Title | Annotation |
|---|---|
| 4000 Years of Women in Science | This site compiles over 130 biographies of women scientists throughout the ages organized alphabetically, chronologically, and by discipline. A handful of images are also available, as is an extensive bibliography. Unfortunately most of the site has not been updated since 1999 and many of the off-site links are no longer valid. |
| 4000 Years of Women in Science | This site documents the history of women in science by providing a long list of biographies including female scientists from a range of disciplines. The site design is old and the navigation is basic, but a large amount of information on certain individuals is available throught this site and its links. The site offers a short introduction, the biographies, a few images, and a bibliography. Visitors can select whether to browse the biographies alphabetically, by date of birth, or by field. The site boasts more than 100 records, but many are one-sentence descriptions which are not useful. |
| A Walk Through Time: The Evolution of Time Measurement through the Ages | |
| AEON | |
| Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide | |
| Agropolis-Museum | |
| Album of Villard de Honnecourt | This is a University of Newcastle archive of Villard de Honnecourt's portfolio. Pages from Villard's notebook are available as separate digital photographs, though a web page with compressed versions of every image allows users to scan for a specific drawing. A "search by page number" feature has also been included. A history of Villard, a bibliography, and links to several websites can be found via a link at the bottom of the main web page. |
| Ancient Medicine / Medicina Antiqua | |
| Antiqua Medicina - from Homer to Versalius | Antiqua Medicina is an exhibit created by the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. This electronic display was generated from materials assembled for a print exhibit of the same name created in fall 1996. The exhibit is broken into 18 'rooms' that trace the history of medicine from Homer to Vasalius. Subjects including Hippocrates, Galen, military medicine and sanitation are covered; the essays provide an interesting introduction to the history of medicine. Scholars may also find some of the many images to be useful. |
| Antique Spectacles: The on-line museum and encyclopedia of vision aids. | Antique Spectacles hosts extensive information about spectacles, eyeglasses, telescopes, and other vision aids through the centuries. A glossary, bibliography, and interpretive essay provides an introduction to the topic while than 900 images are available for viewing, including a virtual museum with nine curated collections. |
| Arabic Numerals | |
| Archaeology: W3/VL | ArchNet, maintained by the Archaeological Research Institute at Arizona State University, is an exhaustive repository for links to archeology-related sites. Links are organized and browsable by region, topic, education and research, and institutions and organizations. It also features a search function which includes a guided form. |
| Archaic Medical Terms | This site acts as a guide to obscure and outdated medical terminology and information. Historians of early modern medicine may find this site useful, as well as those conducting genealogical research. The main feature of the site is its alphabetical index of archaic medical terms, such as those that might, for example, be found in eighteenth century medical records or diaries. Additionally, the site offers several other sections on topics ranging from epidemics, to poisoning, to symbols and abbreviations, and others. |
| Areas of Philosophy on the Net | |
| Asclepion | This page was designed to be an internet source that presents the study of ancient medicine in a manner that is both accessible and useful to the general public and to students enrolled in the history course "Ancient Medicine" (History C380/580), taught by Professor Nancy Demand at Indiana University Bloomington. Essays on medicine in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece are particularly useful and some scholars may find the images of ancient medical instruments to be interesting. Designed for undergraduates, the site is not particularly expansive. |
| Astronomiae Historia / History of Astronomy | |
| Astronomy Among Ancient Tombs and Relics in Asuka, Japan | |
| Astronomy Notes | |
| AstroWeb: History of Astronomy | This site is a large list of annotated links about the history of astronomy. The sites represented here offer a wide range of materials from digital archives to a high school curriculum for applied physics with space flight as its model. |
| Australian Academy for the History of Pharmacy |
