinema screen. Concept Art by Meinhart Hansen
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The camera 🤝 the photos
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The #women of the #Bauhaus who rethought the world and were forgotten. Bauhaus Stairway 1927. Lena Bergner, Grete Reichardt, Lijuba Monastirsky, Otti Berger, Lis Beyer, Elisabeth Mueller, Rosa Berger, Ruth Hollos, Lisbeth Oestreiche, Gunta Stölzl in front. Photo © Lux Feininger
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