Tag Archives: Medicine

The Scientific Revolution

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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Galileo and Experimentation

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: National Weather Center. How do new instruments extend sensory perception, facilitate new experiments, shape new conceptions, raise new questions and promote quantitative methods? Galileo’s empirical investigations and innovative scientific instruments opened … Continue reading

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Galileo and Sports

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Headington Hall, University of Oklahoma, Athletics Department. What would Coach Galileo say? How many Athletic Departments buy rare books for their university libraries? Three years in a row, the Sooners have … Continue reading

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Galileo and China

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor Exhibit Hall. How did European and Chinese astronomers collaborate in the world of Galileo? The Silk Road. The Forbidden City. The Great Wall. Asia has long … Continue reading

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Galileo, Natural History, and the Americas

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Fall 2015). How did the natural knowledge of Native Americans shape European science in the age of Galileo? “In the last few days, when … Continue reading

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Galileo and the Health Sciences

Galileo’s World at a GlanceGallery at the Exhibit WebsiteLocation: Robert M. Bird Library, University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Campus, Oklahoma City. How might friends of Galileo have practiced health care? “I have been in my bed for five weeks, oppressed … Continue reading

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