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Nobel e-Museum - http://nobelprize.org/
Biographies and Nobel Lectures of the prizewinners, from the Nobel Foundation. |
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Institute and Museum of History of Science - Florence, Italy - http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/
The museum and web site are particularly rich resources for the life and work of Galileo. |
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Calendars Through the Ages - http://webexhibits.org/calendars/
History and FAQs of various calendars, including Julian, Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, and Mayan. Astronomy, years, months, and days of the week. |
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Daylight Saving Time - http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
History from Benjamin Franklin to the present. U.S. law and practice. Worldwide time change dates. |
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Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford - http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/
Library catalog, image library, and numerous virtual exhibits available online. |
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The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html
Documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage. |
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A Science Odyssey - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/
Presents the people and the discoveries of 20th century science and technology in a variety of accessible, and interactive Web features. Based on the PBS television series. |
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Office of NIH History - http://history.nih.gov/
Foster documentation, preservation, and interpretation of the history of the National Institutes of Health. Features online exhibits, education, and historical resources. |
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4000 Years of Women in Science - http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
Women's contributions to Science, from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. |
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History of Evolutionary Thought - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evothought.html
A timeline with information on major contributors to biology, geology, and paleontology from Aristotle up to the 20th century. From the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. |
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Australian Science Archives Project - ASAPWeb - http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/
Aims to improve access to Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage by helping to preserve records and artifacts and communicating the existence of this heritage to a wide audience. Includes scientist biographies. |
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International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science - HOPOS - http://scistud.umkc.edu/hopos/
Promote serious, scholarly research on the history of the philosophy of science. Includes news and events. |
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Museum of Microscopy - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/museum/index.html
Virtual museum of microscopes, ranging from the earliest 16th century European instruments to modern microscopes from around the world. |
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Victorian Science - http://www.victorianweb.org/science/sciov.html
Science in the 19th century. Overview plus much specific information on themes, disciplines, and individuals. |
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Birr Castle Demesne - http://www.birrcastle.com/
A science museum in Ireland devoted to the astronomical, engineering botantical and photographical work of the Parsons family. |
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The Alchemy Web Site - http://www.levity.com/alchemy/index.html
Comprehensive library of imagery, symbols, music, alchemical texts and commentary. Includes course material in practical alchemy, bibliography, and modern day resources. |
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History of Russian Science - http://web.mit.edu/slava/guide/
Virtual guide which includes article archives, bibliography, journals, institutiona and news. |
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Today in Science History - http://www.todayinsci.com/
Memorializes births and deaths of famous and not so famous scientists of the past, and other events in science history. Searchable. |
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H-Net Child - http://www.h-net.org/~child/
History of Childhood and Youth |
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Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Scientific Revolution - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook09.html
Primary sourcebook intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history. |
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In Our Time: Science Archive - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_science.shtml
BBC Radio 4 series in which Sir Melvyn Bragg discusses a topic in the history of ideas with a trio of experts. This page indexes the discussions on science, both historical and contemporary, for online listening. |
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Technology and Culture - http://etc.technologyandculture.net/
A quarterly scholarly journal dedicated to the historical study of technology in its relationships with society and culture. Index and current issue table of contents. |
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Islamic Alchemy in the Context of Islamic Science - http://www.levity.com/alchemy/islam.html
Focus on chemistry, botany and medicine with overviews in other areas. |
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Internet for History and Philosophy of Science - http://www.humbul.ac.uk/vts/hps/
A free "teach yourself" tutorial on Internet information skills for historians and philosophers of science. |
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Ancient Greece: Science and Technology - http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Greeks.htm
Discusses early inventions, such as calculating devices, machines using gears, steam engines, war technology, and town planning. Some mathematicians included are Thales, Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes, and Appolonius. Some topical concepts covered are astronomical discoveries, prime numbers, evolution of the species, and measuring the circumference of the earth. |
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International Commission on History of Meteorology - http://www.colby.edu/ichm/
Information about the commission and about meetings discussion the history of meteorology. |
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Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540-1995 - http://libraries.luc.edu/about/jesuits/
An exhibit of rare scientific works from the Cudahy Collection of Jesuitica. |
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History of Science and Ethics Internet Resources - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/internet/history.html
Links to museums, historical instruments galleries, electronic publications, papers, e-mail groups and books |
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The Scientific Revolution - http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/
Study guide which includes timelines, biographies, glossaries, diagrams, bibliographies, and original research. |
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Green Lion Press - http://www.greenlion.com/
Independent book publisher specializing in history of mathematics and history of science. Includes information on ordering, books available, and how to contact them. |
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University of Massachusetts Amherst: Social and Demographic Research Institute (SADRI) - http://www.umass.edu/sadri/ssh-journal/
Publishes the journal Social Science History, which reports its interdisciplinary research findings. Includes related association links. |
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Britain and the Rise of Science - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/jardineih_01.shtml
Lisa Jardine investigates the origins of the commitment to science as the firm basis for Britain's success in commerce and industry. From the BBC. |
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History of Salt - http://www.saltinstitute.org/Uses-benefits/Salt-in-history
Sodium chloride around the world in history from ancient to the 18th century. Includes resource links. From the Salt Institute. |
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History of Science in the United States - http://home.earthlink.net/~claelliott/
Bibliographies of reference and other works, including original sources, and an indexed chronology of American science 1790-1910. |
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Science and You - http://www.scienceandyou.org/
Several articles, mostly on history and philosophy of science, aimed at a lay audience. |
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Reviews of History of Science books - http://dannyreviews.com/s/history_of_science.html
Reviews, by Danny Yee, of a range of books on the history of science, mostly popular titles. |
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Events in Science, Mathematics and Technology - http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/niel/scales/sh-30.pdf
Neil Brandt's timeline covers historic highlights from classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and technology. |
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History of the Physical Sciences in India - http://india_resource.tripod.com/physics.htm
Essay outlining developments in the study of physics and chemistry in India. Lists some of the early atomic theories, as well as insights gathered in the fields of astronomy, optics, sound, and other branches of physics. |
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Commentary on the Effects of Electricity on Muscular Motion - http://www.bo.infn.it/galvani/de-vir-eng.html
Facsimile of Galvani's original and an English translation. |
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Ancient Greek Science - http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/ancientgreecescience/
Learn about the scientists of ancient Greece, what they have contributed to science, and information about their background. |
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Philosophy, Science and Technology in India - http://india_resource.tripod.com/indianhistory.html
History of rational philosophy, scientific method, epistomology and technology in ancient India. |
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A Science and Technology Odyssey - http://www.science-ebooks.com/timeline
Timeline of the history of science and technology from 20,000 BC to 1800. |
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Some Early Microscopes from the Optical Institute in Wetzlar - http://www.antique-microscopes.com/kellner/kellner1.html
Carl Kellner founded what was named the Optical Institute in Wetzlar Germany in 1849. By 1851 he employed twelve workmen and was producing his first microscopes. |
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History of Science and Technology - http://www.ownyourself.com/scihist.nsf/date
A timeline of the history of science that can be organized by either date, or alphabetically by scientist's name, with (very) basic data and some links. Also provides a list of popularizing books on the subject. |
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Ptolemy's map - http://www.empereur.com/ptolemy.html
A small description of Ptolemy's famous map. |
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Who Invented the Thermometer? - http://www.brannan.co.uk/pages/thermometers/invention.html
Timeline showing the development of the thermometer from Galileo to Kelvin. |
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The Cosmic Elk - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/heather.hobden1/
Articles, and books on science, history and the history of science, including the history of astronomy, Tudor history and the history of Siberia. |
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Muslim Scientists, Mathematicians and Astronomers Before European Renaissance, 700-1500 C.E. - http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/index.htm#scit
Historical review of the Muslim contribution to humanity and Islamic Civilization. Gives biographies of scientists and describes their contributions and influence on European thought and discoveries. |
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History of Science - http://www.santafe.edu/~shalizi/reviews/subjects/history-of-science.html
Book reviews from The Bactra Review. |
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Resources in the History of Science and Technology - http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/historyscience/guide/index.cfm
A directory of online and print resources from the University of Alberta library. |
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National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists - http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/
Catalogue of archives of the papers of contemporary British scientists. Search alphabetically, chronologically or by discipline. Also, has list of Nobel prize winners. |
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Science and Engineering Indicators 2004 - http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind04/pdf/volume1.pdf
Report by the National Science Board and National Science Foundation on U.S. science and technology, including education and research and development, from World War II to the end of the 20th century. |
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From Antiquity to Einstein - http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node2.html
Lecture notes from Jose Wudka of the University of California, Riverside. Page includes definitions and examples of early uses of scientific method, large numbers, early cosmology, Newtonioan laws, electricity, magnetism, waves versus pariticles, and light. |