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	4000 Years of Women in Science
		1750 B. from the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia (Neg.
		In her bequest, she sought "to encourage women to enter, study, graduate, and teach" sciences and mathematics.
		This animated GIF illustrates the curve known as the Witch of Agnesi that was studied by Maria Agnesi.
	www.astr.ua.edu /4000WS/4000WS.html (552 words)

	History of Science Bibliography - History of Science - Technology - Medicine - A General Annotated Bibliography - Dr ...
		Traces the development of marine science from antiquity to the 20th century, emphasizing the period since the 17th century and the interest in tides, navigation, and the gradual emergence of oceanography.
		Brilliant study of the skeptical crisis and its impact on theology, philosophy, and science; argues that modern science was in part an intellectual compromise between dogmatism and skepticism.
		Standard survey of the emergence of science in America from colonial naturalists and physicians to the development of national societies and cultural nationalism.
	web.clas.ufl.edu /users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/bibliography/05bib-rah-gen.htm (7573 words)

	EJSE V1 N3 - Scharmann et al. - PRESERVICE SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS' ORIENTATIONS TOWARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		A challenge was issued to the science education community by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to make the interdependence of science and technology with society a major focus of science education in the decades of the 1980's and 1990's (NSTA, 1982).
		Science education should give all students an awareness of the nature and scope of a wide variety of science and technology-related careers open to students of varying aptitudes and interests.
		In general terms, the investigators' began with an interest in describing the decision-making used by a secondary science teaching methods professor in attempting to enhance his students' understanding and eventual adoption of a diversified instructional strategy that could be applied to STS instructional themes.
	unr.edu /homepage/jcannon/ejse/scharm.html (5917 words)

	College of Arts and Sciences 2004-2006 Online Bulletin: History and Philosophy of Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC) is concerned with the structure and development of science and the interplay between science and society.
		Science claims to tell us what the world is like, even the part of the world we cannot see, and to explain why things happen the way they do.
		Examines the origin and character of twentieth-century philosophy of science by investigating the historical development—in interaction with parallel developments within the sciences themselves—from 1800 to the early twentieth century.
	www.iun.edu /~bulletin/iub/coas/hps.html (2551 words)

	Reading the History of Western Science: A List of Good Places to Start (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Classical Science [science in the ancient and medieval West, to c.
		Traces the role of 17th and 18th-century science, particularly Linnaean taxonomy, in establishing the European male as the paradigm of all humankind.
		A survey of the history of the social sciences in (mostly) 20th century America, using the decline and revival of Darwinism as a central organizing theme.
	www.hssonline.org /teach_res/essays/list/readinglist.html (3430 words)

	About the Institute of Political Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Department of Political Science is a department within the University of Copenhagen.
		The Institute of Political Science is located in a charming old building (formerly used by the YMCA) close to Rosenborg Castle, the Kings Garden, and the Botanical Gardens.
		It is characteristic of the educational and research profile of the department that efforts are made to combine the political, economic and sociological disciplines in the study of the political processes of society.
	www.polsci.ku.dk /institute/introduction_eng.htm (251 words)

	World History For Us All: Big Era 7
		Between 1750 and 1870, about 1.7 million African slaves were moved involuntarily to the Americas, most of them destined to work on sugar plantations in Brazil or the Caribbean.
		Gradually a secular, that is, “worldly” or non-sacred, culture emerged that accepted the premises of modern science and challenged the cultural dominance of religious organizations and doctrines.
		In 1750, monarchy was the prevailing form of government, while language and ethnicity, though important, were not viewed as the proper basis on which to organize states.
	worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu /dev/eras/era7.htm (4781 words)

	Secondary Sources for Philosophy of Science
		Science and the instrument-maker : Michelson, Sperry, and the speed of light / Thomas Parke Hughes.
		Science for all : studies in the history of Victorian science and education / William H. Brock.
		Science and the founding fathers : science in the political thought of Jefferson, Franklin, Adams and Madison / I. Bernard Cohen.
	www.kzoo.edu /phil/wolf/science/209sources.html (3265 words)

	1750 in science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The year 1750 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
		See also: 1749 in science, other events of 1750, 1751 in science and the list of years in science.
		Thomas Wright suggests that the Milky Way Galaxy is a disk-shaped system of stars with the solar system near the centre
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1750_in_science (128 words)

	HPSC X507 2787 Survey of Science: Western Science since 1750 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Since about 1750, science has come to play a dominant role in Western culture, most particularly in its technology and medicine.
		But the importance of modern science goes beyond its various utilities; some of the most powerful, beautiful, and exciting of human ideas have been thought up by scientists in the last two centuries or so.
		The course is designed as a general introduction to the history of the physical, biological, and human sciences for graduate students in History and Philosophy of Science, but students from a wide variety of departments (Biology, English, Math, History, Philosophy among others)have taken it and flourished.
	www.indiana.edu /~deanfac/blspr01/hpsc/hpsc_x507_2787.html (171 words)

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		Frankel, E. "Corpuscular Optics and the Wave Theory of Light: The Science and Politics of a Revolution in Physics." Social Studies of Science 6 (1976): 141-184.
		Feuer, L. "Science and the Ethic of Protestant Asceticism: A Reply to Professor Robert K. Merton." Research in Sociology of Knowledge, Sciences and Art 2 (1979): 1-23.
		Toward a Metric of Science: The Advent of Science Indicators (Wiley, 1978).
	carnap.umd.edu /chps/reading_list/single_list.html (7244 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1749
		Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar.
		The year 1749 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
		Abraham Gottlob Werner Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749 or 1750 - 1817), was born in Wehrau, a city in Prussian Silesia, southeastern Germany.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1749 (2673 words)

	New Scientist Search Results
		Science: Cosmic 'wallpaper' hangs across the Universe - Last month in Brighton, particle physicists and astronomers came together to discuss the areas where their two sciences come together, cosmology, high-energy astrophysics and the big bang*
		Science: Missing matter may not be missing - Last month in Brighton, particle physicists and astronomers came together to discuss the areas where their two sciences come together, cosmology, high-energy astrophysics and the big bang*
		Science: Genesis recreated - Last month in Brighton, particle physicists and astronomers came together to discuss the areas where their two sciences come together, cosmology, high-energy astrophysics and the big bang*
	www.newscientist.com /search.ns?articleQuery.queryString=issue:1750&doSearch=true&articleQuery.sortOrder=1 (551 words)

	Alan Colburn's Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Science and Culture [science and literature, religion, philosophy, and art]
		Covers the origins of medieval science and its institutions [treated in more depth in Grant (1996)] and basic medieval ideas about the motion of celestial and terrestrial bodies.
		Surveys the interrelations of science, industry, and society in France and, particularly, in Britain.
	www.csulb.edu /~acolburn/SCED496/history_of_science_resources.htm (3418 words)

	Science, Art and Technology
		The Industrial Age 1750-1900: Art and Science, Technology and Society, an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2001, spans the brilliant history of light from both a scientific and artistic point of view.
		She creates these works from the effect of varying angles of polarization that produce vibrant prismatic colors from white light.
		Site exploring Rembrandt’s style, the science of his painting techniques (with video commentary on major works), and an introduction to the Rembrandt Research Project, a scholarly project to authenticate works attributed to Rembrandt.
	www.artic.edu /aic/students/sciarttech/global_pages/g5.html (2101 words)

	History of Science Society -- Jobs
		The history of science and technology has been taught and researched at Imperial College since 1963, and the history of medicine since 1994.
		The London Centre was formed in 1987 and brings together three leading metropolitan centres of research and teaching in the subject: the Imperial College centre, the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, and the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine/University College London.
		In the second year similar contributions to the MSc, plus teaching on the MSc option on Sciences in the Age of Industry, and the undergraduate course in the History of Science, instead of the History of Technology.
	depts.washington.edu /hssexec/jobs/imperialtemp.html (642 words)

	History of Science \| Science History \| Historical Studies in Science \| Questia.com Online Library
		Augustine to Galileo: The History of Science, A.D. by A. Crombie.
		...A. HALL Lecturer in the History of Science, University of Cambridge...life-long enthusiasm for the history of science is commemorated in the collection...encouragement...
		For those whose education...follow Science as a career, the History of Science--even apart from the reasons...included in...
	www.questia.com /CM.qst?D=am4t-st (707 words)

	HPSC X407 2914 History of Western Science since 1750 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		This course provides an introduction and survey of the history of Western science since 1750.
		It is hoped that students will not only gain wide familiarity with the construction of modern science, but also a deeper appreciation of its historiography.
		James H. Capshew, Psychologists on the March: Science, Practice, and Professional Identity, 1929-1969 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999).
	www.indiana.edu /~deanfac/blspr03/hpsc/hpsc_x407_2914.html (260 words)

	University Graduate School Bulletin 2000-2002: History and Philosophy of Science
		Either (1) an undergraduate major in a science or a related group of sciences with a minor in either history or philosophy or (2) an undergraduate major in either history or philosophy with a strong minor in science; or a similar background.
		Examination of the historical development of the philosophy of science-in interaction with parallel developments within the sciences themselves-from 1800 to the early twentieth century.
		X670 Science and Gender (3 cr.) The role of science and technology in constructions of masculinity and femininity from 1600 to present.
	www.iun.edu /~bulletin/iub/grad/2000-2002/hps.html (1702 words)

	Strange Science: References and Acknowledgments
		Lindberg, David C. The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
		Richards, Robert J. The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe.
		Pearson, Paul N. "In Retrospect: An Investigation of the Principles of Knowledge and of the Progress of Reason, from Sense to Science and Philosophy by James Hutton, 1794" Nature.
	www.strangescience.net /stbib2.htm (3528 words)

	NCAW Autumn 02 \| Marilyn Brown reviews Light! The Industrial Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It ends with Einstein's development of relativity theory, which "suddenly removed science and light from the realm of the mundane and placed them in the strange and exotic universe that we struggle to imagine today" (p.
		The impressive bibliography (in five or six languages) is subdivided by topic—science and history of science, social history and history of technology, history of lighting, and so forth—which is great when one is consulting the bibliography as an interdisciplinary resource but which can make it difficult to locate references mentioned in the endnotes.
		Loutherbourg's Coalbrookdale by Night, 1801 (Science Museum, London), for example, is described as marking "the passage of power from gods, to kings, to the middle-class industrialists who would dominate the nineteenth century" (p.
	www.19thc-artworldwide.org /autumn_02/reviews/brow.html (1669 words)

	College of Social Sciences
		Social Science 139: The World in History and Social Science Perspectives to 1750 C.E. Vote: passed unanimously.
		Social Science 137: California in Historic and Social Scientific Perspective.
		The Committee encourages the Dean to work with the participating departments to find ways to ensure that integrity of the disciplinary content in the courses is maintained.
	www.sjsu.edu /depts/SocialSciences/2002-2003/11_13_02.html (294 words)

	NATURAL SCIENCE
		No specific science or mathematics background beyond algebra is assumed.
		A survey of major agendas of physical science since 1750.
		Any first-year students, sophomores, and juniors with some science background will be considered.
	inside.bard.edu /academic/courses/spring2001/naturalscience.html (542 words)

	1750 in science -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		1750 in science -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The year 1750 in (A particular branch of scientific knowledge) science and (The practical application of science to commerce or industry) technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
		See also: (additional info and facts about 1749 in science) 1749 in science, (additional info and facts about other events of 1750) other events of 1750, (additional info and facts about 1751 in science) 1751 in science and the (additional info and facts about list of years in science) list of years in science.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/17/1750_in_science.htm (226 words)

	Powell's Books - Inventing the modern world: (technology since 1750 ) by Science Museum of London
		It trace the sweeping innovations and interconnections of each advance, in a flowing text that features almost 500 photographs with captions that further explain the story of how we've become who we are today.
		This First Industrial Revolution flourishes with the coming of the railway and the huge growth of towns, where disease and squalor are countered by piped water, sewage systems, and gas lighting.
		Drawing on the Science Museum's own picture library and the legendary resources of the Hulton Getty Collection, this reference explores, in over 450 images and text, the relationship between human beings and their technological inventions.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=7-078946828x-2 (335 words)

	Baroque Science Grids
		The Galileo Project (Rice) -- A "hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time" -- well done.
		The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective (Joseph W. Dauben) -- A collection of essays and images; nicely done.
		The Galileo Project (Rice) -- "The Galileo Project is a hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time." An impressive archive.
	www.culturalresources.com /BAR17.html (2048 words)

	Patsy Ann Giese
		This book is available at a nominal charge from the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian, Room 112A Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706.
		Arnold, Lois B. "Florence Bascom and the Exclusion of Women from Earth Science Curriculum Materials" Journal of Geological Education, 23, 110-113.
		Science and Gender: A Critique of Biology and Its Theories on Women.
	srufaculty.sru.edu /patsy.johnson/Bibliography.htm (744 words)

	1750 Online Research :: Information about 1750 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Years: 1747 1748 1749 - 1750 - 1751 1752 1753
		1750 in topic: Art Architecture - 1750 in literature - 1750 in music Other topics 1750 in Canada - 1750 in science
		Lists of leaders: List of colonial governors in 1750 - List of state leaders in 1750
	in-northcarolina.com /search/1750.html (382 words)

	Light! The Industrial Age 1750-1900, Art & Science, Technology & Society
		In the exhibition, the painting may be viewed by natural light, open gas flame, incandescent gas flame, and electric arc light, the four kinds of light vying for dominance during Van Gogh’s career.
		As light became easier to use, the science behind it became more removed from our daily experience.
		When we stopped having to trim wicks and fill oil reservoirs, we may have lost sight of light itself.
	www.carnegiemuseums.org /cmag/bk_issue/2001/marapr/cma1.htm (2450 words)

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