Discovering Science Collections Virtually at the Library of Congress, Jan. 19
Posted by: Nate Smith
Join the Science Reference Section in discovering digitized collections from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: History of Science and Technology
Category: History of Science and Technology
Celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope from its Beginnings to its Thirtieth Anniversary
Posted by: Nate Smith
In honor of Hubble Space Telescope's 30th launch anniversary, we explore it's early conception and deployment in April 1990 and provide resources for further learning.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, History of Science and Technology, Science
The Peripatetic U. S. Patent Office: Locations 1790 to Present
Posted by: Nate Smith
A history of the locations of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Posted in: History of Science and Technology, Inventions, Washington and the Capitol
Happy 150th Anniversary to the Periodic Table
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Science Reference Specialist Nate Smith. This year marks the 150th anniversary of one of the most important breakthroughs in the field of chemistry: the Periodic Table of Elements. While there have been over 700 distinct iterations of the table (Scerri, 20), the first tables that explicitly showed periodicity were created …
Posted in: Chemistry, History of Science and Technology, Inventions, Science