The Fisher Library is actively involved in digitization in order to increase access to our print and manuscript collections. All of our projects provide both page images, enhanced indexing features, and the capability to conduct full text searching on the contents of the documents themselves. The Fisher digital collections were developed here at the University of Toronto in collaboration with the staff of Preservation Services and Information Technology Services. Our work has been made possible through the generous support of funding agencies and individual donations. Please see the Sponsors section of each project's homepage for fuller details.
This leading international journal publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history of science. History of science is interpreted widely to include medicine, technology and social studies of science. Recent special issues include history of science sources available on the World Wide Web, book history and the sciences. BJHS papers make important and lively contributions to scholarship and the journal has been an essential library resource for more than thirty years. It is also used extensively by historians and scholars in related fields.
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HOPOS, The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, is devoted to promoting serious, scholarly research on the history of the philosophy of science. We construe this subject broadly, to include topics in the history of related disciplines and in all historical periods, studied through diverse methodologies. We aim to promote historical work in a variety of ways, but especially through encouraging exchange among scholars through meetings, publications, and electronic media.
Enter the fascinating realm of Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (HSPS), a journal that chronicles the history of science as it has developed since the 17th century.
In western society, at the end of this second millennium, science is playing a primary role. Technological innovation is occurring at a more and more rapid pace, in this society where information is becoming increasingly wide-spread and knowledge is growing. Energy and reductionism are being replaced by networks and digitalisation.
Apart from the Vikings, who without doubt navigated and kept track of time by means of the stars, the first important Danish astronomer was Peder Nightingale. In 1274 he observed the sunlatitude from Roskilde where he was a canon, and based on these observations he made tables showing the length of day and nights. Later he published a widespread calender in Paris. There is some indication in the sources, that he didn't believe in the relation between astrology and astronomy which was the common belief at that time.
In 1417 were "Speculum Planetarum" published by Johannes Simones de Selandia a book about the movements of the planets, very little is known of Johannes.
Hellinomnimon is a digital library which consists of all the philosophical and scientific manuscripts written in Greek from 1600 to 1821. The first phase of Hellinomnimon has been completed from September 1995 to September 1997. This phase involved the process of digitizing all the books. The second phase involves the analogous processes for the manuscripts and is projected to be completed by 2002.
