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    • Della Porta: Natural Magic 

      Galliart, Scott; Purkaple, Brent (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 ...

    • Edward Jenner: The Mystery of the Milkmaids 

      Kientz, Kate; Purkaple, Brent (2017-08)
      Edward Jenner was a physician in the eighteenth and nineteenth century who studied the disease known as cowpox. Traditional medical knowledge demonstrated that milkmaids who contracted the disease cowpox became immune to ...

    • Galileo's World Reprise, "Walking Tours." 

      Magruder, Kerry; Purkaple, Brent (2017)
      Galileo's World reprise offers visitors another chance to experience the award-winning exhibition. Materials on display at partner locations will return to OU Libraries and be available in a rotating display located in the ...

    • John P. Finley: Tornado Forecasting 

      Boone, Brittany; Purkaple, Brent (2017-08)
      John P. Finley wrote the first book in English devoted to tornadoes. As a member of the US Army Signal Service, Finley's job was weather forecasting. By the 1880s Finley was widely recognized in the military as a tornado ...

    • Phases of Venus: Riccioli, New Almagest 

      Magruder, Kerry; Purkaple, Brent (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 ...

    • Six Cosmological Systems: Geocentric vs. Heliocentric 

      Magruder, Kerry; Purkaple, Brent (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 

      Magruder, Kerry; Purkaple, Brent (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. ...