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The History of Web Beginning at CERN
The History of Web Development Beginning at CERN is a short history explaining how Tim Berners-Lee and others brought together the technologies needed to be able to share documents using Web browsers ...
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Electronic Hand-Held Calculator
An article on the history of the pocket calculator from Texas Instrument's History of Innovation section.
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The History of Antimatter
A good site from Cern covering the history of the concept of antimatter. The links on the left of the page lead to further information.
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History of Flight
A resource, intended for use by pupils, which provides links to several sites that give information about the history of flight.
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A Brief History of Cosmology
Outline description of the History of Cosmology. Includes biographies of key figures.
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MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
A very detailed history of Mathematics and Science. The site contains over 1500 biographies of people ranging from Ahmes (1680 - 1610 BC) to Simon Kirwan Donaldson (1957 - )
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Hovercraft History & Hovercraft Museum Website
This site gives more information on the history of hovercraft than the physics involved but still interesting.
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What is Physics?
An article defining physics and summarising its history, from early mechanics to quantum theory.
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Early History of Dark Matter
The history of the discovery of dark matter in the Universe is briefly reviewed with particular emphasis on the work of Zwicky (1933), Smith (1936), Babcock (1939) and Oort (1940).
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History of Physics
Links to numerous sites on the History of Physics.
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