The Computer Museum of America has selected 10 computer pioneers to be inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame this summer, Museum Curator David Weil announced.
Half the 10 new inductees were selected by the public in an online poll. The other half of the Class of 2002 were chosen by a select panel of the Computer Museum of America.
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.
An historic astronomical observatory and radio station owned by the East Devon District Council and operated by The Norman Lockyer Observatory Society. The Observatory was established in 1912 by Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer for astronomical research. Now the Observatory is operated for the benefit of science education, to promote the public awareness of science and to provide a facility where individuals and groups can participate in projects and the recreational study of science in a practical way.
When Max Adler founded the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in 1930, he recognized the need to exhibit artifacts from the history of astronomy as well as to establish the first planetarium theater in America.
In addition to the Zeiss planetarium projector, he purchased a collection of about 500 astronomical, navigational, and mathematical instruments from A. W. M. Mensing in the Netherlands. These instruments formed the foundation of the Adler's History of Astronomy Collection, which has since grown to almost 2000 historic instruments. This makes it the largest collection of such material in the Western Hemisphere and one of the largest and most important in the world.
In addition to housing these instruments, the History of Astronomy Department is home to a significant library of rare books, a collection of astronomically-themed works on paper, and a modern reference library and research center
El equipo que trabaja en el proyecto MUSEO HISPANO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA está en proceso de seleccionar documentación científica e imágenes de aquellos instrumentos, aparatos y maquinaria de gran relevancia que se encuentran en las más prestigiosas instituciones de caracter museológico y científico. Al mismo tiempo se trabaja en el diseño de la ingeniería de telecomunicación que permita el acceso a miles de objetos, así como de otra información interactiva.
McGuire served in all the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia as the medical director of the famed Second Corps. In May of 1863, Jackson was wounded in the arm by friendly fire at the battle of Chancellorsville. After a week long battle with pneumonia, Jackson died of the pneumonia. (note: modern physicans think Jackson probably died of a pulomanry embolism, not pneumonia as McGuire thought) A picture of McGuire taken in mid-May shows him looking gaunt and exhausted, both indicative of the tireless efforts he put forth in an attempt to save his friend and patient. In fact, Dr. McGuire attempted to give his patient and friend round the clock care.
The Wellcome Library preserves the record of medicine past and present to foster understanding of medicine, its history, and its impact in society.
One of the world's greatest collections of books, manuscripts, pictures and films around the meaning and history of medicine, from the earliest times to the present day. We are freely open to the public without appointment and provide a wide range of enquiry services.
This medical library contains around 600,000 printed volumes, including approximately 66,000 pre-1851 books. The library also hosts manuscript and oriental medicine collections. The on-line catalogue references most of the publications and can be searched by picture, archive, manuscript, film, book and journal. Also included is information about library services, hours and location (it is in London England).
The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford.
The Historical Library contains a large and unique collection of rare medical books, medical journals to 1920, pamphlets, prints, and photographs, as well as current works on the history of medicine. The library was founded in 1941 by the donations of the extensive collections of Harvey Cushing, John F. Fulton, and Arnold C. Klebs. Special strengths are the works of Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius, Boyle, Harvey, and S. Weir Mitchell, and works on anesthesia, and smallpox inoculation and vaccination. The Library owns over 300 medical incunabula.
Historic Maps of Dutch Cartographers
