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The Astronaut Connection
Features stories on the history of space exploration.
(http://nauts.com/)
Calendars through the ages
History and FAQ's of various calendars, including Julian, Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, and Mayan. Astonomy, years, months, and days of the week.
(http://www.webexhibits.com/calendars/)
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
This award-winning website explores the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus.
(http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/)
Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
Biography for a large number of scientists from Eric's good Treasure Trove project.
(http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/bios.html)
Galileo: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
Galileo's great defense of the independence of science from religious authority.
(http://www.lucknow.com/horus/etexts/christna.html)
The Galileo Project.
The Galileo Project is a hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time.
(es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/)
H-GIG Web Index of the History of Science and Medicine
A useful resource from the History Department at the University of California, Riverside.
(http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/scimedindex.html)
History of Mathematics
An archive of articles, part of the Mathematical MacTutor.
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/)
History of Russian Science
WWW Virtual Guide to the History of Russian and Soviet Science and Technology
(http://web.mit.edu/slava/guide/)
H-Net Child
History of Childhood and Youth
(http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~child/)
HOPOS
Web site of The History of the Philosophy of Science Working Group.
(http://scistud.umkc.edu/hopos/)
HORUS: A Beginner's Guide to Research in the History of Science
HORUS is a large site, by Professor Ronald C. Tobey of the University of California, Riverside, containing lots of useful material on the history of science, and useful advice for people beginning studies in the area.
(http://www.lucknow.com/horus/guide/tp1.html)
HORUS: History of Science Etexts Index
Lots of useful online texts in the History of Science. This is part of the same site as the HORUS "Beginner's Guide", but the site is a maze, and the parts are not always easily accessible from one another.
(http://www.lucknow.com/horus/etexts/)
Institute and Museum of History of Science - Florence, Italy
The museum and web site are particularly rich resources for the life and work of Galileo.
(http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/)
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Scientific Revolution
No Description available
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook09.html)
The Jet Revolution
A journey through a revolutionary era in aviation history.
(http://www.soton.ac.uk/~genesis/Misc/Referenc.htm)
Medical History on the Internet
Mega links and information
(http://www.anes.uab.edu/medhist.htm)
A Science Odyssey
A Science Odyssey presents the people and the discoveries of twentieth century science and technology in a variety of accessible, entertaining, and interactive Web features.
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/)
The Scientific Revolution
The year 1543 may be taken as the beginning of the scientific revolution, for it was then that Copernicus published The Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies and Vesalius, On the Structure of the Human Body. Within a century and a half, man's conception of hi
(http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/scientificrev.html)
Selection of Web and other Internet Sources & Addresses
One long list of internet resources in the field.
(galileo.imss.firenze.it/~tsettle/index.html)
Some Early Microscopes from the Optical Institute in Wetzlar
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.
(http://www.bestweb.net/~wissner/kellner/kellner1.html)
Some Material on the History of Biochemistry.
Short biographies of Biochemists Marshall Nirenberg, who cracked the genetic code, and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, discoverer of vitamins
(http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/biochem.htm)
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.
(http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/)
Web Resources for History and Philosophy of Science
Useful links page from the History and Philosophy of Science Division at the University of Leeds.
(http://www.leeds.ac.uk/acom/hps.htm)
Curricular Resources
Curricular Resources Here are some curricular resources on World Wide Web that may be useful to K-12 students and educators: Live Internet Course of NASA Robots in Space (begins June 30)
(http://www.k12.wa.us/K12Links/curricular.html)
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