Ancient Greece Web Sites
http://eawc.evansville.edu/www/grpage.htm
Part of the Exploring Ancient World Cultures site, this index of internet sources on
ancient Greece is a gateway to numerous other scholarly sites. Most sites listed include a
brief comment on the type of information available to the researcher. The Perseus
Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
An evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world and beyond,
this site offers access to numerous texts of interest to scholars in a variety of fields:
history, humanities, classical studies. Located at the Department of Classics at Tufts
University, this site has had extensive input from over 70 museums.
The Internet Classics Archive
http://classics.mit.edu
This site allows the researcher to select from 441 works of classical literature by 59
different authors, mainly Greco-Roman works, all in English translation. The MIT Program
in Writing and Humanistic Studies hosts this archive on the program network.
Physics 109N Home Page: Galileo and Einstein
http://www.physics.virginia.edu/classes/109N/home.html
This site consists of lecture notes given by Michael Fowler at the University of Virginia
on Galileo, Einstein, and the modern history of physics. Included at the site are
translations of Galileo, "Galileo's Ideas in His Own Words."
Ancient Medicine Medicina Antiqua
http://web1.ea.pvt.k12.us/medant/
This site belongs to The Episcopal Academy, Merion, PA. Visitors can find translations of
Galen's "On the Natural Faculties," "On the Elements According to
Hippocrates," "On the Nature of Man," and others. There is an excellent
"Other Resources" section for further research on the web.
Renaissance Science, Greece Science, others
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/s3.htm
This site which is managed by Malaspina University College in British Columia, Canada, can
serve many interests. It is part of the Malaspina Great Books Science Center. Visitors can
investigate various eras of science history by navigating to the era desired. Once there,
numerous translated texts are available.
History of Scientific Instruments
http://info.ox.ac.uk/departments/hooke
Oxford is the site of one of the oldest museums devoted to the history of scientific
instruments in the world. These material relics of past scientific inquiry are used in
on-line exhibits that use pictures and supporting text to inform the researcher.
History of Mathematics
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive is maintained by the University of St. Andrews
in Scotland. It contains numerous informative articles on the history of mathematics and
astronomy as well as scientists who studied them. Theories are explained. Interesting
essays such as "How do we know about Greek mathematics?' are included.
The American Colonist's Library: A Treasury of Primary Documents
http://www.universitylake.org/primarysources.html
An amazing compendium of original documents, works that many founders of this country
would have read or been familiar with as they set about writing our Constitution.
Collectively, these documents offer a profound insight into what our founders were
thinking about. |