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In accordance with the mandate to study the "Transformation of Canada," the collection of the Canada Science and Technology Museum encompasses a broad cross-section of Canadian scientific and technological heritage. National in scope, this unique collection consists of artifacts, photographs, technical drawings, trade literature, and rare books, all of which are complemented and supported by library holdings of monographs and serials.

The technology of modern remote sensing began with the invention of the camera more than 150 years ago. Although the first, rather primitive photographs were taken as "stills" on the ground, the idea and practice of looking down at the Earth's surface emerged in the 1840s when pictures were taken from cameras secured to tethered balloons for purposes of topographic mapping. Perhaps the most novel platform at the end of the last century is the famed pigeon fleet that operated as a novelty in Europe. By the first World War, cameras mounted on airplanes provided aerial views of fairly large surface areas that proved invaluable in military reconnaissance. From then until the early 1960s, the aerial photograph remained the single standard tool for depicting the surface from a vertical or oblique perspective.

In 1988, the Space Foundation in cooperation with NASA, established the Space Technology Hall of Fame. Its purpose is threefold: to honor the innovators who have transformed technology originally developed for space use into commercial products; to increase public awareness of the benefits of space spinoff technology; and to encourage further innovation.

In April 2003 The National Archives was launched bringing together the Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Over the next 12 months, the National Archives will combine the services and expertise of both the PRO and the HMC. See The National Archives website for further information.

HMC is the UK's central advisory body on archives and manuscripts relating to British history. Established in 1869 HMC is the principal source of information on the nature and location of records and the leading provider of advice on matters relating to them.

Welcome to the Hanford Health Information Network (HHIN). The Network is a collaboration of the health agencies of Washington, Oregon and Idaho, along with nine Indian Nations. The Network was created to provide information on the known and potential health effects of the radioactive releases from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, located in south central Washington state, from 1944 to 1972. For more than 40 years, Hanford released radioactive materials into the environment, while producing plutonium for America's nuclear arsenal.
This Web site offers a series of HHIN publications concerning possible health effects of exposure to radioactive materials, as well as a directory of organizations and other useful resources. Information from a variety of sources and perspectives is also available

Technical innovations, a marked increase in written communication even outside monastery walls, attempts to reform the church, a first spread of humanistic thought, as well as new art forms were some of the positive developments of this time. On the negative side however horrible inquisition proceedings and many long-lasting wars were also part of the many contradictions of Johannes Gutenberg’s century.
Only when looking at it within the context of these changing times can Gutenberg’s invention be understood. The schedule of events of the 15th century presents an overview of the political and cultural developments of this era. Further information on the life and work of the inventor can then be found in a comprehensive summary of the most important dates and facts or in the detailed article on Gutenberg and his time

Chinese medicine is as valuable today as it has been for thousands of years and is enjoying new-found respect from modern western medical researchers. In Taiwan, the main research body specializing in this branch of medicine is the Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy ¤¤ÂåÃÄ©e­û·| (CCMP) under the DOH, whose members are selected from the nation's most distinguished practitioners of Chinese medicine. As of December 2001, there were 3,979 licensed doctors of Chinese medicine practicing in the Taiwan area, 2,588 Chinese medical hospitals and clinics, 12,864 licensed dealers of herbal medicines, and 238 manufacturers of herbal medicines.

The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, providing more than 40 percent of total funding for this vital area of national importance. It oversees – and is the principal federal funding agency of – the Nation’s research programs in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences.
The Office of Science manages fundamental research programs in basic energy sciences, biological and environmental sciences, and computational science. In addition, the Office of Science is the Federal Government’s largest single funder of materials and chemical sciences, and it supports unique and vital parts of U.S. research in climate change, geophysics, genomics, life sciences, and science education.

This major British Library exhibition traced the West's response to the oldest intellectual challenge facing the human mind: what is the shape and the extent of the earth and of the cosmos which contains it? The problem has been the province of religion, poetry and myth, but in the western scientific tradition it resolved itself into the twin enterprises of mapping the earth and the heavens. The exhibition of more than one hundred maps, books and artefacts, drew on a thousand years of science and art. It showed the progress of scientific knowledge of the earth and the heavens, and also the ways in which art and symbolism have been used to make statements about man's relationship to his world and the mysteries of the universe.

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries.

Our vision is to make the world's intellectual, scientific and cultural heritage accessible, and to bring the collections of the British Library to everyone - at work, school, college or home.
We receive a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland
The collection includes 150 million items, in most known languages
3 million new items are incorporated every year
We house manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents
The Sound Archive keeps sound recordings from 19th-century cylinders to the latest CD, DVD and minidisc recordings