Apiarium (English Translation - White Background)
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. The title area shows four ancient coins depicting bees, and the crest of the Barberini family showing three busy bees. Because only a handful were printed, the type has bitten deeply into the paper. Oklahoma holds one of only four extant printed copies. This english translation is by Clara Sue Kidwell, formatted by Leah Vanderburg.
The Trial of Galileo
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 1632.
Learn more about them in this learning leaflet.
Edward Jenner: The Mystery of the Milkmaids
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 smallpox. On account of this information Jenner surmised that pus from cowpox blisters (such as shown in the pictures) could be used to inoculate against smallpox. Learn more about Jenner, vaccines, and immunology in this learning leaflet.
Florence Nightingale: Professionalized Health Care
How does the visual presentation of statistical evidence support professionalization of health care?
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 emphasis on hygiene and hand washing dramatically reduced the death rate. This OER explores the breadth of Nightingale's work in the nineteenth century.
Apiarium (English Translation)
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. The title area shows four ancient coins depicting bees, and the crest of the Barberini family showing three busy bees. Because only a handful were printed, the type has bitten deeply into the paper. Oklahoma holds one of only four extant printed copies. This english translation is by Clara Sue Kidwell, formatted by Leah Vanderburg.
The Anatomy of a Book
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.
Included in this learning leaflet are three parts:
(1) Introduction - DOWNLOAD
(2) Activity - DOWNLOAD
(3) Handout version 1 - DOWNLOAD
Handout version 2, with sample text - DOWNLOAD
Matteo Ricci, De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas (Lyon, 1616), ed. Nicolaus Trigault.
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Galileo, Il Saggiatore (Rome, 1623), “The Assayer.” 1st ed., usual state.
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Adam Schall, Historica narratio, de initio et progressu missionis apud Chinenses (Vienna, 1665).
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Giambattista della Porta, De furtivis literarum notis (Naples, 1563)
