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    • Hoot the Owl 

      Todd, Anna (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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Orion: Baba, Nobutake (1706) 

      Magruder, Kerry (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 ...
    • 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. ...
    • 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.
    • Introduction to the Constellations 

      Magruder, Kerry (2018)
      A short introduction to the constellations, able to be used alongside Urania's Mirror Constellation Set.
    • Coma Berenices Learning Leaflet 

      Magruder, Kerry (2018)
      Coma Berenices is the only one of the modern 88 official constellations named after a historical figure. It represents the hair of Berenice, Queen of Egypt (267 221 BCE), who reigned with Ptolemy III Euergetes. Learn more ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Discorso particolare intorno all'unisono 

      Galilei, Vincenzo; Annis, Jonathan A. (2016)
      Vincenzo Galilei was among the first music theorists to advocate for a new system of tuning based on performance, instead of the mathematical principles of music set fourth by Pythagoras. Pythagorean music theory bases ...
    • Banned Books of the Scientific Revolution 

      Magruder, Kerry (2017)
      The three most famous banned books of the Copernican revolution, listed in chronological order, are On the Revolutions of Copernicus (1543); a Commentary on the biblical book of Job by Zúñiga, a theologian in Salamanca; ...
    • The Trial of Galileo 

      Magruder, Kerry (2017)
      The story of Galileo’s trial in 1633 intertwines two crucial earlier episodes: 1. Galileo’s encounter with the Inquisition in 1616; and 2. Publication of Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World in ...
    • 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 ...
    • Boldly Explore 

      Flammarion, Camille; Magruder, Susanna (2015)
      Although many attribute this iconic image to the Middle Ages, it first appeared in a 19th century work of meteorology. So it's fitting that this book will open a Galileo's World exhibit at the National Weather Center on ...
    • 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 ...
    • Activities Handout for Constellations 

      Magruder, Kerry; Purkaple, Brent (2016)
      Suggested activities to be used in conjunction with Constellation Coloring Pages and Card Sets.
    • 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. ...
    • "Constellation Coloring Pages" adapted from Johann Bode, "Uranographia" (1801) 

      (2016)
      Johann Bode, director of the Observatory of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, produced the last of the four major celestial atlases in which artful depictions of constellation figures appear alongside the most up-to-date ...
    • Apiarium (White Background) 

      Lynx Open Ed (1625)
      In this first publication of observations made with a microscope, Cesi and Stelluti studied the anatomy of the bee. The text includes classical references to bees as well as new knowledge, integrated in a tabular outline. ...