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Pleasurable descriptions

Eurico Santos spent years communicating about Brazilian nature

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Portraits of our lungs

Abreu’s invention opened the door to early detection of tuberculosis

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The earliest journals

Science publications appeared 350 years ago in France and England

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A Rocky Road

Mesquita, Salles Oliveira, and Fernando de Azevedo on the front lines of USP

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On Firm Ground

“Priest-mathematicians” and their detailed maps of Brazil’s scrublands

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Mirrors of the World

Map delineated Brazil's new borders after the Treaty of Tordesillas

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Drought in the Metropolis

Other droughts in São Paulo were almost always related to population increase

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Pictures in the jungle

Photographs of the Amazon were taken by Albert Frisch in 1867

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Controversial Popularization

Publicizing scientific research sparked controversies in the 19th century

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Scientist and Documentarian

Carlos Chagas filmed patients in the city where he discovered the disease

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Squadron at the factory

Mass production of aircraft began in Brazil in 1935

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Keepers of history

History institutes try to find their role in the 21st century

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The structure of matter revealed

UNESCO has chosen 2014 as the International Year of Crystallography

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Climate records in the countryside

São Paulo State weather stations first appeared in Campinas and Piracicaba

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Faithful portraits

Augusto Esteves was the first science illustrator at the Butantan Institute

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Ingenuity and art

Theodoro Sampaio's contributions to Brazil, from Salvador to São Paulo

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Stories in a drawer

Snethlage’s research on indians in the 1930s hasn't seen the light of day

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The lords of the seas

Portuguese sailed even without great knowledge

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Yellowed pages from academia

Portal offers earliest scientific journals published by its schools

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The Iron Industry in the Colony

Attempts to produce iron in Brazil began in the 16th century

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Recycled illuminism

The Royal Military Academy was also founded to train men of science

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Magnificent botanist

Magnificent botanist

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Medicine in print

Medicine in print

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Fungus in the air

Fungus in the air

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A surgeon’s advice

An 18th-century manual on medicine reveals details of the art of curing

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Theory and practice

The Strength of Materials Laboratory led to advances in technological development

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Images of distant cultures

Photographs by Harald Schultz chronicles his experiences working among indigenous

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Fine affinities

A fine compendium

Anonymous 19th-century botanical dictionary had strong ties to chemistry

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Scientists and enthusiasts

110 years ago, the São Paulo Society of Science was founded

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The value of language

Analysis of place names helps tell the story of the Royal Road

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