Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Search Results

Collections Search Center
111 documents - page 3 of 6

Le spectacle de la nature, ou, Entretiens sur les particularités de l'histoire naturelle : qui ont paru les plus propres à rendre les jeunes-gens curieux, & à leur former l'esprit ..

Author:
Pluche, Noël Antoine 1688-1761  Search this
Physical description:
8 v., [222] leaves of plates (169 folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Type:
Pre-Linnean works
Date:
1752
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
QH45 .P73 1752
QH45.P73 1752
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_420853

Clerks and craftsmen in China and the west : lectures and addresses on the history of science and technology / by Joseph Needham ; based largely on collaborative work with Wang Ling, Lu Gwei-Djen and Ho Ping-Yu

Author:
Needham, Joseph 1900-1995  Search this
Ho, Peng Yoke 1926-  Search this
Lu, Gwei-Djen  Search this
Wang, Ling  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 469 p. ,xl, [1] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1970
Topic:
Medicine  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
Call number:
Q127.C6 N37
609 .N33
Q127.C6N37
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_4111

Science timelines : a multicultural resource / Michael Bentley [and] Xiangyi Mo

Author:
Bentley, Michael  Search this
Mo, Xiangyi  Search this
Physical description:
16 p. : chiefly col. ill., 49 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Cultural pluralism  Search this
Multiculturalism  Search this
Call number:
CB197 .B47 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_487149

Scrapbook 3

Collection Creator:
Wise, John, 1808-1879  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
John and Charles Wise Ballooning Collection, Acc. 2001.0002, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
John and Charles Wise Ballooning Collection
John and Charles Wise Ballooning Collection / Series 2: Scrapbooks
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b3c912ab-47cf-40a4-906f-66382e20e663
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2001-0002-ref8

Executive Committee Records

Topic:
Isis (Serial)
Osiris (Bruges, Belgium) (Serial)
Creator::
History of Science Society  Search this
Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Books
Clippings
Manuscripts
Place:
Latin America
Date:
circa 1991-1994
Descriptive Entry:
These records primarily document activities of the Executive Committee, under Sally Kohlstedt, for the History of Science Society (HSS). Includes a list of donors and lifetime members of HSS, information on Latin American Historians of Science, a copy of the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS) constitution, reports of the HSS President and "Friends of the HSS", and "Scientist to Scientist" newsletters. In addition there is background and budget information on publications OSIRIS and ISIS, and the Human Genome Project.
Topic:
Historians of science  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Genre/Form:
Books
Clippings
Manuscripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-083, History of Science Society, Executive Committee Records
Identifier:
Accession 96-083
See more items in:
Executive Committee Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa96-083

The emergence of a scientific culture : science and the shaping of modernity, 1210-1685 / Stephen Gaukroger

Author:
Gaukroger, Stephen  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 563 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Europe
Date:
2006
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Philosophy and science--History  Search this
Religion and science--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_821090

Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era : a volume of original, entertaining, and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress : embracing as subjects all those which best type the genius, spirit and energy of the age, and serv...

Author:
Boyd, James P (James Penny) 1836-1910  Search this
David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, [19]-720 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1899
Topic:
Inventions  Search this
Progress  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
D359.7 .B78 1899
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_801002

Science and man, twenty-four original essays by Aleš Hrdlička, Reinhold Niebuhr, Jacques Maritain [and others] ... Edited with an introduction and conclusion by Ruth Nanda Anshen

Author:
Anshen, Ruth Nanda  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš 1869-1943  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 494 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1942
[1942]
Topic:
Science  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
Q171 .A618
Q171.A618
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_81234

A most damnable invention : dynamite, nitrates, and the making of the modern world / Stephen R. Bown

Author:
Bown, Stephen R  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2005
Topic:
Science--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
Dynamite--History  Search this
Nitrates--History  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_796415

Earthquakes in human history : the far-reaching effects of seismic disruptions / Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders

Author:
Zeilinga de Boer, Jelle  Search this
Sanders, Donald Theodore  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Earthquakes--History  Search this
Earthquakes--Social aspects  Search this
Earthquakes--Environmental aspects  Search this
Seismology--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_763942

Reflexionen / von Walther Rathenau

Author:
Rathenau, Walther 1867-1922  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[6], 270, [2] p. : col. map ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1908
Topic:
Aesthetics  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
DD231.R3 R33 1908
DD231.R3R33 1908
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_361154

Encyclopaedic visions : scientific dictionaries and enlightenment culture / Richard Yeo

Author:
Yeo, Richard R. 1948-  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 336 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Encyclopedias
Early works to 1800
Place:
England
Date:
2001
18th century
Topic:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism  Search this
Science  Search this
Science--History--History and criticism  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Learning and scholarship--History  Search this
Enlightenment  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_781667

Ru jia wen hua yu Zhongguo gu dai ke ji / Yue Aiguo zhu

Title:
儒家文化与中国古代科技 / 乐爱国著
Author:
Yue, Aiguo 1955-  Search this
Physical description:
3, 2, 323 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
2002
Topic:
Philosophy, Confucian  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Technology and civilization  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Call number:
B127.C65 Y84 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_865477

The atomic age : scientists in national and world affairs. Articles from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 1945-1962 / Edited and with introductions by Morton Grodzins and Eugene Rabinowitch. With the assistance of Harvey Flaumenhaft and Lois Gradner

Author:
Grodzins, Morton  Search this
Rabinowitch, Eugene 1901-1973  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 616 p ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1963
1945
1955-
Topic:
Nuclear warfare  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
World politics  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_830827

A people's history of science : miners, midwives, and "low mechanicks" / Clifford D. Conner

Author:
Conner, Clifford D. 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 554 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2005
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_795717

Science and Technion : a selection of major essays on science and society contributed to the Technion yearbook by some of the foremost among those who helped to shape the mid-twentieth century / Bern Dibner, editor

Author:
Dibner, Bern  Search this
American Society for Technion, Israel Institute of Technology  Search this
Physical description:
178 p. : ill. ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1959
Topic:
Science and civilization  Search this
Jewish scientists  Search this
Call number:
CB478 .S42 1959
CB478.S42 1959
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_366251

Le spectacle de la nature, ou, Entretiens sur les particularités de l'histoire naturelle ..

Author:
Pluche, Noël Antoine 1688-1761  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
7 v., [198] leaves of plates (162 folded) : ill., maps ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Type:
Books
Date:
1771
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
QH45 .P73 1771
QH45.P73 1771
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_358669

Change and habit; the challenge of our time, by Arnold J. Toynbee

Author:
Toynbee, Arnold Joseph 1889-1975  Search this
Physical description:
240 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1966
Topic:
Civilization--Philosophy  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Call number:
CB19 .T75
CB19.T75
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_32096

Agency history, 1978-1980

Creator:
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Department of the History of Science  Search this
Subject:
Finn, Bernard S. 1932-  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Electricity and Modern Physics  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Mathematics  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Mechanisms  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Physical Sciences  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Department of Science and Technology  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1978
1978-1980
Topic:
Science and civilization  Search this
Historical museums  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00256
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_222973

Light from the east : how the science of medieval Islam helped to shape the western world / John Freely

Author:
Freely, John  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 238 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2011
Topic:
Islam and science  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Civilization, Western--Islamic influences  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1005791

Modify Your Search







or


Narrow By