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- Alchemy Web and Virtual Library - - Comprehensive library of imagery, symbols, music, alchemical texts and commentary. Not historical in ntent, but contains many useful historical sources.
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- Ancient Greece: Science and Technology - - 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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- Ancient Greek Science - - Learn about the scientists of Ancient Greece, what they have contributed to science, and information about their background.
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- Birr Castle Demesne - - A science museum in Ireland devoted to the astronomical, engineering botantical and photographical work of the Parsons family.
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- Bright Sparcs - - A biographical, bibliographical and archival database of more than 3,000 Australian scientists with links to related articles and images.
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- Calendars Through the Ages - - 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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- ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online - - Dedicated to using the internet to collect and assemble (for the historical record) personal recollections of recent developments in science and technology, and to encouraging others to undertake similar projects. Includes a directory of history of science and technology websites.
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- Faith and Reason. - - On the historical interactions of science and religion. (From PBS..
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- From Antiquity to Einstein - - 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.
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- Green Lion Press - - 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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- History of Evolutionary Thought - - 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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- History of Optics - - Timeline of optical discoveries and theories, from Euclid to the laser.
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- History of Phrenology on the Web - - Phrenology, though now generally discredited, was an important historical precursor of later developments in psychology and neuroscience. Contains essays, related images, a large bibliography, and digitized books.
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- History of Remote Sensing - - Gives some hallmarks in the history of remote sensing, which, when tied to human history, have profoundly changed the way we view and understand our world.
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- History of Salt - - Sodium chloride in history, with many links to further relevant material. From the Salt Institute.
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- History of Science and Technology - - 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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- History of the Human Sciences - - Quarterly interdisciplinary print journal, with information about its scope, purpose, and manuscript submission guidelines, as well as tables of contents back to 1997.
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- History of the Physical Sciences in India - - 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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- HOPOS - - Web site of The History of the Philosophy of Science Working Group.
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- In Our Time: Science Archive - - In Our Time is a BBC Radio 4 series in which, in each program, Sir Melvyn Bragg discusses a topic in the history of ideas (in science, philosophy, culture, religion, or general history) with a trio of experts. This page indexes the discussions on science (both historical and contemporary)for online listening.
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- Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Scientific Revolution
- Jordanus - - An international catalogue of mediaeval scientific manuscripts.
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- 'Lost Discoveries': The Non-Western Roots of Science - - New York Times review of book by Dick Teresi on the contributions of Babylonians, Egyptians, Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Polynesians and Mesoamericans to the growth and development of the sciences. [Requires free registration..
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- Museum of Microscopy - - A virtual museum of microscopes, ranging from the earliest 16th century European instruments to modern microscopes from around the world.
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- Muslims in Science - - Biographical sketches of many of the greatest contributors to the development of scientific thought from within the Islamic tradition.
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- Natural Magick - - Giambattista della (John Baptist) Porta (1537?-1615), was a Neapolitan scholar of notable ability who had devoted great attention to the study of natural and physical science. Compendeum of life's work, completed in 1584. 1658 English Translation.
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- Nobel e-Museum - - Biographies and Nobel Lectures of the prizewinners, from the Nobel Foundation.
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- Profiles in Science - - Biographical information and archival collections of several prominent twentieth-century American biomedical scientists.
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- Science and Engineering Indicators - - Report by the National Science Board and National Science Foundation on US science and technology, including education and R&D, from World War II to the end of the 20th century.
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- Science and You - - Several articles, mostly on history and philosophy of science, aimed at a lay audience.
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- A Science Odyssey - - 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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- Science Timeline - - A chronology from the 7th millenium BC to the present day, with brief explanations of events in the history of Western natural philosophy and sciences.
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- The Scientific Revolution - - Discusses the early development of scientific thought and method from 1543 and Copernicus' heliocentric view of the solar system to Isaac Newton's acceptance of a universal gravitational force.
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- The Scientific Revolution HomePage - - Study Guide, Timelines, Biographies, Glossaries, Diagrams, Flash Movies, Searchable Catalogue of Sci-Rev Community, Bibliographies, Links, Original Research.
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- Sixty Centuries of Copper - - A history of copper mining, the development of metal-working processes and the uses of copper through the past six thousand years; originally published in 1965.
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- 19th Century Scientific American - - Though very different from todays Scientific American Magazine, the articles of the 19th Century Scientific American is a nice read for students of this period.
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- Today in Science History - - 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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- Victorian Science - - Science in the 19th century. Overview plus much specific information on themes, disciplines, and individuals.
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