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Discusses early inventions, such as calculating devices, machines using gears, steam engines, war
technology, and town planning. Some mathematicians discussed are Thales, Pythagoras, Eudoxus,
Euclid, Archimedes, and Appolonius. A few of the main topical concepts discussed were
astronomical discoveries, prime numbers, pondering the evolution of the species, and measuring the
circumference of the earth.
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Greeks.htm
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Islamic Alchemy in the Context of Islamic Science
Focus on chemistry, botany and medicine with overviews in other areas.
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/islam.html
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History of Science
Resources page by Hugh Blackmer, Science Librarian at Washington & Lee University.
http://acadprojwww.wlu.edu/vol4/BlackmerH/public_html/xliberty/histsci/
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Victorian Science
Science in the 19th century. Overview plus much specific information on themes, disciplines, and
individuals.
http://www.victorianweb.org/science/sciov.html
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In Our Time: History of Drugs
BBC Radio 4 discussion of the history of the use of narcotic and stimulant drugs in the arts and in
medicine.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20020523.shtml
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In Our Time: The Lunar Society of Birmingham
BBC Radio 4 discussion of an organization that had a major impact on the science and technology of
the industrial revolution era in England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20030605.shtml
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In Our Time: The Scientist in History
BBC Radio 4 discussion program on the historical emergence of the profession and social role of the
scientist.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20021024.shtml
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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.
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105577
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The Cosmic Elk, science, history and the history of science
Webpages, articles, and books on science, history and the history of science, including the history
of astronomy, Tudor history and the history of Siberia.
http://www.cosmicelk.co.uk
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Who invented the thermometer?
Timeline showing the development of the thermometer from Galileo to Kelvin.
http://www.brannan.co.uk/thermometers/invention.html
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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.
http://www.hostultra.com/%7Emhegazy/muslims_in_science.htm
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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.
http://www.ownyourself.com/scihist.nsf/date
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Anyone Vague Science Essays
Twentieth century scientists write about their discoveries and about the value of science.
http://www.geocities.com/anyonevague/essays/
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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.
http://members.tscnet.com/pages/omard1/jportat2.html
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Science and You
Several articles, mostly on history and philosophy of science, aimed at a lay audience.
http://www.scienceandyou.org/
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Commentary On The Effects of Electricity On Muscular Motion
Facsimile of Galvani's original and an English translation.
http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Galvani/GalvaniIntro.htm
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Scientific Societies in the Second Golden Age of Dutch Science, 1850-1914
From the doctoral dissertation of Ilja Nieuwland.
http://homepage.mac.com/ilja/old/Societies1.html
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History of Science in the United States
Bibliographies of reference and other works, including original sources, and an indexed chronology
of American science 1790-1910.
http://home.earthlink.net/~claelliott/
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Resources in the History of Science and Technology
A directory of online and print resources from the University of Alberta library.
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/historyscience/guide/index.cfm
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Darwin-L Archives on the Historical Sciences
Archives of messages and supporting materials from Darwin-L, a professional discussion group on the
history and theory of the historical sciences.
http://rjohara.net/darwin/
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Nobel e-Museum
Biographies and Nobel Lectures of the prizewinners, from the Nobel Foundation.
http://www.nobel.se/
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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.]
http://nytimes.com/2002/12/01/books/review/01HALLLT.html
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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.
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/
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Linus Pauling and the Twentieth Century : Virtual Tour of the Pauling Exhibit
Information on the life and work of one of the 20th century's most important chemists.
http://www.paulingexhibit.org/exhibit/
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Green Lion Press
A small independant book publisher specializing in history of mathematics and history of science.
Includes information on ordering, books available, and how to contact them.
http://www.greenlion.com/
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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.
http://india_resource.tripod.com/physics.htm
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4000 Years of Women in Science
Women's contributions to Science, from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century.
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
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People of Ideas (Philosophers, Scientists and Theologians)
Brief biographies of many key figures, from ancient Greece to the late 20th century. By
Presbyterian minister Miles Hodges.
http://www.newgenevacenter.org/reference/contents.htm
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Jordanus
An international catalogue of mediaeval scientific manuscripts.
http://jordanus.ign.uni-muenchen.de/cgi-bin/iccmsm?seite=home&sprache=en
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Muslim Scientists, Mathematicians and Astronomers Before European Renaissance, 700-1500 C.E.
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.
http://salam.muslimsonline.com/~azahoor/
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Ptolemy's map
A small description of Ptolemy's famous map.
http://www.empereur.com/ptolemy.html
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History of Science
Book reviews from The Bactra Review.
http://www.santafe.edu/~shalizi/reviews/subjects/history-of-science.html
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Mayan Math
An exposition of Mayan calendar glyphs.
http://www.crystalinks.com/may.html
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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.
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/history/history_0.html
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National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists
Catalogue of archives of the papers of contemporary British scientists.
http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/NCUACS/home.htm
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A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
Complete text of the 1896 classic by Andrew Dickson White.
http://human-nature.com/reason/white/contents.html
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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.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/museum/index.html
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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.
http://www.todayinsci.com/
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International Union of History and Philosophy of Science - Division of History of Science
Information on the organization, together with a links page and listings of upcoming conferences.
http://ppp.unipv.it/dhs
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Science & Discovery Audio Tapes
Sells lectures on the history of science on audiocassete.
http://www.audioclassics.net/html/sci_files/science.htm
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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.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evothought.html
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Women in Science and Medicine
Some brief biographies, and interactive quizzes on female scientists.
http://www2.worldbook.com/features/features.asp?feature=wscimed&page=html/intro.htm&dir....
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The Galileo Project
An extensive resource on the life, the times, and the work of Galileo Galilei.
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Located in Berlin, Germany. Publications and preprints, online primary sources, information about
the institute, and links.
http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/ENGLHOME.HTM
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SJSU Virtual Museum
Biographies from the history of mathematics, science, and technology.
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/aamenu.html
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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.
http://www.sciencetimeline.net/
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Philosophy, Science and Technology in India
History of rational philosophy, scientific method, epistomology and technology in ancient India.
http://india_resource.tripod.com/indianhistory.html
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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.
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/index.htm
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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.
http://www.birrcastle.com/
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Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Epact is an online database of medieval and Renaissance scientific instruments made before 1600
A.D.
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/
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A Science and Technology Odyssey
A Timeline of the History of Science and Technology from 20,000 BC to 1800.
http://www.science-ebooks.com/timeline
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Archive for history of science of the Natural History Museum, Vienna
Information about the Archive's collections of Letters (e.g. Goethe, Humboldt) and drawings (e.g
Ferdinand Lucas Bauer).
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/NHM/Archiv/english2.html
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The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect
America's natural heritage.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html
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From Antiquity to Einstein
Lecture notes from Jose Wudka of the University of California, Riverside.
http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node2.html
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About Daylight Saving Time
History from Benjamin Franklin to the present. U.S. law and practice. Worldwide time change dates.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
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Faith and Reason.
On the historical interactions of science and religion. (From PBS.)
http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/intro/histo-body.html
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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.
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/
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Horus Publications
There is a lot of useful material for researchers in the History of Science (both beginners and the
more experienced) here, but you will have to dig a bit through the site. From Professor Ronald
Tobey of the University of California, Riverside.
http://www.horuspublications.com/index.html
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The Antikythera Mechanism
An ancient greek geared mechanism, apparently a device for astronomical calculation.
http://www.giant.net.au/users/rupert/kythera/kythera.htm
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Writing On Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
An exhibition of scientific illustrations concerning the hand in renaissance anatomy, psychology,
mathematics, music, rhetoric, religion, palmistry, and alchemy.
http://www.writingonhands.org/
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History of the Light Microscope
Overview of microscope styles and history.
http://www.utmem.edu/personal/thjones/hist/hist_mic.htm
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Robert Grosseteste's Imagination Symbol. Play Grosseteste Roulette!
Lots of links to pages concerned with this important mediæval scientist, although presented in a
rather unorthodox manner.
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/symbol.htm
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History of Science and Ethics Internet Resources
Links to museums, historical instruments galleries, electronic publications, papers, e-mail groups
and books
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/internet/history.html
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History of Optics
Timeline of optical discoveries and theories, from Euclid to the laser.
http://members.aol.com/WSRNet/D1/hist.htm
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International Commission on History of Meteorology
Information about the commission and about meetings discussion the history of meteorology.
http://www.colby.edu/ichm/
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Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries
A collection of 631 detailed biographies of scientists. Part of the Galileo project, and compiled
by the late Richard S. Westfall. The collection is searchable, but there does not appear to be a
contents page.
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/catalog.html
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Isaac Newton Links
From The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newton.html
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Reviews of History of Science books
Reviews, by Danny Yee, of a range of books on the history of science, mostly popular titles.
http://dannyreviews.com/s/history_of_science.html
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Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540-1995
An exhibit of rare scientific works from the Cudahy Collection of Jesuitica.
http://www.luc.edu/libraries/science/jesuits/index.html
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H-Net Child
History of Childhood and Youth
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~child/
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History of Salt
Sodium chloride in history, with many links to further relevant material. From the Salt Institute.
http://www.saltinstitute.org/38.html
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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 himself and the universe he inhabited
was altered, and the scholastic method of reasoning was replace by new scientific methods.
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/scientificrev.html
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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
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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
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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. This site contains essays on the history of
phrenology, a collection of phrenological images, a large bibliography, and digitized books
relevant to the history of phrenology and the history of evolutionary thought.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology/
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ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online - Science and Technology
Site 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.
http://echo.gmu.edu/
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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.
http://60centuries.copper.org/
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Profiles in Science
Biographical information and archival collections of several prominent twentieth-century American
biomedical scientists.
http://profiles.NLM.nih.gov/
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Internet History of Science Sourcebook
Links to documents and Web resources pertaining to the history of science including original texts
from great scientific thinkers.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html
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Internet for History and Philosophy of Science
A free "teach yourself" tutorial on Internet information skills for historians and
philosophers of science.
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/vts/hps/
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Echo Science and Technology Virtual Center
Incorporating the WWW Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine,
established in 1994.
http://echo.gmu.edu/center/index.html
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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/
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History of Russian Science
WWW Virtual Guide to the History of Russian and Soviet Science and Technology
http://web.mit.edu/slava/guide/
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HOPOS
Web site of The History of the Philosophy of Science Working Group.
http://scistud.umkc.edu/hopos/
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Selection Of Web And Other Internet Sources And Addresses
Long list of internet resources in the field of the history of science.
http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/~tsettle/index.html
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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.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/ancientgreecescience
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Dibner Institute for History of Science and Technology
Research center at MIT, sponsors Fellows programs.
http://dibinst.mit.edu
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Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Scientific Revolution
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook09.html
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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.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/
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Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
Library calalog, image library, and numerous virtual exhibits available online.
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/
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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.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/
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