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In this project I try to gather all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration.
In this project I try to gather all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration.
Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the Gods, whose names are manifold, whose forms are holy, thou being of hidden form in the temples, whose Ka is holy.
Astronomers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the U.S.
Naval Observatory have solved the ancient mystery of the origin
of the Chinese calendar, it was reported to the 182nd meeting of
the American Astronomical Society today in Berkeley, Calif.
The Islamic calendar is based on visibility of the crescent Moon. This is a very difficult scientific problem. We know perfectly well where the Moon and the Sun are at any given time, but how light must the Moon be and how dark must the sky be before we can see the crescent? And what if the weather is bad?
Articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy are currently from three sources (1) original contributions by specialized philosophers around the internet, (2) adaptations of material written by the editors for classroom purposes, and (3) adaptations from public domain sources (typically from two or more sources for per article). Articles of types 2 and 3 are designated as "proto articles," and over time we wish to replace all of these with original contributions by specialized philosophers (see submission guidelines). Proto articles are identifiable by the inclusion of the initials IEP at the foot of the article. By contrast, specialized articles are identifiable by the author's name at the close.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a vast collection of articles coving the history of Philosophy with a concentration on modern ideas and personalities. The articles are typically several thousand words long and quite complex. Bibliographies are also added to the end of each article. The entries are listed alphabetically and the site is not searchable.
Chinese New Year is the main holiday of the year for more than one quarter of the world's population; very few people, however, know how to compute its date. For many years I kept asking people about the rules for the Chinese calendar, but I wasn't able to find anybody who could help me. Many of the people who were knowledgeable about science felt that the traditional Chinese calendar was backwards and superstitious, while people who cared about Chinese culture usually lacked the scientific knowledge to understand how the calendar worked. In the end I gave up and decided that I had to figure it out for myself.
The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects.
Founded in 1990 in Mississippi as an anonymous FTP site, when the World Wide Web became readily available in the US, it became a Web site as well.
The Historical Text Archive is a growing collection of articles, books, essays, and documents on a wide range of historical subjects. Most of the material included is secondary, although there are primary source documents available too. The site also offers links and images. The site is searchable, or a user can follow links in a navigation bar on the left.
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe
This site offers links to numerous primary documents from Europe during all periods from Roman rule to the present. The documents are categorized by nation and many are in the original language, although a few are translated. Some of the documents have notes as well. Within each country category, the documents are listed roughly in chronological order.
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. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development of western culture and collecting.
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History has a large quantity of Entomological, Geological, Mineralogical and Zoological specimens (nearly 4,000,000 in total). Some of these collections are on-line and others include images and bibliographical essays on their collectors. The Museum includes a library with a collection of thousands of rare natural history books, and hosts a number of on-line exhibits. Essays on various permanent exhibitions and a full text article by Keith Thomson about the Thomas Huxley-William Wilberforce debate round out this collection. Researchers of natural history will find this site to be valuable.
AEON is a journal of myth, science, and ancient history specializing in archaeoastronomy and.comparative mythology. The journal explores the evidence for global catastrophes and interplanetary upheaval in the recent past, seeking out the implications for the affected disciplines. Aeon is designed to encourage independent investigation, to speed up the process of communicating findings to others, and to foster a wider debate as to the interpretation of new data.