This is a work in progress. To help get a handle on the history of 19th and 20th century biology, I am making up biographical sketches of the scientists important to me. I welcome feedback, suggestions, and corrections. New names should be added regularly.
Synopsis' and reference material on 10 famous bioligists with more to come.
The origins of modern psychosurgery are to be found in the last decades of the 19th century, when science was beginning to understand how the human mind and behavior could be mapped out into the anatomical features of the brain. A German scientist named Friederich Golz, doing experiments with the surgical ablation of neocortex in dogs, reported in 1890 that when the temporal lobe were removed, animals were more tame and calmer than the
The Computer History Association of California is a charitable, nonprofit corporation established in 1993 to serve six major purposes:
* To study, preserve, protect and popularize the history of electronic computing in the State of California.
* To publish a quarterly journal called the Analytical Engine, devoted to the history which CHAC is mandated to preserve.
* To collect and archive hardware, software and documents significant to that history.
* To participate in an informal network of institutions specializing in computer history, in California and elsewhere.
* To correspond electronically, through the USENET newsgroup alt.folklore.computers, with computer historians worldwide.
* To plan strategically for the establishment of a major, comprehensive, public museum of computing, probably in the Silicon Valley area, by the turn of the century.
This page contains links to Michael Hauben's and Ronda Hauben's on-line Netbook, Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet. This netbook presents the history and impact of various aspects of the Net: the Internet, ARPANET, Usenet, etc. We hope to provide information which will help readers to understand where the Net has come from so as to help preserve its value throughout future developments and changes.
The purpose of EASST is to stimulate communcation, exchange and collaboration in the field of studies of science and technology. Europe in a larger sense evinces a variety of scholarly, cultural, linguistic and political styles, which EASST aims to bridge by providing a forum for discussion, as well as cooperative efforts in research and teachin
Abir-Am, Pnina G. and Dorinda Outram. Uneasy Career and Intimate Lives: Women in Science 1789-1997. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1987. (Book shows historical women who, through cleverness and careful planning, were able to combine both in-depth work in science with time for a family life.)
Alic, Margaret. Hypatia's Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century. Beacon Press, Boston, 1986. (History of women in the physical and natural sciences and mathematics, beginning with prehistoric times and ending with the late nineteenth century.)
A list of references to works centering on the history of women in science and technology.
The Unisys History Newsletter is written and published by George Gray. George is a Systems Programmer for the State of Georgia Department of Administrative Services and is heavily involved in Unite Inc., a Unisys User Group. He began his work on the Unisys History Newsletter as a hobby and privately published his first six newsletters. Then, he began writing a regular computer history column in UniSphere magazine.
A register of people involved in the development of science, technology, engineering and medicine in Australia, including references to their archival materials and bibliographic resources
Working With Knowledge - International Archives Conference under the auspices of Science Technology and Medicine Archives International (a special interest group of the International Council on Archives) and Science Technology and Medicine Archives Australia (a special interest group of the Australian Society of Archivists Inc.)
The History of the Earth Sciences Society (HESS) was founded in 1982 to help satisfy four needs. First, the gap between the humanities and the sciences is bridged by some historians interested in the history of earth science, and by some geoscientists interested in the history of their fields...
