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Johan Schreck: Galileo's Friend in China
(2015)
Johann Schreck joined the Jesuit order in 1611, the same year that he used Galileo's telescope to observe the satellites of Jupiter. Upon becoming a Jesuit Schreck joined the Jesuit mission in China, taking with him a ...
Della Porta: Natural Magic
(2017)
Giambattista della Porta was one of the most widely known European Renaissance magicians. In 1558, at the age of twenty three, the first edition of his book Natural Magic was printed. Due to its popularity and Della Porta ...
Urania's Mirror: Constellation Cards
(2015)
Urania's Mirror was a set of constellation cards designed to aid in the teaching and learning of constellations. This set includes 32 cards, each focused upon one or a few constellations. Holes punched in the positions of ...
AC Circuits
(2017-01-07)
This eBook was written as the sequel to the eBook titled DC Circuits, which was written in 2016 by Chad Davis.
This eBook covers Alternating Current (AC) circuit theory as well us a brief introduction of electronics. It ...
The Anatomy of a Book
(2016)
In order to understand the history of a book, it is important to understand the structure and organization of a book - it's anatomy. This learning leaflet explains the basic parts of a book through some simple exercises. ...
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 ...
Galileo's World Discussion Guide
(2014-12-29)
A discussion guide organized around the book, "Galileo: A Very Short Introduction," by Stillman Drake. It is designed in conjunction with the Galileo's World Exhibition at the University of Oklahoma to be used as an ...
Florence Nightingale: Professionalized Health Care
(2015)
Florence Nightingale championed social reform and the organization of nursing as a profession. During the Crimean War, she organized the care of injured soldiers, making the rounds at night as the ÐLady with the lamp.Ð Her ...
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.
Hoot the Owl
(2017)
A children’s book, "The Story of How the Constellation ‘Hoot the Owl’ Began", was written and Illustrated this past Fall by Anna Todd, a 2nd grade student at Rose Witcher Elementary School, El Reno Public Schools, located ...