Medtronic pacemaker

Medtronic pacemaker, built by Medtronic, Inc., ca. 1957 and 1958.

Cosmic ray research at the University of Minnesota

Cosmic ray research at the University of Minnesota

A researcher working with a radiation detector in a laboratory of the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering, ca. 1960. The researcher depicted is investigating the behavior of cosmic rays.

Honeywell worker

Honeywell worker

A worker inside Honeywell Corporation. Photograph by Olof Kallstrom for the Minnesota Geographic Society, 1978. Forms part of the Olof Kallstrom series of photographs from the Minnesota Historical Society’s City of Minneapolis documentary photography collection.

Computer designed by Control Data Corporation

Computer designed by Control Data Corporation

Computer used for weather calculations, air traffic control, etc., designed and manufactured by Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, 1970. Photograph by Control Data Corporation.

Scientist with turtle

Scientist with turtle

A Science Museum of Minnesota scientist tracks a turtle at a pond. Photograph by Jeffrey Grosscup, ca. 1980s. Forms part of the Jeffrey Grosscup photograph collection at the Minnesota Historical Society.

3M hazardous material disposal team

3M hazardous material disposal team

A 3M hazardous material disposal team at work in Woodbury, 1991. Forms part of the Jeffrey Grosscup photograph collection at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Laboratory at the University of Minnesota’s Mines Experiment Station

Laboratory at the University of Minnesota’s Mines Experiment Station

Laboratory at the University of Minnesota’s Mines Experiment Station. Photograph by Jerry Mathaiason for the Historic American Buildings Survey, 1997. Public domain.

HOW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE SHAPED THE STATE

Science and Technology in Minnesota

The history of science and technology in Minnesota is the history of both how people have perceived and organized the world and how they have brought these worldviews into practice. They have defined science and technology in different ways over time, often according to their social, cultural, political, and economic circumstances.

Sisters of St. Benedict in front of the Gardner family house

Sisters of St. Benedict in front of the Gardner family house

Sisters of St. Benedict in front of the Gardner family house (301 Summit Avenue, St. Paul) in 1948. Used with the permission of the Germanic-American Institute.

Photograph of St. Olaf College campus windmill

St. Olaf College campus windmill

St. Olaf College’s windmill. Photograph by David Gonnerman, 2007

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