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History of Science

• WWW Virtual Library: History of Science, Technology and Medicine
• MendelWeb - Roger Blumberg
• Classic Papers in Genetics - Robert J. Robbins
The Classic Papers in Genetics site has expanded and relocated and may now be reached as part of the new Electronic Scholarly Publishing (ESP) project at http://www.esp.org
An ESP section specifically devoted to the Foundations of Classical Genetics may be found at http://www.esp.org/foundations/genetics/classical
• Benjamin Franklin - Glimpses of the Man
• The Origin of the Celsius Temperature Scale
• The Galileo Project - Albert Van Helden, Rice University
• Paracelsus: 500 Years
• The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective
• Jesuits and the Sciences, 1540-1995
• The Alchemy Virtual Library Adam McLean
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
"[An] on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics. There are biographical essays or comments on most of the women mathema ticians and some photos." Source: http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
• 4000 Years of Women in Science
Biographies of women who have made significant contributions to the sciences. 4000 Years of Women in Science starts in 2354 B.C. with En Hedu'Anna and continues up to Marie Curie and beyond. Try out the Interactive Quiz for the chance to win the "Hypa tia Award."
• The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Profiles of African American scientists, engineers, and inventors.
• Nobel Laureates: the official web site of the Nobel Foundation

Science Museums With On-Line Exhibits

• Museums of Natural History - Univ. of Copenhagen
• American Museum of Natural History
• The British Museum
• Provincial Museum of Alberta
• Museum of the History of Science - Oxford Univ.
• Dance of Chance
• The Heart: A Virtual Exploration
• UC Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology
• The Franklin Museum Philadelphia
• The Smithsonian Institution
• National Museum of Natural History
• Ontario (Canada) Science Center
• The British Museum
• Exploratorium - San Francisco
• Lawrence Hall of Science
• Museum of Science, Boston
• Liberty Science Center
• Archeological Museum of Bologna
• Science Centre, Wollongong- NSW, Australia.
• OMSI Portland, Oregon
• Royal Tyrrell Museum Alberta, Canada
• Leonardo da Vinci Museum
• The Peabody Museum of Natural History - Yale University
• California Academy of Science
• The Science Museum, London
• Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit
• LA County Natural History Museum
• Sciencenter of Ithaca, NY
• SciTech
• Singapore Science Centre
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History
• Natural History Museum, Berne (Switzerland)
• North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
• Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (in French)

Emphasis on Historical Instruments

• The Physics Museum at the University of Queensland
• Musée des arts et métiers - in French
• Early Instruments of the Institute of Physics at Naples (Italy)
• History of Science Museum (Florence, Italy - English and Italian)
• Astronomical Museum in Bologna

Alchemy, Hermeticism and Natural Philosophy

Bibliographies of the Astrophysics Group -- University of Melbourne
Historical Bibliographies
Bibliography: History of Ideas, Science and Technology

Sources of Alchemy Images

Alchemy Web Site

This Alchemy Web site has at present 30 megabytes of information organized into over 700 individual pages (with 18 megabyes of text), and 500 graphic images. It was first launched on 7th May 1995 and new pages are continually being added.


Alchemy -- Lake Forest College, Department of Chemistry

Images of alchemists and natural philosophers at their benches.


Hermeticism

An Introduction to the Corpus Hermeticum by John Michael Greer
Hermetic Philosophy, from the The Dario Salas Institute for Hermetic Science.

Natural Philosophy: An Informal Inquiry at the Great Ideas of Science. (mainly Physics)
Donavan Hall
Prepared for The Institute for Diagnostic Studies

Garath Roberts. The Mirror of Alchemy: Alchemical Ideas and Images in Manuscripts and Books: From Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century,
(Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press), 1994.
LC 94-932320
ISBN 0-8020-7660-2 (paperbound, $25.00); 0-8020-0710-4 (cloth, $55.00)

Stanislas de Rola Klossowski . Alchemy : The Secret Art .
(New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson), 1985, c1973

Laurinda S. Dixon. Alchemical Imagery in Bosch's Garden of Delights.
(Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press), 1981.
Published as part of series: Studies in the Fine Arts. Iconography ; no. 2

ND 653.B65 D5 1981 Middleton Library


Arturo Schwarz. Arte e Alchimia
(Venezia : Edizioni la Biennale ; [Milan] : Electa), 1986

Stanislas Klossowski de Rola. The Golden Game : Alchemical Engravings Of The Seventeenth Century.
(New York : G. Braziller), 1988

Aldrich Chemical Company distributed reproductions of alchemical paintings which have graced their catalog and "Aldrichimica Acta" covers. (P.O. Box 355, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-9358 or call: 800-558-9160). The order number for a 1648 painting by the Antwerp artist, David Ryckaert is Z23,336-6 and the charge was $2.00 in the 1992-1993 Aldrich Catalog.

Other Related Exhibits and Indexes

• Pacific Science Center
• Franklin Museum list of educational exhibits
• The Yahoo List of Science Museums and Exhibits
• Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide (Mark Maimone - CMU)
• Michigan Digital Historical Initiative in the Health Sciences
• Historical medical artifacts
• Library of Congress
• National Air and Space Museum Exhibition Gallery
• Hands On Children's Museum

Philosophy of Science

• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Philosophy -- A large index to philosophical references.
• American Philosophical Association
• American Studies Web: Philosophy and Religion
• Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics
• Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914)
• Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography of recent work in the philosophy of the mind, philosophy of cognitive science, and philosophy of artificial intelligence.
• The Darwin-L Web Server
• The InternationalPhilosophical Preprint Exchange
• Library of Living Philosophers
• A Philosophy of Artificial Life Bibliography
• Philosophy of Science and Mathematics Events in Britain
• Philosophy on the Web
• Principia Cybernetica Web
• The Talk.Origins Archive
• Worldwide Guide to Science Studies Programmes

 

 

Ethics in Science

• Association for Practical & Professional Ethics
• ELSI at NCGR
Ethical, legal, and social implications of biotechnology.
• Environmental Ethics Includes Environmental Ethics Journal
• Ethics in Science
• Ethics on the World Wide Web
Includes links to computer, environmental ethics, medical, science ethics, andorganizations.
• Ethics Updates
• Genethics Links
• International Society for Environmental Ethics
• MCW Bioethics HomePage
• On Being a Scientist
• Princeton Environmental Reform Committee (PERC)
• Research Center on Computing and Society
"The Research Center on Computing and Society conducts research and sponsors projects on social and ethical issues that arise from computing..."
• Science Ethics Bibliography
• Teaching Bioethics
Contains syllabi for teaching bioethics and medical humanities.
• UB Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
• The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics

 




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