Architects of the periodic table
How did Lavoisier classify elements known in his time?
What are some Web sites and paper references on the history of the periodic table?
Where I can find information on Julius Lother Meyer?
Can you give me some biographical tidbits about Mendeleev?
Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora.
Richard Dawkins was educated at Oxford University and has taught zoology at the universities of California and Oxford. He is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His books about evolution and science include The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype, The Blind Watchmaker, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, and most recently, Unweaving the Rainbow
The zoologist Richard Dawkins authored a number of best selling popular works on science and genetics including The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The Extended Phenotype, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, and Unweaving the Rainbow. His theory implicating genetics as a key agent in the creation of culture continues to be controversial. This site includes a biography, 53 full text articles written by Dawkins, a long bibliography of works by Dawkins, links to related sites, and information about the work of Dawkins' disciples. Also included here is information about ongoing debates over creationism, and criticism of Dawkins' theories. The navigation is awkward, however, the primary materials here are worth the search effort for historians of biology, genetics and zoology.
This site is devoted to the life and times of Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a legendary figure in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology.
Since the earliest times, humans could view stars at night whenever it happened not to be cloudy. As in prehistoric times, there was barely no light polution in most regions of Earth, our ancestors could view stars of very faint light, and thus some of those objects we now summarize as Deep Sky Objects. This way, some of these objects are known as long as anything is known.
This is an informal and incomplete guide to the history of evolutionary biology from about 1800 to about 1950. It is maintained by John Alroy. Its main emphases are on the late 19th century and on paleontology. However, I hope to see the coverage become more comprehensive in the near future. If you have any comments or suggestions or wish to contribute to the site, I strongly encourage you to do so; please write me. The only limits on contributions are that they must follow the site's format and carry your byline. Contributors to date include Mark Largent.
This is an informal and incomplete guide to the history of evolutionary biology from about 1800 to about 1950. Its main emphases are on the late 19th century and on paleontology. The site provides brief biographies of 53 leading evolutionary biologists beginning with Lamarck and Erasmus Darwin. A timeline from 1747 to 1953, a page of Darwin quotes and a description of significant scientific voyages during the nineteenth-century compliments the site. Researchers may find the annotated bibliography of works in the history of evolution to be the most useful part of this site. Lastly, the site hosts a number of links to related history of evolution sites.
Prehistoric astronomical activity is represented by a Stonehengelike megalithic circle and "Observatory" at Rujm-el-Hiri, near Yonathan in the Golan, the Westernmost sector of the historical Bashan plateau [1] dating from the IIIrd Millenium BC. Star worship is mentioned in the Old Testament [2] as beeing common among the Canaanites*, but the Bashan inhabitants who built that Golan megalithic circle antedate the Canaanites. Very little is known about them and the presumably religous role of their edifice. To the IIIth Century BC Israelitis, they appeared as the work of giants (Refa'im, also Anakim, Emim, Zuzim), and this is probably the source of the legends about races of giants that had lived in Eretz-Israel prior to the Israelite conquest - including the characterization "a remnant of the giants" for Og, King of Bashan, in Deuteronomy and Joshua [3]. Indeed, the Rujm-el-Hiri circle is just one among many megalithic remains in the Bashan, probably at the origin in Greece and England (the "Giant's Dance" = Stonehenge).
Study of Physics and Chemistry; Theories about Heat and Elementary Particles; Wave Nature of Sound and Light; Types of Motion; Physical Phenomenon such as Elasticity, Viscosity, Surface Tension, Magnetism etc; Comparisons with European Science after the 13th C:
Welcome to the Telephone Tribute Website! You'll find all sorts of telephone related web pages here on the history of the telephone, technical information, research resources, human interest stories, clubs, pictures, sound files, links, discussion forum, etc. If this is your first time here, you might try starting out your navigation of my web site by first looking at my Table of Contents or using the search engine to your right.
Welcome to the Telephone Tribute Website! You'll find all sorts of telephone related web pages here on the history of the telephone, technical information, research resources, human interest stories, clubs, pictures, sound files, links, etc. If this is your first time here, you might try starting out your navigation of my web site by first looking at my Table of Contents or using the search engine to your right.
