Links and Resources
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General Resources
- A Brief History of the Internet
- A Brief Timeline of Computer Storage and Memory
- A Short Chronology of the History of Computing
- Echo Project Research Center – Science, Technology, Industry
Exploring and Collecting History on Line is presently the most comprehensive portal for the history of science and technology on the Web. Includes a searchable guide to more than 5,000 websites on the history of science, technology, and industry. Not to be confused with the very valuable ECHO, European Culture and History On-Line. - Science and Technology Resources on the Internet
- The Internet History of Science Sourcebook
- Introduction to the History of Science in Non-Western Traditions
- A history and philosophy of science tutorial by James Sumner
- The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
- History of Race in Science
- The "Science" section of Books Online
- The History of Science/Science Studies Reference Pages
- Links to STS-Related Information Sources (N.C. State)
- The Medieval Technology Pages
- The History of Cybernetics at the American Society for Cybernetics
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Selected Primary Documents
- Web of Science
- Electronic Resources in the History of Science and Technology
- Papers of Noted Scientists
- Manuscripts of Galileo at Max Planck Institution for the History of Science
- The Turing Archive for the History of Computing
- History of Demography at ECHO - A superb collection of scanned texts from 17th-19th Century Europe
- Lineamenta - An online collection of architectural drawings from the Roman Baroque period.
- Notebooks of Einstein and Minkowski in the Jewish National & University Library
- The Archimedes Project - Realizing the Vision of an Open Digital Research Library for the Long-Term Study of the History of Mechanics - Astounding scanned library of key primary sources from ancient to early modern mechanics.
- Collection of Sources on Chinese Mechanical Knowledge and its Relation to European Science
- Internet History of Science Source Book - Select documents culled from Fordham University's extensive 'source book' series of world history
- Instruments for Science, 1800-1914: Scientific Trade Catalogs in the Smithsonian Collections
- The Alexander Graham Bell Papers at the Library of Congress
- Encyclopedia of Diderot and D'Alembert Translation Project
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Selected Scholarly OrganizationsPlease note that nearly all of these organization have extensive links on their websites.
- SHOT – Society for the History of Technology
https://shot.press.jhu.edu/
Contains extensive resources for primary documents and tutorials in the history of technology - HSS – History of Science Society
https://www.hssonline.org/teach_res/
Contains extensive resources for primary documents and tutorials in the history of science - HOPOS – International Society for the History of the Philosophy of Science
https://web1.umkc.edu/scistud/hopos/ - American Association for the History of Medicine
https://www.histmed.org/ - Chemical Heritage Foundation
https://www.chemheritage.org/ - Society for the Social Studies of Science
https://www.4sonline.org/society.htm - Philosophy of Science Association
https://philosophy.wisc.edu/PSA/Default.htm - Journals in Science, Technology and Society
https://www.umich.edu/~umsts/journals.html
An extensive list from University of Michigan STS program – most journals without direct links can be found through the Bard library portal. - Cornell Science and Technology Magazine
https://www.rso.cornell.edu/scitech/
An undergraduate journal devoted to science and technology issues
- SHOT – Society for the History of Technology
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Regional and International Programs
- RPI STS program
https://www.rpi.edu/dept/sts/ - Cornell, Department of Science & Technology Studies
https://www.sts.cornell.edu/index.php - Vassar STS program
https://sciencetechnologyandsociety.vassar.edu/ - MIT STS Program
https://web.mit.edu/sts/index-css.html - Extensive List of national and international STS programs from University of Michigan
https://www.umich.edu/~umsts/otherprogs.html
- RPI STS program
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Discussion Groups and List-Servs
- H-Sci-Med-Tech
https://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~smt/ - Sci-Tech-Studies
https://geoclio.st.usm.edu/e-mail-lists.html - Rete
https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/rete/ - HOPOS-L
https://scistud.umkc.edu/hopos - Translation errors in politics and technology
https://www.languagealliance.com/resources/translations-with-major-consequences/ - A Brief History of the Internet
- A Brief Timeline of Computer Storage and Memory
- H-Sci-Med-Tech
Contacting STS
Address: Bard College, PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
Phone: 845-758-7296 | E-mail: [email protected]
Paul Cadden-Zimansky Phone: 845-758-7584 Email: [email protected]
Greg Moynahan Phone: 845-758-7296 E-mail: [email protected]