NYC History of Medicine Events in October — Hildebrandt, Tresch, Largent, and...
By Lisa O’Sullivan, Director This month sees an exciting line up of history of medicine (and science) events in NYC. In fact, almost a festival. Hope to see you at some or all… On October 10, NYAM’s...
View ArticleRobert Hooke’s Micrographia (Item of the Month)
By Rebecca Pou, Archivist Robert Hooke was born on July 28 (O.S. July 18), 1635. To commemorate his birthday, we are featuring his book Micrographia as July’s item of the month. Hooke published...
View ArticleThe Private Lives of Galileo
By Paul Theerman, Associate Director, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health February 15, 1564, is Galileo’s birthday according to the Julian calendar; in our Gregorian calendar the date...
View ArticleDe Revolutionibus
By Danielle Aloia, Special Projects Librarian Today marks the 543rd birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born February 19, 1473 at 4:48pm.1 What better way to celebrate his birth than to look at...
View ArticleScent Track
Today’s guest post is written by Ann-Sophie Barwich, Ph.D., scholar in the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program at the Center for Science and Society, Columbia University. Her work...
View ArticleSummer Reading Suggestions – Part I
Pick among these titles for not-your-usual summer reading. Continue reading →
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