This is the calendar FAQ. Its purpose is to give an overview of the Christian, Hebrew, Persian, and Islamic calendars in common use. It will provide a historical background for the Christian calendar, plus an overview of the French Revolutionary calendar, the Maya calendar, and the Chinese calendar.
This is a brief outline of the development of string theory, the details of which will eventually fill many large volumes written by many people directly and indirectly involved in this rich and fascinating story.
A brief overview of this Web site that compares what we knew in 1900 to what we know today
Life in the American West was reshaped by a series of patents for a simple tool that helped ranchers tame the land: barbed wire. Nine patents for improvements to wire fencing were granted by the U.S. Patent Office to American inventors, beginning with Michael Kelly in November 1868 and ending with Joseph Glidden in November 1874. Barbed wire not only simplified the work of the rancher and farmer, but it significantly affected political, social, and economic practices throughout the region. The swift emergence of this highly effective tool as the favored fencing method influenced life in the region as dramatically as the rifle, six-shooter, telegraph, windmill, and locomotive.
Documents and teaching activities explore the impact of invention on the development of the West. These materials are from the National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA) Web site.
The twentieth century has seen an unprecedented development and global expansion in Western science and its accompanying technological advances, stimulated in part by two world wars. This wedding of science and technology-or "technoscience" as it is sometimes called-has spelled great prosperity for some and a radical change in lifestyle for most. The enormous range of products and services it has produced has profoundly affected ways of thinking and social structures across the world. But it has also left its scars in the form of environmental pollution, harmful medications, technological accidents, and weaponry of unprecedented destructiveness.
The museum houses an extensive collection of scientifically important zoological material designated as being of outstanding national and international significance by Re:source (formerly the MGC).
As part of the Department of Zoology we are also home to a thriving research community.
Agencies
Russian Space Agency
Home page for the Russian Space Agency (RKA) which was formed after the breakup of the former Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Soviet space program. The RKA uses the technology and launch sites that belonged to the former Soviet space program NASA mirror site
The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Traing Center
Home page for the Yuri Gagarian Cosomonaut Training Centre at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. English and Russian versions.
Conquers of Space, a gallery of Soviet and Russian cosomonauts.
NASA Watch
Site often critical of NASA.
Animal Astronauts-Laika
Web page for Laika, the dog launched into orbit by the Soviet Union.
Cheiron, named after the wise centaur of Greek myth, was formed in October 1968 to promote international cooperation and multidisciplinary studies in the history of the social and behavioral sciences. The society's aims are to:
(a) provide a broad perspective on contemporary scientific activities in order to counteract the narrow views of various disciplines and their interactions.
(b) broaden scientific perspective by close cooperation with scholars in other countries.
(c) strengthen and increase professionalism of scholarly research in the history of the behavioral and social sciences.
The scholarly journal History of Psychology began quarterly publication in February 1998. It is published by the American Psychological Association for the Society for the History of Psychology (APA Division 26), and is edited (through the year 2005) by Michael M. Sokal, Professor of History at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. History of Psychology's editorial office operates under the direction of Gina M. Patterson, Editorial Coordinator, with support from WPI, the American Psychological Association, and the Society for the History of Psychology.
Tesla Memorial Society of New York is celebrating its 25th anniversary. It was founded in Buffalo, New York in 1979. It is the oldest Tesla society in North America dedicated to keeping the memory of Nikola Tesla alive. We are committed to the pursuit of science, progress and brotherhood among all nations and religions around the world.
