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This collection includes highlights from the History of Science book collection housed in the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.<\/p>\r\n
Fondren Library's History of Science collection includes important volumes of physics, mathematics, and astronomy tracing the history of science. The collection includes four rare astronomy books: Nicolaus Copernicus' masterpiece, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium<\/em> (1566), which marks the dawn of modern science; Alessandro Piccolomini's La Sfera del Mondo<\/em> (1579), considered the first handbook for stargazers; Cornelius Gemma's De Naturae Divinis Characterismis<\/em> (1575) relating to the nova of 1572 and a comet in 1556; and Johannes Kepler's Tabulae Rudolpinae<\/em> (1675), the first English text of Kepler's tables based on the laws of planetary motion. Finally, Giovanni Riccioli's Almagestum novum astronomiam <\/em>(1651) was added as Fondren Library's millionth volume in 1979.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","credits":"Susan Kirby & Rebecca Russell","featured":1,"public":1,"theme":"default","theme_options":"a:3:{s:8:\"bigstuff\";a:18:{s:16:\"background_image\";N;s:16:\"single_line_item\";s:1:\"1\";s:12:\"header_image\";N;s:11:\"footer_text\";s:0:\"\";s:24:\"display_footer_copyright\";s:1:\"0\";s:19:\"use_advanced_search\";s:1:\"0\";s:12:\"article_type\";s:7:\"Article\";s:21:\"conference_paper_type\";s:16:\"Conference Paper\";s:9:\"book_type\";s:4:\"Book\";s:11:\"manual_type\";s:6:\"Manual\";s:11:\"thesis_type\";s:6:\"Thesis\";s:11:\"report_type\";s:6:\"Report\";s:9:\"text_type\";s:4:\"Text\";s:12:\"website_type\";s:7:\"Website\";s:14:\"hyperlink_type\";s:9:\"Hyperlink\";s:17:\"moving_image_type\";s:12:\"Moving Image\";s:16:\"still_image_type\";s:11:\"Still Image\";s:4:\"logo\";N;}s:10:\"avantgarde\";a:6:{s:4:\"logo\";N;s:12:\"header_image\";N;s:20:\"header_image_heading\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"header_image_text\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"footer_text\";s:0:\"\";s:19:\"use_advanced_search\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"default\";a:12:{s:10:\"text_color\";s:7:\"#444444\";s:16:\"background_color\";s:7:\"#FFFFFF\";s:10:\"link_color\";s:7:\"#888888\";s:12:\"button_color\";s:7:\"#000000\";s:17:\"button_text_color\";s:7:\"#FFFFFF\";s:18:\"header_title_color\";s:7:\"#000000\";s:17:\"header_background\";N;s:11:\"footer_text\";s:634:\"
This content was developed by the <\/span>Woodson Research Center<\/a>, <\/span>Fondren Library<\/a>, <\/span>Rice University<\/a>.
Contact us at <\/span>woodson@rice.edu<\/a> or 713-348-2586.<\/span>
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