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Science and civilization in Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr ; with a preface by Giorgio de Santillana

Author:
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein  Search this
Physical description:
384 pages map 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1968
Topic:
Islam  Search this
Islamic civilization  Search this
Science, Medieval  Search this
Sciences médiévales  Search this
Geschichte  Search this
Islam and science  Search this
Wissenschaft  Search this
Geestesgeschiedenis  Search this
Wetenschap  Search this
Call number:
Q125 .N17X
953 .N2
Q125.N17X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9758

Science and the future of man Editors: Robert L. Carovillano [and] James W. Skehan

Author:
Carovillano, Robert L., 1932-  Search this
Skehan, James William 1923-  Search this
American Association for the Advancement of Science  Search this
Boston College  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 196 pages 21 cm
Type:
Congresses
Congrès
Congress
Actes de congrès
Conference papers and proceedings
proceedings (reports)
Date:
1971
Topic:
Civilization  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Science  Search this
Social history  Search this
Social Conditions  Search this
Civilisation  Search this
Histoire sociale  Search this
Sciences et civilisation  Search this
Sciences  Search this
civilization  Search this
science (modern discipline)  Search this
sciences (philosophy)  Search this
social history  Search this
Call number:
CB151 .S416
CB151.S416
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8048

Meissen octagonal plate

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
hard-paste porcelain (overall material)
polychrome enamels (overall color)
famille rose (overall style)
blue (overall color)
Measurements:
overall: 9 1/2 in; 24.13 cm
overall: 1 3/16 in x 9 1/2 in; 2.9845 cm x 24.13 cm
Object Name:
plate
Object Type:
plate
Place made:
Germany: Saxony, Meissen
Date made:
ca 1740
1740
Subject:
Manufacturing  Search this
ID Number:
1983.0565.36
Accession number:
1983.0565
Catalog number:
1983.0565.36
Collector/donor number:
1440
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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
The Hans C. Syz Collection
Meissen Porcelain: The Hans Syz Collection
Art
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-07ef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1405980

Stereographs of India

Creator:
Ricalton, James  Search this
Underwood and Underwood  Search this
Collection Creator:
Del Bontà, Robert John  Search this
Extent:
151 Items (stereocards)
Type:
Archival materials
Stereoscopic photographs
Stereographs
Place:
India
Scope and Contents:
151 commercial stereographs depicting scenes of South Asia. Sources include Underwood and Underwood Publishers; Ricalton; H.C. White Co.; American Stereoscopic Co. and Keystone View Co. Collectively this is a nearly complete complement of photographs of India taken by James Ricalton.
Local Numbers:
E591

FSA A2014.06 2.S
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the National Museum of Asian Art's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.
Genre/Form:
Stereoscopic photographs
Stereographs
Collection Citation:
Robert J. Del Bonta Collection, FSA A2014.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Identifier:
FSA.A2014.06, Item FSA A2014.06 2.S
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Robert J. Del Bonta Collection
Robert J. Del Bonta Collection / Series 2: Prints and Engravings relating to the rulers including Timurid and Mughal rulers
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc367fac918-056b-410d-acef-edc4b6c8b03e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a2014-06-ref11
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Emmanuel Jacobson papers, 1934-1941

Creator:
Jacobson, Emmanuel, 1907-  Search this
Subject:
Spears, Ethel  Search this
Citation:
Emmanuel Jacobson papers, 1934-1941. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Theme:
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9684
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211892
AAA_collcode_jacoemma
Theme:
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211892

Ascent of Man XI: Knowledge of Certainty, parts I and II

Extent:
1 Film reel (color sound; 1,872 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1973
Scope and Contents:
Edited film presents Dr. Bronowski offering his personal view of the moral dilemma that scientists face. He contrasts humanist traditions with Nazi atrocities and harnessing nuclear energy and the atom bomb. Produced and distributed by Time-Life.

Legacy Keywords: Science and civilization
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.234
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
REMC 2 educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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REMC 2 educational film collection
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9c8c15c25-bc57-4d6f-b7dc-d2821a1981a9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1994-21-ref245

Science, conflict, and society readings from Scientific American With introductions by Garrett Hardin

Author:
Hardin, Garrett James 1915-2003  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 384 pages illustrations (part color), maps (part color) 29 cm
Type:
Books
Essay
Essais
Essays
Place:
Québec (Province)
Québec
Date:
1969
Topic:
Finance, Public  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Science  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Social problems  Search this
Social psychology  Search this
Psychology, Social  Search this
Social Problems  Search this
Finances publiques  Search this
Problèmes sociaux  Search this
Psychologie sociale  Search this
Sciences et civilisation  Search this
Sciences  Search this
Sciences--Aspect social  Search this
sciences (philosophy)  Search this
social issues  Search this
social psychology  Search this
Exacte wetenschappen  Search this
Maatschappij  Search this
Wetenschap  Search this
Call number:
Q125 .S416
Q125.S416
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_2624

The Social reality of scientific myth science and social change Edited by Kalman H. Silvert. Contributors: E. A. Bayne [and others]

Author:
Bayne, E. A  Search this
Silvert, Kalman H  Search this
American Universities Field Staff  Search this
Physical description:
239 pages 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Québec (Province)
Québec
Date:
1969
Topic:
Finance, Public  Search this
Philosophy  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Science and state  Search this
Science  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Social change  Search this
Sociology  Search this
Social Change  Search this
Changement social  Search this
Finances publiques  Search this
Philosophie  Search this
Politique scientifique et technique  Search this
Sciences et civilisation  Search this
Sciences  Search this
Sciences--Aspect social  Search this
Sociologie  Search this
philosophy  Search this
sciences (philosophy)  Search this
sociology  Search this
Call number:
Q125 .S67
Q125.S67
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_897

Science and the federal patron [by] Michael D. Reagan

Author:
Reagan, Michael D  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 346 pages 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Québec (Province)
United States
États-Unis
Québec
Date:
1969
Topic:
Finance, Public  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Science and state  Search this
Science  Search this
Government  Search this
Research Support as Topic  Search this
Finances publiques  Search this
Institutions politiques  Search this
Politique scientifique et technique  Search this
Sciences et civilisation  Search this
Sciences  Search this
governments (administrative bodies)  Search this
SCIENCE  Search this
sciences (philosophy)  Search this
Call number:
Q127.U5 R28
Q127.U5R28
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_487

Cosmic perspectives on civilization

Author:
Tyson, Neil deGrasse  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 269 pages illustrations 22 cm
Type:
Books
Essays
Date:
2022
Topic:
Science and civilization  Search this
Civilization--Philosophy  Search this
Cosmology  Search this
SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics  Search this
SCIENCE / Essays  Search this
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160308

Sarton, George

Collection Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Container:
Box 28, Folder 33
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1916
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Collection Citation:
Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
See more items in:
Charles Lang Freer Papers
Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.1: Charles Lang Freer Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c227e31b-c135-4de7-9208-0a295676591f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref517
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Douglass' Monthly, Vol.III, No. IV

Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1860-09
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Collection of Frederick Douglass materials, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Collection of Frederick Douglass' Monthly's, booklets, and other materials
Collection of Frederick Douglass' Monthly's, booklets, and other materials / Series 1: Douglass' Monthly Newspapers
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa720ee1e92-71be-4557-afac-fc96e86090cc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-112-ref2
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Emmanuel Jacobson papers

Creator:
Jacobson, Emmanuel, 1907-  Search this
Names:
Spears, Ethel, 1903-1974  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1934-1941
Scope and Contents:
Notes (1940-1941); printed material (1937-1938) and photographs (1934-1937) documenting the New Deal art work of mural painter Emmanuel Jacobsen.
A list of historic figures proposed for inclusion in the Herzl Junior College mural illustrating "Significant Men and Women in the History of Science and Civilization"; a 3-page typewritten list (1940) of artists representing the Illinois Art Project in the "American Art Today" exhibition at the New York World's Fair; an 11-page bulletin listing January 1941 exhibitions; seven clippings concerning exhibitions by Illinois artists (1937-1938); a 1938 exhibition catalog "Art for the Public by Chicago Artists" and a copy of the May 1937 issue of FORTUNE magazine containing an article on "Unemployed Arts".
Subjects of photographs include the murals for the Mann School, Oak Park, Illinois; Bloom Township High School, Chicago Heights, Illinois (1936-1937); Herzl Junior College, Chicago, Illinois; Jacobson at work; an unused sketch; a tapestry and Ethel Spears at work on a mural.
Provenance:
Donated 1988 by Emmanuel Jacobson.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Muralists -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.jacoemma
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93f8d5653-8db0-44b8-97af-d65815db44c6
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-jacoemma

Camping with the Prince and other tales of science in Africa / Thomas A. Bass

Author:
Bass, Thomas A  Search this
Subject:
Bass, Thomas A Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 304 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
1990
Topic:
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT12.25.B37 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_398801

Science and civilization in India / A.K. Bag

Author:
Bag, A. K  Search this
Physical description:
v. <1- > : ill., map ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
India
Date:
1985
1985-
Topic:
Indus civilization  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Science, history of  Search this
Call number:
\DS\425\ .B23\
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_870006

A century of Nature : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg

Author:
Garwin, Laura  Search this
Lincoln, Tim  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2003
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Science--Social aspects--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_722047

The cultural values of science : 8-11 November 2002

Author:
Pontificia Accademia delle scienze  Search this
Physical description:
lxxxi, 389 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
2003
Topic:
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
Q175.5 .C85 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_735631

Science and the course of history. Translated by Ralph Manheim

Author:
Jordan, Pascual 1902-1980  Search this
Physical description:
x, 139 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1974
[1974, c1955]
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
Q125 .J5813 1974X
Q125.J5813 1974X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_38431

Evolution, science, and society : evolutionary biology and the national research agenda, [executive summary]

Physical description:
46 p. : ill. (col.), port. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1999
Topic:
Evolution (Biology)  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
QH366.2 E934 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_730802

Putting science in its place : geographies of scientific knowledge / David N. Livingstone

Author:
Livingstone, David N. 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 234 p. : ill ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902244

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