STS.004 | Fall 2013 | Undergraduate

Science, Technology, & World

The Rogers Building (thumbnail)

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The Rogers Building was the first building on MIT’s campus. Constructed in 1866. It contained classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and laboratories, like this one. Over the years, political, social, and technological issues have been raised that demonstrate the need to consider science and technology in a broader societal context. Thumbnail image of Photogravure Views of the Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, 1889. This image is public domain.

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The Rogers Building (thumbnail)
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An old photograph from a biology lab at MIT in the 1800s. There is a skeleton in the foreground.
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The Rogers Building was the first building on MIT’s campus. Constructed in 1866, it contained classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and laboratories, like this one. Over the years, political, social, and technological issues have been raised that demonstrate the need to consider science and technology in a broader societal context. (Photogravure Views of the Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, 1889. This image is public domain.)
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Photogravure Views of the Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, 1889. This image is public domain.
An old photograph from a biology lab at MIT in the 1800s. There is a skeleton in the foreground.

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