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History of Science: Internet Resources

Selected resources for finding books, articles, and more on topics on the History of Science.

Internet Resources

ADLER PLANETARIUM & ASTRONOMY MUSEUM
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org

AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY-A CENTURY OF PHYSICS
http://timeline.aps.org/APS/

BLACK WINGS: AFRICAN AMERICAN PIONEER AVIATORS
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/black_wings/index.html

BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
http://www.bshs.org.uk

EPACT: SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS OF MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE EUROPE
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/

GENETICS EDUCATION CENTER
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/

GREATEST ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
http://www.greatachievements.org

GREEK MEDICINE
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/

HISTORY OF SCIENCE SOCIETY
http://www.hssonline.org

IMAGES FROM THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/ gw_44_3/chameleon?skin=nlm&lng=en

INVENTION OF THE LASER AT BELL LABS 1958-1998
http://www.bell-labs.com/history/laser/

MIND OF LEONARDO
http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/menteleonardo/

MUSEO GALILEO
http://www.museogalileo.it/en/index.html

MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk

NASA HISTORY DIVISION
http://history.nasa.gov

NOAA HISTORY
http://www.history.noaa.gov

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
http://philsci.org

SLATES, SLIDE RULES, AND SOFTWARE: TEACHING MATH IN AMERICA
http://americanhistory.si.edu/teachingmath/

SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE
http://shm.oxfordjournals.org

SCIENCE TIMELINE
http://www.sciencetimeline.net/

U.S. CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/cof_main.html

WHIPPLE MUSUEM OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/index.html

WITH WINGS AS EAGLES: FROM FANTASY TO FLIGHT
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/fantasy-flight/

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