Atomic laboratory experiment on atomic materials, Ohio, USA, 1957.

'Atomic' espreso coffee maker, c 1950.

Cray 1A supercomputer, serial number 11, c 1979.

George Paget Thomson as a young man, c 1909.

George Paget Thomson as a young man, c 1909.

Cray 1A supercomputer, serial number 11, c 1979.

Wilbur Wright, American aviator, c 1910.

Sodium atom model, c 1912-1926.

Pierre Gasendi, French scientist and mathematician, mid-17th century.

Dalton's wooden atomic models, early 19th century.

Refuse-derived fuel pellets, USA, 1980s.

Refuse-derived fuel pellets, USA, 1980s.