Science History in the Yahoo! Directory

Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective
Explores the science of the Italian Renaissance and how Galileo's mathematics influenced the artwork of Renaissance painters and architects.
www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arstoc.html
Australian Science Archives Project (ASAP)
Locates, sorts, and indexes the archival records of Australian scientists and scientific institutions.
www.asap.unimelb.edu.au
Biotech Chronicles
A brief history of biotech discoveries, including essays on genetics and DNA research, profiles of influential individuals who have helped build the biotechnology industry, and time lines.
www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BC
Canadian Railway Telegraph History@
dir.yahoo.com/.../By_Subject/Science_and_Technology
Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Collection of early scientific instruments from four European museums.
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact
Ernst Haeckel: Kunstformen der Natur
Scans of Haeckel's 1899-1904 scientific illustrations.
caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/haeckel/kunstformen/natur.html
European Enlightenment: The Scientific Revolution
Period associated with natural science and technological change. It was also a period of changes in the structure of European thought itself.
www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/ENLIGHT/SCIREV.HTM
ExNet On-line: Science and Technology
Heroes of science and technology, from the Industrial Revolution to Thomas Crapper, with a particular emphasis on the U.K.
www2.exnet.com/magsample/science.html
Genealogy of Influence [read review]
Offers a visualization of the connections between the most influential writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians of Western culture.
www.mike-love.net
GeoClio
History of geology and the geosciences.
geoclio.st.usm.edu
GIS History Project
Goals include documenting the history of Geographic Information Systems, especially the early days of the technology.
www.geog.buffalo.edu/ncgia/gishist
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
The top twenty achievements in terms of their impact on the quality of life, chosen by the National Academy of Engineering and its collaborators.
www.greatachievements.org
History of Cartography Project
Explores the social contexts, historical functions, and technical production of maps from all cultures of the world.
feature.geography.wisc.edu/histcart
History of Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology
The growth and change in the chemical industry, the chemical engineering profession, and its educational infrastructure.
www.pafko.com/history
History of Science Portal, The
Find selected Wikipedia articles, photographs, and categories related to the history of science.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:History_of_science
History of Science/Science Studies Reference Sources
A bibliography listing a wide range of reference sources for science and technology studies and the history of science.
gort.ucsd.edu/ds/initial.html
IEEE History Center
Maintains many useful resources for the engineer, the historian of technology, and anyone interested in the development of electrical and computer engineering and their role in modern society.
www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center
Institute and Museum of History and Science - Florence, Italy
Collection includes the apparatus and scientific instruments of the Medici and the Lorenese collection of instrument and didactic and experimental devices.
galileo.imss.firenze.it
Jason's Web Site on Ancient Greek Science
With sections on agriculture, astronomy, earth science, mathematics and medicine.
members.tripod.com/~JFrazz9/index.html
Lighting the Way
Smithsonian participatory project in gathering and presenting information on changes in the science and technology of electric lighting over the past 30 years, especially the effects of energy issues on lighting.
americanhistory.si.edu/csr/lightproject
Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
Includes a collection of historic scientific instruments.
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk
Muslim Scientists and Islamic Civilization
Covering scientific contributions before the European Renaissance, 700-1500 C.E. Includes list of leading Muslim scientists, quotations, section on the Qur'an and scientific knowledge, and more.
www.cyberistan.org/islamic
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration History
Stories, poems, art, and biographies from the United States' oldest science agency.
www.history.noaa.gov
RaceSci: History of Race in Science
Collecting news and scholarship about the changing notion of "race" in science, medicine, and technology.
www.racesci.org
Remote Sensing in History
observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/history/history_0.html
Sci-Philately: A Selective History of Science on Stamps [read review]
Showcases the range of published science-related postal materials, along with the stories behind the images on the stamps.
ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/exhibits/stamps
Science Odyssey, A
Companion site to the PBS series which takes a look back at the scientific and technological discoveries of the twentieth century.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso
Smithsonian Institution: Science Service Historical Image Collection 1926-1976
Scientific research consisting of images and their original captions as they appeared in period publications, providing a 40-year history of innovation.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/scienceservice
Today in Science History
Features births, deaths, and events in the history of science, invention, and technology.
www.todayinsci.com
Transistorized!
Learn how clashing egos and top secret research went into the invention of the transistor, perhaps the most important invention of the 20th century.
www.pbs.org/transistor
Voyages: Scientific Circumnavigations, 1679-1859
Online exhibition devoted to the great scientific expeditions of the Age of Sail.
www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/voyages

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