Earth Sciences

Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, is the State Museum for Victoria (Australia), responsible for the care of the state's collections, conducting research, and providing public access. Museum Victoria has a proud history of scientific and cultural research and collection development. The organisation operates three public campuses and one of Australia's major education and research-based web sites, and is custodian of the State's immense museum collection.

The Natural History Museum is the UK's national museum of natural history, and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity.
The Museum's mission is to maintain and develop its collections and use them to promote the discovery, understanding, responsible use and enjoyment of the natural world.

A comprehensive knowledge of the geoscience of the Canadian landmass and its offshore is fundamental to economic development, public safety, environmental protection and national sovereignty. To acquire, interpret and make available that information to all Canadians is the mission of the Geological Survey of Canada.

The history of women, science, and technology: a bibliograpahic guide to the professions and the disciplines.

This chronology of Information Science and Technology has been prepared by Robert V. Williams, Univ. of South Carolina, College of Library and Information Science.  The chronology should be considered a DRAFT version and all comments regarding corrections, changes, additions, etc. are welcome. Please e-mail me at: bobwill@sc.edu regarding changes.

Dr John M. Beeckmans is on a post-retirement appointment as professor at the Faculty of Engineering Science at the University of Western Ontario. A native of Belgium, he obtained his first degree in chemical engineering from University College, University of London, UK, and subsequently received post-graduate degrees in chemical engineering and physical chemistry from the University of Toronto. His research interests are in fluidization and pneumatic transport. In recent years he has become interested in non-conventional methods of instruction, especially in team-structured self-learning.

Since its inception in 1912, Isis has featured scholarly articles, research notes and commentary on the history of science, medicine, and technology, and their cultural influences. Review essays and book reviews on new publications in the field are also included. An official publication of the History of Science Society, this is the oldest (and most widely circulating) English-language journal in the field.

Founded in 1961, the IUGS is one of the world's largest and most active non-governmental scientific organizations.The Union promotes and supports the study of geological problems of world-wide significance, and facilitates international and interdisciplinary cooperation in the earth sciences. A prominent member of the International Council of Scientific Unions, the IUGS has more than 110 national members.

Founded in 1936 by George Sarton as a companion to the journal Isis, this annual thematic publication deals with important emerging research in the history of science and its cultural influences. Selected volumes of Osiris cover such topics as Historical Writing on American Science, Science in Germany, Science after '40, Research Schools, Instruments, and Constructing Knowledge in the History of Science.