Browsing Lynx Open Ed by Author "Magruder, Kerry"

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    • The Abacus: Introduction 

      Magruder, Kerry (2016)
      The Abacus was an instrument useful for various mathematical computations. This learning leaflet provides step-by-step instructions for the basic operations of the abacus.

    • Activities Handout for Constellations 

      Magruder, Kerry; Purkaple, Brent (2016)
      Suggested activities to be used in conjunction with Constellation Coloring Pages and Card Sets.

    • Ada Lovelace: First Computer Programmer 

      Magruder, Kerry (2015)
      In Ada Lovelace's translation of one of the first introductions to Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine," she included at length analyses of the significance and potential of Babbage's machine. These explanations, totaling ...

    • The Anatomy of a Book 

      Magruder, Kerry (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. ...

    • Augustine: The Bible and Science 

      Magruder, Kerry (2016)
      Saint Augustine discussed the relationship between religion and science in the 5th century. Such views became highlight influential throughout the history of science for those interested in explaining the relationship ...

    • The Bible and Science: Calvin, Newton & Other Writers 

      Magruder, Kerry (2015)
      Quotations from various important Christian interpreters about the relationship between the Bible and Science. Aimed at helping learners differentiate between four key frameworks of relating the Bible and Science.

    • Bode's Star Atlas: Uranographia, 1801 

      Magruder, Kerry (2016)
      This beautiful star atlas fused artistic beauty and scientific precision, the last of the four major star atlases in which artful depictions of constellation figures appear alongside the most up to date scientific information. ...

    • Boldly Explore: Camille Flammarion (1888) 

      Magruder, Kerry; Magruder, Susanna (2015)
      Science is a quest of discovery, the challenge of boldly exploring where no one has gone before. That is the appeal and rhetorically durable theme which has made this woodcut so appealing. Many have reprinted this illustration ...

    • Catherine Whitwell: Astronomy & Creative Writing 

      Magruder, Kerry (2015)
      Catherine Whitwell wrote an introduction to the night sky as a dialogue between a mother and daughter. It contains 23 engraved plates drawn by Whitwell herself, including four hand colored folding plates. One of the plates ...

    • Darwin at the Library Exhibition 

      Magruder, Kerry (2011)
      An Exhibit Guide for the "Darwin at the Library” exhibition held at the University of Oklahoma Bizzell Memorial Library, Summer 2011, comprised of the Darwin first editions that were displayed in the “Darwin at the Museum” ...

    • Elisabeth Hevelius: Observational Astronomer 

      Magruder, Kerry (2015)
      Elisabeth Hevelius, wife of Johann Hevelius, was an astronomer in her own right. They worked together in the observatory of their Gdansk home to measure angular widths and distances with a great sextant, which required two ...

    • Florence Nightingale: Professionalized Health Care 

      Magruder, Kerry (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 ...

    • Galileo's World Discussion Guide 

      Magruder, Kerry (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 ...

    • Hildegard of Bingen: An Abbess for Health Care 

      Magruder, Kerry (2015)
      Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess of convents at Rupertsberg and Elbingen in the 12th century, explained their herbal remedies and medical procedures in her book, Physica. In addition to this work on medicine, Hildegard wrote ...

    • Inclined Plane: Law of Falling Bodies 

      Magruder, Kerry (2015)
      Galileo described his experiment with an inclined plane in his book, Two New Sciences. In this work Galileo was operating within a research tradition in physics known as "impetus." This tradition, begun in the 6th century ...

    • Johan Schreck: Galileo's Friend in China 

      Magruder, Kerry (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 ...

    • Johann Kepler: Blueprints of the Universe 

      Magruder, Kerry (2015)
      Johann Kepler's "Mystery of the Universe" is rightly considered one of the brilliant illustrations in the history of astronomy. In it, Kepler used the five regular Pythagorean solids to refute the major objections to ...

    • Libraries as makers of OER: A Pilot Project 

      Magruder, Kerry; Purkaple, Brent (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 

      Magruder, Kerry (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 

      Magruder, Kerry (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 ...