In February 1996 Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua went on line. In designing the site, I hoped to produce a reliable source for peer-reviewed information about the medicine and medical thought of the Greeks and Romans from Mycenaean times to the fall of the Roman Empire. By early 2003 the site had grown, won over a dozen awards, and become one of the Internet's major resources in its field
THALES, FOUNDER OF GREEK GEOMETRY (585 B.C.E.)
The birth of Greek astronomy has been attributed to Thales of Miletus. Thales brought from Egypt a number of fundamental geometric principles. Thales, an Ionian (western border of Asia Minor) who was active near the start of the sixth century bc has been credited with a number of geometric theorems. 1. A Circle is bisected by its diameter. 2. Angles at the base of any isosceles triangle are equal. 3. If two straight lines intersect the opposite angles formed are equal. 4. If two triangles have two angles and one side respectively equal, the triangles are equal in all respects. Thales was also well known for forecasting the solar eclipse, so he was also considered a scientist.
This is timeline of mathematics through the ages
The Truman G. Blocker, Jr. History of Medicine Collections
The Moody Medical Library houses the largest and the most significant collection in the history of the biomedical sciences in the southern United States. The historical holdings, which amount to over 30,000 print titles, constitute an important resource not only for The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston but also for the state and region.
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
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 Medieval Technology Pages are an attempt to provide accurate, referenced information on technological innovation and related subjects in western Europe during the Middle Ages. There are several ways to access this information. The most direct method is through the Subject Index which provides direct access to all the technology pages. Many of the articles are also present in a historical Timeline. And material can be found by examining the References which back-reference all articles through the sources used.
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
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.
