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Selected Audio

Astronomie in der frühen Neuzeit: KI wertet alte Schriften aus

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Interview

Gesundheitsforschung: China-Kooperation auf dem Prüfstand

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Podcast

Science Social 10: Times of Transience

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Interview

Julius Robert Oppenheimer – Der "Vater" der Atombombe

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Podcast

Science Social 09: How Alchemy Helped Feed Early Modern Europe

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Science Social 08: Léon Rosenfeld and the Quest for Unification

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Selected Events

Commoning Biomedicine Public Launch Event Online Event

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„Wie wir wurden, was wir sind“—75 Jahre Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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Artifacts, Actions, Knowledge and Irregular Warfare in Latin America Main Conference Room & Online

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Forecasts for Humanity and the Earth. What Knowledge Do We Need to Act Better?

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Gerda Henkel Award Ceremony 2020

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Director Jürgen Renn Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Spotlight: Featured Videos

Digital Science Speaker Series - Meet Dr Maria Avxentevskaya and Dr Ben Johnson

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Globalizing Schizophrenia: The History and Legacy of the WHO Studies of Schizophrenia

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"Rules and Algorithms": Lorraine Daston in conversation with Audrey Borowski

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A New Approach to Understanding Knowledge and Ownership

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