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Lab Manual for Nonmajors Biology
(2019-02)Lab manual for use in college-level nonmajors biology courses. Lab manual includes lab safety guidelines and labs for process and tools of science; using the microscope; digestion; food microbiology; bacteria and disease; ... -
Libraries as makers of OER: A Pilot Project
(2015-11-19)The University of Oklahoma Libraries and the History of Science Collection have spent the last year planning Galileo's World, an exhibition showcasing the time period of Galileo through 300 rare books, hand-crafted instrument ... -
Madame du Châtelet: Newtonian Physicist
(2015)Madame du Châtelet translated Newton's masterwork of physics, the "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy," into French. She also defended Newton in the Newton-Leibniz controversy. This OER shoes images from some ... -
Margaret Bryan: Science Education
(2015)Margaret Bryan was a schoolmistress for a boarding school for girls in London, in which she taught mathematics and science. She also published several popular scientific textbooks on astronomy, geography, and natural ... -
Maria Cunitz: Kepler's Defender
(2015)Maria Cunitz was one of the first astronomers to adopt Johann Kepler's astronomy. She made Kepler's achievement easy to grasp, and demonstrated that Kepler's laws were more accurate than anything that had come before. This ... -
Maria Merian: World-Traveling Entomologist
(2015)Maria Merian (1647-1717), skilled in both art and natural history, studied the relationships between flowers and insects. She conducted research in gardens and museums, produced detailed sketches and beautiful paintings, ... -
MATH 1503: College Algebra Textbook
(2018-08)This textbook was used at the University of Oklahoma in MATH 1503 during the fall semester of 2018. This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11759/latest MATH 1523 Course Description: ... -
MATH 1523: Precalculus Textbook
(2018-08)This textbook was used at the University of Oklahoma in MATH 1523 during the fall semester of 2018. It is a modified version of the OpenStax Precalculus textbook. The original version of this book is available for free ... -
Measurement and Instrumentation: An Introduction to Concepts and Methods, 1st Edition
(2020-08)Measurement and instrumentation are fundamental elements of many engineering projects. From research, to development, to manufacturing, to user products, engineers are constantly needing to measure things: brightness of ... -
Orion the Hunter
(2015)Three stars in a row make up Orion s belt, within a rectangle of four bright stars representing his shoulders and feet. Since Orion's belt of three bright stars lies nearly upon the celestial equator, Orion is visible from ... -
Orion: Baba, Nobutake (1706)
(2018)This work, written by a Kyoto physician, represents Asian astronomy in the generation following Adam Schall. Baba countered superstitious interpretations of solar eclipses, and used magnetic theory rather than yin and yang ... -
Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook
(2021-06-14)Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook is a comprehensive casebook covering all the fundamentals of the United States patent system. It is designed to be used as the primary text in a 3-credit or 4-credit patent law course. ... -
Phases of Venus: Riccioli, New Almagest
(2018)The phases of Venus were an item of discussion in early modern Europe as scientists sought to determine whether it was evidence of the heliocentric system. Yet among the scientists it was anything but conclusive that this ... -
Practice Problems in Biomedical Organic Chemistry: Self-Guided Problems and Answers for Students in Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry, Volume I
(2016-08)This problem set was developed to assist undergraduate students taking a one semester or two semester, non-majors course in organic chemistry. Students in these courses often come to organic chemistry from diverse backgrounds ... -
A Pub-lication of Beer
(2018-12-17)Nearly every societal demographic consumes beer and has done so for more than 9,000 years, yet little regard has been given to its environmental impacts. We explore the ethics of this delicious dilemma to determine how ... -
Pythagorean Solids: Five Regular Solids
(2015)Throughout history the regular solids were a point of intrigue by astronomers, mathematicians, artists, and philosophers. The Pythagoreans proved that there are only five regular solids: the cube, triangle, octahedron, ... -
Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R): 3rd Edition
(2017-08-18)The focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science, public policy and public administration. It is designed for advanced undergraduate courses, or ... -
Relativity of Motion: The Moving Ship Thought Experiment
(2015)Galileo's "Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World," includes a discussion about dropping balls from the mast of both a moving ship and a ship at rest in order to test the theory of inertia. If sailors actually had ... -
Six Cosmological Systems: Geocentric vs. Heliocentric
(2018)Explore the various cosmological systems in the early modern world with this learning leaflet, while at the same time utilizing your inductive reasoning skills. -
Six Cosmological Systems: Phases of Venus
(2018)It is often thought that Galileo's discovery of the phases of venus demonstrated the contested heliocentric model of the universe. However, such an understanding is overly simplistic of the early modern account of astronomy. ...