Supplemetary web resources for HHS 130, History of Science and Technology

The Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras

Archaeological Research Institute: ArchNet
http://archnet.asu.edu

Perspectives on Human Evolution
http://www.archaeologyinfo.com

Smithsonian Institution Human Origins Program
http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins

Prehistoric Art
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHprehistoric.html#general

The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/

Science Magazine, "Going Deeper Into the Grotte Chauvet"
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/321/5891/904

R. D. Guthrie, The Nature of Paleolithic Art
http://books.google.com/books?id=3u6JNwMyMCEC

Neolithic Settlement at Skara Brae
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/skarabrae/index.html

The Agricultural Revolution
http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_agrev/agrev-index.html


Science in Prehistory

Center for Archaeoastronomy, University of Maryland
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro

Stonepages: A Guide to European Megaliths
http://www.stonepages.com

Stonehenge in July 2008 National Geographic
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/stonehenge/alexander-text

The Acoustics of Stonehenge
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/01/07/stonehenge-trance.html

NOVA: Secrets of Easter Island
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter

Easter Island
http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html


Ancient Greece and Rome

Origins and Movements of Greek Intellectuals
http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/EU15-00.html

British Museum: Ancient Greece
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk

Presocratics from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/presocratics/

Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land (amusing portrayal of Pythagoreans)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ssR7M5Px0

National Library of Medicine: Greek Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/index.html

Ancient Greek "Scientists"
http://www.tmth.edu.gr/en/aet.html

Internet Classics Archive
http://classics.mit.edu/

Aristotle's Natural Philosophy from Stanford Encyclopedia of History
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-natphil/

Perseus Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/

Roman Waterworks and Hydraulic Engineering
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Engineering/waterworks/home.html

Roman Architecture
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/roman.html

Medieval History

Trade Maps from The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/medmil/pages/non-mma-pages/maps/penguin.html


Scientific Revolution

Galileo Project at Rice University
http://galileo.rice.edu/

Galileo vs. Pope Benedict
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2008/jan/28/thoughtforthepodgalileov

Galileo's Experiments
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/experiments.html

Descartes' Physics
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-physics

Newton's Dark Secrets
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/newton/

The Chymistry of Isaac Newton
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/

Thomas Sprat, History of the Royal Society
http://books.google.com/books?id=YTYJAAAAQAAJ

Lavoisier virtual museum
http://moro.imss.fi.it/lavoisier/

"Vaulted Treasures": Medical Texts at University of Virginia
http://historical.hsl.virginia.edu/treasures/intro.html


Modern Science and Technology

IEEE Global History Network
http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Smithsonian: Powering a Generation of Change
http://americanhistory.si.edu/powering/

Advertisements Online
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/ads/online.html

National Museum of American History - Patent Medicines
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/group_detail.cfm?key=1253&gkey=51

Duke Library: Emergence of Advertising in America
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/eaa/browse/

Posters from the WPA
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/highlights.html

Science Bookmarks
http://www.science-bookmarks.com/

Nazi Science
http://webster.edu/~woolflm/naziscience.html

IBM & the Holocaust
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/