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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.
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.
About Daylight Saving Time -- History from Benjamin Franklin to the present. U.S. law and practice. Worldwide time change dates.
Athanasius Kircher on the Web -- Links to web-resources concerned with this important Renaissance Jesuit natural philosopher. By Mats Rendel.
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.
Catalog -- The Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Cofrhigeorama -- History of Geology and the Geosciences. In French and English.
Dibner Institute for History of Science and Technology -- Research center at MIT, sponsors Fellows programs.
Eric''s Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography -- This site has biographies of some of the great inventors, scientists and radio pioneers.
Faith and Reason. -- On the historical interactions of science and religion. (From PBS.)
From Antiquity to Einstein -- Lecture notes from Jose Wudka of the University of California, Riverside.
Galileo - The Creation of a Heretic -- Mike Branum on the background to the trial and condemnation of Galileo.
Galileo and Einstein -- A lecture course by Michael Fowler of the University of Virginia.
Galileo: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina -- Galileo''s great defense of the independence of science from religious authority.
H-GIG Web Index of the History of Science and Medicine -- A useful resource from the History Department at the University of California, Riverside.
H-Net Child -- History of Childhood and Youth
HOPOS -- Web site of The History of the Philosophy of Science Working Group.
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.
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.
History of Optics -- Timeline of optics-related historical moments.
History of Phrenology on the Web -- This site consists of essays on themes in the history of phrenology, as well as the most comprehensive collection of phrenological images in any one place as well as important digitized books relevant not only to the history of phrenology, but also to the history of evolutionary thought. Largest bibliography of phrenology on the web.
History of Russian Science -- WWW Virtual Guide to the History of Russian and Soviet Science and Technology
History of Science Society -- with links to journals, teaching tools and other resources.
History of Science, Technology and Medicine -- WWW Virtual Library for the history of science, technology and medicine. Source for collectors research information.
How The Days of the Week Got Their Names -- A short history of the week and each day of the week.
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.
Internet History of Science Sourcebook -- Links to documents and Web resources pertaining to the history of science including original texts from great scientific thinkers.
Isaac Newton Links -- From The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540-1995 -- An exhibit of rare scientific works from the Cudahy Collection of Jesuitica.
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.
Philosophers, Scientists and Theologians - By Miles Hodges -- Brief biographies of many key figures, from ancient Greece to the late 20th century.
Robert Grosseteste''s Imagination Symbol. Play Grosseteste Roulette! -- Lots of links to pages concerned with this important medićval scientist, although presented in a rather unorthodox manner.
Selection of Web and other Internet Sources & Addresses -- Long list of internet resources in the field of the history of science.
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.
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
Technology -- Technology chronology.
The Complete History Of The Discovery Of Cinematography -- An Illustrated Chronological History Of The Development Of Motion Pictures Covering2,500 Years Leading To Cinematography In The 1800''s
The Galileo Project. -- A large and impressive site concerned with the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), the science of his time, and his hisorical context.
The Huxley File -- The works of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895): physiologist, anatomist, anthropologist, agnostic, educator, and Darwin''s bulldog.
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.
Web Resources for History and Philosophy of Science -- Useful links page from the History and Philosophy of Science Division at the University of Leeds.

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