Yost, Jeffrey R. A bibliographic guide to reference sources in scientific computing, 1945-1975. Westport: Greenwood, 2002.
Reilly, Edwin D. Milestones in computer science and information technology. Westport: Greenwood, 2003.
James, Ioan. Remarkable mathematicians: from Euler to von Neumann. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
This is a huge compilation of bibliographical material relating to the history of science
The Yale Peabody Museum's paleobotanical collection is world wide in scope with about 75% of the collection derived from North America and the other 25% from South America, China, West Indies, Israel, Lebanon, Pakistan, Central America, Australia, Antarctica, Europe and the Arctic. The approximate geological distribution of the collection is 30% Mesozoic, 32% Cenozoic, 33% Paleozoic and 5% Proterozoic. The taxonomic distribution is estimated as follows: 1% Cyanobacteria, 5% "Algae", 2% Bryophyta, 5% Lower Vascular Plants, 10% Progymnosperms, 10% Gymnosperms, and 67% Angiosperms.
How the Shaman Stole the Moon (Bantam 1991) is my archaeoastronomy book, a dozen ways of predicting eclipses -- those paleolithic strategies for winning fame and fortune by convincing people that you're (ahem) on speaking terms with whoever runs the heavens
Every culture on earth has developed some mathematics. In some cases, this mathematics has spread from one culture to another. Now there is one predominant international mathematics, and this mathematics has quite a history. It has roots in ancient Egypt and Babylonia, then grew rapidly in ancient Greece. Mathematics written in ancient Greek was translated into Arabic. About the same time some mathematics of India was translated into Arabic. Later some of this mathematics was translated into Latin and became the mathematics of Western Europe. Over a period of several hundred years, it became the mathematics of the world.
The Cyberspace Museum is a virtual internet museum created by James Granahan. Its purpose is to exhibit paleontology and or planetary research and science information on the internet. The Cyberspace Museum is not currently associated with any other museum or institute
1729: Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), extending Johann Bernoulli's work on Descartes' vortex cosmology, models air with tightly-spaced, spinning spheres. He formulate an equation of state relating humidity, pressure, density and velocity, finding the Townley-Power-Boyle law as an approximation. He calculates air molecules to be about 477 m/s at mean conditions, and that this is about the speed of sound.
This is a timeline of the history of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
The purpose of these pages is to provide an overview of the history of men in nursing with an emphasis on men in the Americas. The word "nurse" was not used until the thirteenth century. It originated from the Latin term to nurture. Translations of non-English works prior to the early 1900's typically used the term "nurse" when referring to male health care providers. More recent translations use the term "attendant," because it was thought that only females could be "nurses." These pages will use the term "nurse".
Site contains a narrative account of the male presence in nursing from its earliest history until the modern era.
These links are to significant psychological literature that is found on the World Wide Web. They are presented along with my comments and reference to art, politics, and music of the period because I am interested in presenting a cultural context within which psychology developed.
This site provides links to a wide variety of essays and books that are important landmarks in the history of psychology, browsers can find many of the great works in philosophy such as the debates waged over the mind-body dichotomy. The index page breaks down the works by period and for the 20th century by region. Ancient texts from the Torah to the Bhagavad-Gita to the works of Aristotle are well represented as are enlightenment philosophers. Scholars will find the selection of articles and books from the modern period to be skewed toward physical subjects such as evolution, however, overall the site should be useful to those interested in all aspects of psychology.
Over the past few years, this column has reviewed some noteworthy contemporary historical ophthalmic books. Publishing these books does not yield great financial reward since the market for them is limited. The publishers who take on these tasks do so primarily as a labor of love.
One of these publishers is Jean Paul Wayenborgh, whose publications are extremely well-done and whose love for ophthalmic history is evident in his personal life story.
Born in France and raised in Belgium, he learned the antiquarian book business in Germany as a teen-ager. Early on, he discovered his love for ophthalmic books and in 1961 he started his own antique business. He has never looked back.
This site has a large history of opthamology. It also has a long list of bibliographic materials in German and Japanese.
Welcome to the History of Psychology Web Site. The site provides a gateway for teachers and students to over 1000 World Wide Web resources related to the history of psychology.
This site, designed for undergraduates in history and psychology, provides a large number of links to the leading figures in the history of psychology. Notable men and women in the field can be searched for chronologically or alphabetically. The site also provides links to other history of psychology sites, provides tutorials for searching databases relating to the history of psychology, and a page devoted to trivia. This is an excellent resource for finding links to pages relating to famous psychologists. Navigation, however, is done by opening new browser windows thus researchers are advised to keep an eye on how many browser windows they have open as they pass through this site.
