Detail of Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleev, photograph of the bearded scientist best known for the creation of the periodic table, circa 1900. 📷 Science History Institute
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While the goal of No-Shave November is to raise cancer awareness, we’d also like to raise awareness of some of the most epic beards in science. We don’t think Dmitri Mendeleev (above) would have any objection to not shaving for a month—especially if it’s for a good cause. And when December rolls around, we would suggest he use the Schick Injector Razor, which boasts being “tougher than a seven-day beard. ” We also recommend learning about bearded chemotherapy pioneer Paul Ehrlich or reading about the cancer-free dwarfs of Ecuador. And be sure to register for our virtual Fellow in Focus lecture, which features mustachioed Institute fellow Frank James who will examine the career of the decidedly clean-shaven chemist Humphry Davy.
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Friday, November 5, 2021
2:00 p.m. EDT
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Take a deep dive into our museum with our Gallery Guides, who will lead visitors through an interactive water journey using objects from our handling collection. Admission is free and no reservations are necessary.
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Detail of a portrait of a clean-shaven Humphry Davy, circa 1821. 📷 Wikimedia Commons
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. EST
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The Fall 2021 Fellow in Focus virtual lecture will be presented by Cain Senior Fellow Frank James, who will examine chemist and inventor Humphry Davy’s extraordinary career trajectory from provincial obscurity to metropolitan fame.
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Thursday, November 11, 2021
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. EST
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Join us for a virtual “fireside chat”-style discussion about flexible food packaging led by Joseph Priestley Society member Bob Kenworthy.
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Saturday, November 13, 2021
2:00 p.m. EST
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Our Science and Activism “drop-in” tour explores the vital impacts made by engaged communities on scientific discovery, environmental justice, and public health. Guided Tours take place twice a month on Saturdays (excluding December) through February 2022. Admission is free and no reservations are necessary.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. CST
3:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. EST
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Join us for this year’s virtual T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation, which features panel discussions and a Q&A session focused around the “Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry” theme. Speakers include Westlake Chemical president and CEO Albert Y. Chao and Institute president and CEO David Cole, who will moderate a panel discussion and Q&A session featuring green chemistry and sustainability experts.
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Saturday, November 20, 2021
11:00 a.m. EST
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Dive into a day of family-friendly, water-related activities! Family Swim takes place once a month on Saturdays through February 2022. Admission is free and no reservations are necessary.
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Bearded Ecuadorian doctor Jaime Guevara-Aguirre examines Lugartda Valarezo, a patient with Laron-type dwarfism, 2014. 📷 Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images
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How one man’s youthful rebellion may unlock a cure for cancer.
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A tiny animal with a big story.
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For more than a century ozone therapy has been a source of false hope for the sick and ill-gotten gains for the crooked.
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Left: Detail of Alchemist with Scale, painting of a bearded alchemist weighing ingredients with a balance, 1800s. Right: Detail of The Alchemist, painting of a bearded alchemist holding a flask of green liquid, 1937. 📷 Science History Institute
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Our digital collections include so many images of bearded alchemists and scientists that we couldn’t decide which one to feature! You’ll also find several items related to cancer research, the impetus for No-Shave November:
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Plate XII: Artist Study of a Bearded Man, engraving included in Polygraphice, or, the Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming, 1685
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John Dee, portrait of the famed alchemist and Queen Elizabeth I advisor showing a bearded, elderly man dressed in the fashion of the Elizabethan court in 16th-century England, 1827
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Do Roaches Spread Cancer?, advertisement for Tanglefoot Fly Spray detailing the parasitic theory of cancer proposed by the mustachioed British physician Louis W. Sambon, 1926
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Ch. Darwin, undated engraved portrait of the bearded English naturalist
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Detail of Portrait of Paul Ehrlich, oil on canvas showing the bearded scientist standing in front of shelves of books and glassware, circa 1920. 📷 Science History Institute
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German biochemist Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) developed a chemical theory to explain the body’s immune response and did important work in chemotherapy, coining the term “magic bullet.” In addition to his contributions to cancer research, hematology, and immunology, he also discovered Salvarsan, an arsenic-based compound that was used to treat syphilis until the advent of antibiotics in the 1940s. Ehrlich received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908.
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