HISTORY of SCIENCE

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4000 Years of Women in Science - biographies and some photographs of over 125 women who have made special contributions to science and technology.
Alchemy Web Site - the ultimate site for information on all aspects of alchemy.
American Institute of Physics, Center for History of Physics - this site is dedicated to preserving and describing the history of modern physics and allied fields.
Ancient Medicine - a resource for the study of Greco-Roman medicine and medical thought in the time period from Hippocrates to Galen; plus a list of links to other related resources.
Carmen Giunta's Classic Chemistry Page - this site posts the texts of several classic papers from the history of chemistry. Also check out this Week in the History of Chemistry which has many links to important scientists, and the list of links dealing with the history of chemistry.
Center for History of Physics - a listing of websites dealing mostly with the history of physics, but including some other science areas, maintained by the American Institute of Physics.
Classic Papers in Genetics - read the original papers of scientists who contributed to the field of genetics. The documents are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Dictionary of Scientific Quotations - interesting quotes from famous scientific folks.
Einstein: Image and Impact - extensive information covering all aspects of Albert Einstein ... his life, work and ideas; plus extensive links dealing with the history of science and physics.
Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography - short biographical sketches on an extensive collection of scientists.
Exploring Leonardo - information about Leonardo Da Vinci's life, scientific projects and inventions.
The Galileo Project - an extensive source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei and the science of his time.
History of Astronomy - the authoritative source for extensive historical information in many astronomy areas.
History of Computing - a collection of materials related to the history of computing, as collected and written by J.A.N. Lee.
History of Mathematics - an extensive collection of links to related pages dealing with the history of Mathematics.
History of Mathematics Archive - an extremely detailed site which has extensive information in areas such as: biographies, history topics, famous curves, and chronologies.
History of NASA - find out about all aspects of NASA history. Everything you ever wanted to know about the history of NASA is found here.
History of Science - links to extensive resources in the history of science.
History of Science - an excellent and extensive set of links covering many science history areas.
History of the Light Microscope - this site documents the history of the microscope, beginning with the early history of lenses, up through the first compound microscope, to the microscopes of the 19th century.
Hobbes' Internet World - this site has several detailed articles dealing with the history of the Internet.
Inventors - if you are looking for information about famous historical inventions or biographies of inventors from the world of science and technology, this is the place to start your search!
Jesuits and the Sciences - this site documents the scientific involvement of the Jesuits from 1540 up to present times.
Joseph Henry Papers Project - this site documents the life of Joseph Henry - educator, pioneering researcher in electricity and magnetism, and first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science - original papers and links to related history of science websites.
MendelWeb - an extensive educational resource dealing with plant science, classical genetics, and of course the work of Gregor Mendel.
Natural Magick - a work first published in the 1550's on the subject of popular science, natural science and physical science, by the Italian John Baptist Porta.
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive - click on any Nobel category and view an annotated hyperlinked list of all Nobel Laureates in that category: literature, physics, chemistry, peace, economics, and physiology and medicine.
A Picture Gallery of Famous Physicists - arranged alphabetically, also pictures of groups of physicists.
Pictures of Famous Physicists - over 300 pictures of famous physicists .... find them here!
SciEd: History of Science - links dealing with the history of science.
Science History Timeline - an extensive list of timelines organized into many different topics: classical mechanics, electromagnetism and classical optics, solar system astronomy, biology and organic chemistry and many more.
WWW Virtual Library: History of Science, Technology and Medicine - the authoritative collection of links dealing with the history of science.

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