Earth Sciences

Specializing in the sale of 15th to 19th century maps and atlases
Introduction
Heritage Map Museum has developed an extensive list of more than 500 high-quality Internet sites of interest to historians and cartophiles, the results of more than 400 hours of research by the staff of Heritage Map Museum. We believe it to be the finest collection on the Internet.
The links are organized by geographic region, theme, and historical timeline. We hope you find this information helpful, informative, and useful.

The California Academy of Sciences actively pursues original scientific research and is committed to fostering a spirit of scientific discovery and stewardship of the natural world. Systematic biology, the focus of the Academy's research, is becoming increasingly important as the understanding of the value of biodiversity grows. Staff in the Academy's eight separate research departments conduct original research, develop and maintain collections, and are directly involved in all educational and outreach activities of the institution.

The Museum's mission and vision, revised and approved by the Board of Directors in 1999, is as follows:
Our mission is to record, preserve and tell the stories of Hawai`i and the Pacific, inspiring our guests to embrace and experience our natural and cultural world.
We will tell the full story of Hawai`i in relationship to its place in the Pacific, and the world, and we will make Hawai`i aware of the world around us. These stories will be told through a network of public museums and learning centers that provide personal experiences that are engaging and relevant. To present these stories, we will use collections, research, information, educational programs, and publications in collaboration with expertise available in the community. Bishop Museum will rank with the best museums in the world.

NTM is an international journal for history and ethics of natural sciences, technology and medicine that publishes original research papers, book reviews and news.

Niel Brandt's Timelines and Scales of Measurement Page
These are some timelines and a scales of measurement list that I have made. I am always working to improve them and would appreciate any comments. I put updates here occasionally. Feel free to grab and save any of these files and to pass them on to your friends.
Loved by "New Scientist" magazine! See the 30 July 1994 issue cover and page 35!
The TEX files below are in plain TEX and require no macro files. You need to have a DVI / POSTSCRIPT / PDF viewer hooked into your browser to look at the DVI / POSTSCRIPT / PDF files. I have converted some of the files into ASCII and might convert the others soon. If anyone has already done this, I would be most interested.

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. A society to which both historians and earth scientists belong allows for mutually beneficial exchanges of ideas.
Second, because the history of earth science is a global topic, a national group or a commission with limited membership may not be suitably flexible. A society open to all and cosmopolitan in composition and outlook provides this element of breadth.
Third, in the past, even with all the other journals available, it has been difficult to find an outlet for scholarly works in the history of the earth sciences. A prime goal of the new society was immediate establishment of a refereed journal to serve the needs of its members.
Fourth, historical studies of ideas concerning the Earth, institutions involved in such research, and prominent workers have seldom received much attention. With greater prominence and a journal dedicated to the field, more support for intellectual endeavors in the broad domain of geoscience history has been forthcoming.

The Journal of Syms Covington
Assistant to Charles Darwin Esq.
on the Second Voyage of the HMS Beagle
December 1831 - September 1836

Australasian Association for the History,
Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
AAHPSSS Newsletter and Conference Presentations
AAHPSSS Newsletter, No.49, March 1995
AAHPSSS Newsletter, No.48, August 1994
WWW meets HPS/STS - A DIY Guide
Presentation by Tim Sherratt at the AAHPSSS Conference 1995

4,000 years of women in science! Did you know that? Women are, and always have been, scientists. This site lists over 125 names from our scientific and technical past. They are all women! This site grew out of the public talks given by Dr. Sethanne Howard, currently with the National Science Foundation. As we learn more, we add it to this page. We hope you will share what you know with us. This includes inventors, scholars and writers as well as mathematicians and astronomers. We hope you enjoy learning about some of these women.