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19th Century Scientific American Online |
| This interesting, incipient site is easily navigated but, as in the original, has few illustrations and presents scientific and other information accurate in the 1840s. |
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4000 Years of Women in Science |
| Considering that modern American society has only truly acknowledged the legitimacy of women in sciences for say, the last twenty years, a website on 4000 years of women in science is truly an inspiration! |
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A Walk Through Time |
| This site contains a great deal of information about the history of timekeeping. |
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Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century |
| This site provides, in one place, a great deal of information about the technology, history and culture of the 20th century. The quality and quantity of information is a hallmark of this site. |
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HyperHistory Online |
| The primary function of this site is the description of history under four subsets: Science, Culture, Religion and Politics. |
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Institute and Museum of the History of Science of Florence |
| The main attraction at this site is the MultiMedia Gallery, which contains an interactive gallery dedicated to Galileo Galilei. |
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Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium |
| This site presents a lecture given by Nanny Fröman at the Royal Academy of Sciences on Marie and Pierre Curie's work on the discovery of Polonium and Radium. |
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Old Sturbridge Village |
| The website is easily navigable and provides culturally and historically accurate information, and pedagogical opportunities for elementary and secondary school students and teachers. |
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Particle Adventure |
| Overall, this is a very interesting site that offers an understandable, step-by-step approach to particle physics theory. |
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Smithsonian Institution |
| The Smithsonian Institution site is extremely valuable, easy to use, compelling, and an excellent starting point for anyone seeking to know about science, its processes, outcomes, and history. |
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The Galileo Project |
| The Galileo Project reveals the scientific process clearly and accurately. It puts science within political and cultural contexts and shows the struggle between emerging scientific understanding and religious dogma. |
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The Invention Dimension |
| The Invention Dimension Home Page is mainly dedicated to a particular inventor and his or her accomplishments. |
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The National Air and Space Museum |
| The National Air and Space Museum's internet site is organized primarily to highlight the exhibits in the museum. |
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The Nine Planets |
| The Nine Planets site, created by astronomer Bill Arnett, is a comprehensive overview. |
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The Physics Classroom |
| Among Internet sites that attempt to teach classical physics, this is one of the best. It is one of the very few sites that actually tries to teach the fundamental concepts of mechanics without oversimplifying the subject matter. |
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Toys in Space |
| The Toys in Space webpage is a project of the NASA planetary and deep space exploration programs. |
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Zoom Dinosaurs |
| This is the best site I have seen. "Breathtaking" may be stretching it a bit for an adult, but not for the students eager to learn about this ever popular topic. This site is going to be on a lot of "favorites" lists. |
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Zoom Inventors and Inventions |
| Zoom Inventors and Inventions seeks to “capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning and enjoyment” of children. |
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