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Allison Marsh

Allison Marsh is a professor at the University of South Carolina and codirector of the university's Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology & Society. She combines her interests in engineering, history, and museum objects to write the Past Forward column, which tells the story of technology through historical artifacts.

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A Brief History of the Office Cubicle

In the 1960s, Herman Miller popularized the open office. The lead designer lived to regret it

The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

The inventor of this space-age orrery had a soft spot for Halley’s Comet

Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

A century on, we’re good at detecting earthquakes, not so good at protecting against them

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Allison Marsh

A Brief History of the Office Cubicle

In the 1960s, Herman Miller popularized the open office. The lead designer lived to regret it

The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

The inventor of this space-age orrery had a soft spot for Halley’s Comet

Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

A century on, we’re good at detecting earthquakes, not so good at protecting against them

Trending Stories

AMD’s Next GPU Is a 3D-Integrated Superchip

ANYmal’s Wheel-Hand-Leg-Arms Open Doors Playfully

Generating Power on Earth From the Coldness of Deep Space