The University of Oklahoma's History of Science Collections
Apr 10, 2012
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Kerry Magruder gave a tour of the University of Oklahoma’s History of Science Collections, which includes rare books from historically significant scientists. Among the books he showed were books by Copernicus and ..
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Kerry Magruder gave a tour of the University of Oklahoma’s History of Science Collections, which includes rare books from historically significant scientists. Among the books he showed were books by Copernicus and Galileo’s own copies of his book with his annotations as he explained notes such as that illuminated the history of scientific thought.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 9-12 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
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