Monthly Archives: January 2023

Love books! – with wisdom

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

Around 2000 B.C. an Egyptian priest counseled his son: “Behold, nothing surpasses books. Would that I might make you love books more than your mother. Would that I might make their beauty enter before your face, for it is greater … Continue reading →

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Hoot the Owl

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

A children’s book, The Story of How the Constellation ‘Hoot the Owl’ Began, was written and Illustrated by Anna Todd (2017), a 2nd grade student at Rose Witcher Elementary School, El Reno Public Schools, located in El Reno, Oklahoma. The … Continue reading →

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Hoot the Owl – back story

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

1/25/2018 We believe that educational outreach is at the center of our exhibitions, so nothing could have excited us more than a letter we received last November when Stacey Stevenson told us the story of “Hoot the Owl.” A children’s … Continue reading →

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Outline: Historic Star Atlas Stories

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

3/28/2018 Video • Slides (PDF, 160MB) • Image Thomas Carlyle spoke for all of us when he lamented… “Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Marilyn B. Ogilvie

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

Marilyn Ogilvie (portrait by Mike Wimmer) Marilyn B. Ogilvie, 2nd Curator of the OU History of Science Collections Location:  Marilyn B. Ogilvie Exploration Room Date:  January 26, 2017; prior to the public unveiling of Marilyn’s portrait in the Ogilvie Exploration … Continue reading →

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Collaboration Strategies for Educators, Libraries and Museums

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

1/10/2019 | Download slides (PDF, 25 MB) | On October 13, Brent Purkaple and Kerry Magruder presented a talk articulating our efforts with Lynx Open Ed to the annual meeting of the Southwest Association for Science Teacher Education (SW-ASTE).  The meeting … Continue reading →

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Last chance to see amazing rare books in art and astronomy

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

2019 The current “Art and Astronomy” exhibit will close at 5 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. Examples of treasures on display now, but going off exhibit, include:  Four OU copies of Galileo first editions contain his own handwriting. They include Galileo’s Starry … Continue reading →

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The Sky at Night

Posted on January 20, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: History of Science Collections, Bizzell Memorial Library. What is the artistic and scientific heritage of the sky at night? When Galileo observed the belt and sword of Orion the Hunter, and … Continue reading →

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The Scientific Revolution

Posted on January 20, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Schusterman Library, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. What is nature? How is nature known? When Galileo announced that “mathematics is the language of nature,” he was making a then-controversial claim about how … Continue reading →

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The Academy of the Lynx

Posted on January 19, 2023 by admin

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Fall 2015, Spring 2016). “not only to acquire knowledge of things and wisdom, and living together justly and piously, but also peacefully to display … Continue reading →

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