THE FACES OF SCIENCE:
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE SCIENCES
Internet Prospector, February '97
provides great profiles of a number of African American scientists
who have made significant contributions in their fields. Since this listing
is under the 'Past,' most of these people are over 50 and some are deceased.
Locate a scientist by alpha or by field. If you search by field, note that
the link to African-American astronauts is, for reasons beyond my comprehension,
under the 'Medical' category. Also check out the achievements of African-American
women in the sciences.
The 'Present' has some great educational demographics and bibliographic
resources. Since Louisiana State University sponsors the site, it naturally
contains some plugs for its programs, particularly in the Future section.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html
Biographies of past and current African-American chemists, physicists,
engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists, inventors, zoologists and
more.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html
ANTHROPOLOGY BIOGRAPHY WEB
Internet Prospector, April '98
This Web site, developed by Mankato State University anthropology students,
has nicely-detailed biographies of anthropologists and other scientists
who have influenced anthropology. Included are Marshall Sahlins, Charles
F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology at the University
of Chicago, and Donald Johanson, best known for "Lucy," the 3.5-million-year-old
Australopithecus afarensis skeleton he discovered.
http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/bio/
BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS
Internet Prospector, December '96
It's not true that women can't do math -- and the students at Agnes
Scott College are out to prove it with their Web site. The information
ranges from brief comments to nicely detailed biographies, with photos.
http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/WOMEN/women.htm
CONTRIBUTIONS OF
WOMEN TO PHYSICS
Internet Prospector, October '98
To commemorate the 100th birthday of the American Physical Society,
the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics and the Forum on the History
of Physics of the APS are co- sponsoring a compilation of a historical
archive of women who have done important work in the field of physics.
It's not complete -- accomplishments that have taken place since 1975 are
not included -- due, they say, to limitations of time and money. But the
site does feature an impressive gathering of biographical information on
female physicists. Let's hope those pesky time and money problems get taken
care of!
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/
GREAT CANADIAN SCIENTISTS
Internet Prospector, May '96
Biographies of 24 prominent Canadian scientists, with mini-bios for
over a hundred more. You can search by name or discipline, or browse through
the alphabetical list.
http://www.agnescott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
Internet Prospector, May '96
A directory to biographies of scientists (mostly historical -- Plato,
Ptolemy and Sir Isaac Newton, to name a few -- but a few actual living
scientists!)
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_bio.htm
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
Internet Prospector, April '98
Did you know that Napoleon appointed a woman as his Chief Air Minister
of Ballooning in 1804? Or that Wilbur and Orville Wright had a sister who
was vital to her brothers' accomplishments? Find biographies of NASA's
first female astronaut trainees, known as the Mercury 13, and other heroines
of air and space, including Bessie Coleman, Jacqueline Cochran and Sally
Ride -- this was in 1961, folks!
http://iwasm.org
INTERNET ROUNDTABLE SOCIETY
Internet Prospector, March '96
Biographies and interviews with guests covering a variety of topics
-- politics, arts, society, the internet -- can be found at the Internet
Roundtable Society's page. Past guests include Lawrence K. Grossman, Former
President of the Public Broadcasting Service and of NBC News discussing
his book, "The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in the Information
Age," Gloria Steinem on opportunities for women in business, and Senator
Arlen Specter, on U.S. politics and foreign policy.
http://www.irsociety.com/pastbios.html
(Note: This is a busy site. You may have to try several times. ED)
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
Internet Prospector, June '98
Quick -- who invented the reaper? Can't remember? Check out the website
for The National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Established in 1973, the Hall of Fame celebrates the creative spirit
and honors those men and women whose inventions have
made life better for all of us.
Learn about all those people you should remember from school, and many
others you wouldn't have known about otherwise.
Luminaries include Eli Whitney, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison,
Henry Ford and Cyrus McCormick (the reaper guy).
Also read about Rachel Fuller Brown (the antibiotic nystatin), Stephanie
Louise Kwolek (Kevlar for bullet-proof vests) and
Robert Maurer, Donald Keck and Peter Schultz (optical fibers). A search
engine will help you find what you need.
http://www.invent.org/book/index.html
WHO'S ON-LINE
Internet Prospector, December '95
Who's On-Line offers professionals of all stripes the chance to add
their personal web page links to this experimental "non-commercial, decentralized
HYPERbiographical database" for the Internet. WHO's On-line is the brain-child
of Enrique Canessa at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
in Trieste, Italy. He hopes to provide a medium for professional networking
and exposure through this website. Right now, though, biographical entries
include a hodgepodge of scientists and computer professionals.
To visit this grand experiment, have patience because it's a slow loader.
Go to:
http://www.ictp.trieste.it/Canessa/whoiswho.html
WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Internet Prospector, Updated March '98
Some 6,000 members strong, Women In Technology International has provided
resources for women since 1989. Visit the Hall of Fame for profiles of
technological leaders ranging from director of the Mars Exploration Program
to an IBM Fellow with more than 40 years of computer programming experience.
http://www.witi.org
WOMEN OF NASA
Internet Prospector, October '95
Read testimonials on how women who work in the celestial world of space
vehicles and astrophysics got to where they are today. One woman notes
that when she arrived at NASA she was told, There's space. Do something
significant.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/WON.html |
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