Title | Annotation |
|---|---|
| 1492: An Ongoing Voyage | |
| 19th Century Scientific American Online | Snippets from the first two volumes of Scientific American magazine. Very little information available and what is is of a frivolous nature. Not for research. Site has not been updates since 1997. |
| 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. |
| 4000 Years of Women in Science | |
| 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 Unfortunately most of the site has not been updated since 1999 and many of the off-site links are no longer valid. |
| A Condensed History of Homeopathy | |
| A Walk Through Time: The Evolution of Time Measurement through the Ages | |
| Aberdeen Bestiary Project | The Aberdeen Bestiary, an exemplar of this genre of medieval zoology, has been scanned into this useful website. In addition to the scan of over 100 images and the accompanying text, the editors of this web site provide English translations of the Latin text and editorial comments to explain the mythology behind the various descriptions. Additionally, the site includes pages explaining the construction of the codex and the development of the site. |
| Academy of Natural Sciences | This website includes information about the museum and collections of the American Academy of Natural Sciences. An on-line exhibit about paleontologist and anatomist, Joseph Leidy, will interest historians of biology, natural science and zoology. The Society's database of 22 collections includes links to digital archives of Ichthyology, Invertebrate Paleontology, Malacology, Ornithology, Rotifers, VIREO, Mollusk, and Orthopteroid Insects. Other collections have not been digitized, however, researchers will find information about how to physically access these materials. |
| African American Inventor Series | |
| Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide | |
| Agropolis-Museum | |
| AIP-Center for History of Physics | The American Institute of Physics has combined exhibits with educational syllabi, and archives in this deep site. Included are exhibits about Madame Currie, Albert Einstein, the electron, the transistor and Werner Heisenberg and the Uncertainty Principle. Archives include thousands of digitized images in the Emilio Sagres visual archive, and the book and manuscript catalogue of the Neils Bohr library. |
| Alchemy Web | This site is a large archive of alchemy texts and images. The site contains dozens of transcriptions of 16th, 17th, and 18th century texts, more than a thousand images, an extensive collection of scholarly articles, and more. The site is maintained by Adam McLean, an independent scholar and well known authority and enthusiast for all things alchemical. The site also offers a mailing list, a CD-ROM version of the site, and several study courses. |
| Alcohol and Drugs History Society | The Alcohol and Drugs History Society uses this site as a clearing house for news and information relating to their targeted subject area. The site contains excerpts and links to current news articles from around the world as well as book reviews and historical essays. The site also houses the online edition of the society's academic journal, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs. A menu on the right side of the page allows users to find information on a host of topics including various types of drugs and alcohol and drug related policies and events in specific countries. |
| American Museum of Paper Science and Technology | |
| Amherst & Germ Warfare against Native Americans | |
| Anders Celsius (1701-1744) | |
| 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 Medical Instruments |
