Dr. Vess's World Civilization Virtual Library

The Scientific Revolution

Explore the following links for further information on the Scientific Revolution and the History of Science and Astronomy. Several of these links will provide you with the latest research in twentieth century astronomy. Be sure to explore the links to the Newton homepage and to the Galileo project.

Class Outline for the Scientific Revolution

Galileo
The Galileo Affair
IMSS Multimedia Biography of Galileo

Galielo Project Homepage: Rice University

Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon: biography and links to online texts
Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature Some links to Bacon sites, including discussions of whether Bacon authored works attributed to Shakespeare.

Descartes

Descartes
site focuses on Descartes's mathematical contributions
References for Descartes a bibliography
Rene Descartes and the Legacy of Mind/Body Dualism
Mind and Machines: Behaviorism,Dualism,and Beyond by James H. Fetzer. A discussion of Caretesian dualism and Skinner's behaviorism.
Philosopher All Stars: Descartes
Biography of Descartes
Mind and Body: Descartes to William James
Discourse on Method
Meditations

Newton

Newtonia at The Newton Institute very nice set of references, from biography to maps of locations associated with Newton.
Newton: Biography from Men of Mathematics
The Life,Times and Achievements of Sir Isacc Newton from The World's 100 Greatest people audiocassette collection. You can read and listen to this text.
Newton and Microgravity
Newton: Hyperlinked Biography fromEric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biographies.

Leibniz

Gottfried Leibniz

General Resources

Jesuits and the Sciences

The Royal Society
Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography

WWW History of Science and Medicine

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

Museum of the History of Science: Oxford

The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas

exhibition of rare books

Modern Astronomy
Royal Observatory, Greenwich

This is a very rich site, with links to other sites as well as a good bit of information on the universe

. Astronomy Now Online

History of Astronomy

The Cosmic Context: Exploring Your Universe

The Hubble Space Telescope

Astronomy and Cosmology

Cambridge Relativity

Cosmology: A Research Briefing

Dr. Odenwald's Cosmology and the Big Bang

answers to astronomy questions

Dr. Odenwald on Cosmology and What Happened before the Big Bang

set of essays

MAP: Introduction to Cosmology

Great Debates in Astronomy

Mysteries of Deep Space: From PBS

This site is visually rich and has an interactive timeline for the origins of the universe.

NASA Origins: Timeline of the Universe

A Space Library (NASA/JPL/Caltech)

Images, online exhibits and loads of other information

General Astronomy Information fromThe Royal Greenwich Observatory
Nasa:The Galileo Project

Explore a revolutionary development in modern science. Follow the Galileo mission to Jupiter.