Life Sciences

Society for the Social Studies of Science

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.4sonline.org/

Author:

Society for the Social Studies of Science

Excerpt:

Society for Social Studies of Science is the oldest and largest scholarly association devoted to understanding science and technology. While as many of us study technology as science, we continue to use our original name, or simply "4S".

Annotation:

This site contains an annotated and well maintained listing of web resources related to science and technology, organized by category. Links are also made to websites for a variety of related publications. Syllabi submitted by professors from different universities are collected. There is also a student division of 4S, and information regarding it is available.

Jean Baptist Porta

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://members.tscnet.com/pages/omard1/jportat2.html

Author:

Scott Lincoln

Excerpt:

Giambattista della (John Baptist) Porta (1535-1615), was a Neapolitan scholar of notable ability who had devoted great attention to the study of natural and physical science. Porta visited most of his known world to gather and perfect the knowledge utilized in his writings. His first work, "Magia Naturalis"- "Natural Magick" was first published in 1558 in "four" books (written, according to the author, "Porta, " when he was fifteen years old, - see "Preface To The Reader" in "Natural Magick"). It was later expanded to twenty books compended into one volume in 1584. In this form the book had a great vogue, being translated from the original Latin into the principal European languages, and republished in the Latin edition in many places for a hundred years. The version presented here is the final compendium of his life's work, completed when he was fifty years old, transcribed from a original 1658 English translation.

Annotation:

John Baptist Porta (1535-1615), also known as Giambattista della Porta, was an early modern natural philosopher from Naples. This site by an amateur historian brings together short biographies (generally culled from other sites and works like the Encyclopedia Britannica) as well as primary source material on Porta available in other locations on the Web. Porta was best known for his 1558 book entitled "Natural Magic" (Magia Naturalis), which used an experimental method to describe magnetism and other elements of the physical and chemical sciences. He was also interested in the "occult" sciences and alchemy. This site is best for those with no knowledge of Porta looking for a basic overview and excerpts of his work. Several paintings and drawings of Porta enhance the site.

Silas McDowell & Southern Apples

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.rabun.net/~phillips/

Iconographic Archives

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.cis.unibo.it/icon/home.html

Author:

University of Bologna

Excerpt:

The Iconographic Archives (IA) set up by CIS illustrate the history of science and technology at the University of Bologna from the Middle-Ages to the twentieth century. The IA include 700 colour and b/w images with captions. Captions contain information about the artifacts, people and places represented as well as the location, author and date of the originals.

Annotation:

The Iconographic Archives are a project of the University of Bologna's International Centre for the History of Universities and Science (CIS). The Archives are an online repository for images of people, artifacts, and places with corresponding descriptions and location information. The University, founded in 1088, has a long history as a center for scientific scholarship, and these images reflect this relationship. Though the CIS site is available in English, the archival information is in Italian, requiring some knowledge of the language to utilize the search functions. Searches can be made by year to circumvent this. Unfortunately, there also is no way to browse the images without using the search tool.

Galen II - Archives and Special Collections

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://galen.library.ucsf.edu/sc/

Author:

University of California San Francisco

Excerpt:

Archives and Special Collections at the Kalmanovitz Library preserves and maintains unique materials to support research and teaching in the history of the health sciences for faculty and students across all campus disciplines.
The Library also maintains a collection of published secondary sources in the history of the health sciences, available on the 5th floor for browsing and circulation

Annotation:

Partial listing of the archival holdings of the University of California San Francisco. Some material available online, particularly of note: the AIDS history Project, the Biotechnology Archives, and the Tobacco Control Archive. Also contains links to other UC archives and sites related to the history of the health sciences.

Albrecht Von Haller

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.haller.unibe.ch/

Author:

Albrecht Von Haller

Excerpt:

ALBRECHT VON HALLER (1708-1777)

Annotation:

Contains an account of the life and work of Albrecht Von Haller, with bibliography. Site is entirely in German.

Australian Science Archives Project

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/

Author:

University of Melbourne - Department of History

Excerpt:

On 3 May 1999 the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre of the University of Melbourne was formed to sustain the academic, heritage and research activities of the Australian Science Archives Project.

Annotation:

Archive of Australian scientific and corporate material. Contains biographies of over 3,000 Australian scientists as well as listings of documents available for order and a Cabinet of Curiosities-an interpretive creation about Australia's scientific history. Not updated since 1999.

Caltech Archives

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://archives.caltech.edu//

Author:

California Institute of Technology

Excerpt:

The Institute Archives serves as the collective memory of Caltech by preserving the papers, documents, artifacts and pictorial materials that tell the school's history, from 1891 to the present. Researchers will also find here a wealth of sources for the history of science and technology worldwide, stretching from the time of Copernicus to today.

Annotation:

The Institute Archives serves as Caltech's collective memory, preserving the papers, documents, artifacts and pictorial materials that tell the school's history, from 1891 to the present. Holdings include manuscript, photographic, print and audio-visual materials, oral histories, fine art and historic artifacts. Many of the photographs are available in digital format (thumbnail and full size) through the photo archive. The site also includes information about using the physical archive, online versions of archive exhibits and facts about the Cal Tech archive.

Dittrick Medical History Center

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/dittrick/home.htm

Author:

Case Western University

Excerpt:

The Dittrick Medical History Center is dedicated to the study of the medical past through a distinguished collection of rare books, museum artifacts, archives, and images. The Dittrick originated as part of the Cleveland Medical Library Association (est. 1894)
and today functions as an interdisciplinary study center within the College of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Annotation:

The Dittrick Medical History Center is dedicated to the study of the medical past through a distinguished collection of rare books, museum artifacts, archives, and images. This web site includes images of exhibits and scientific instruments in the Dittrick Museum, images and annotations of samples from the 60,000 volume rare book collection, information about the archival collections and image collections. In addition, the site also hosts two virtual exhibits, "Haunting Images: Photography, Dissection and Medical Students," and "Smallpox: A City on the Edge of Disaster." Finally the site includes a section about research aids including on-line catalogues and bibliographical information.

Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/

Author:

Greater Glasgow Health Board

Excerpt:

The holdings of the Greater Glasgow NHS Board Archive, one of the largest health authority archives in the United Kingdom, consist principally of the archives of the hospitals in the Glasgow area and in Paisley. These date back to the late eighteenth century when Glasgow Royal Infirmary was established

Annotation:

Online database of the Greater Glasgow National Health Service Board Archive's holdings, largely comprised of the records of patient care and of hospital administration from the foundation of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1794, which can be searched or browsed through several directories. The site also offers research guides and several image galleries.