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Important areas within Special Collection, with information on library resources and other research resources.
Scope of the Collection
The Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes Collection of Books of Scientific Discovery
You can browse the whole collection online, in the libraries' catalog. |
Highlights
- Atlas CoelestisPictured above. Includes competing views of the cosmos —ancient astrology side by side with the sober astronomy of Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and others
- Aristotle's De Caelo1495 edition, wherein Aristotle posited that there was evidence of a round Earth.
- Galileo's book on sunspotsThe beginning of his development of a heliocentric view of the universe
- Isaac Newton's PrincipiaRare copy of the 1st edition
The Collector
- Elliott Hinkes was a graduate of Johns Hopkins (A&S 1964, Medicine 1967)
- Practicing oncologist in Los Angeles
- Collected books in the history of science during the last decades of his life
- Took courses in astronomy and physics to inform his collecting.
- Bequeathed his splendid collection (valued at over $2 million) to The Sheridan Libraries at his death in 2009.
- Hopkins Magazine profile of Dr. Elliott Hinkes and his collection.
Explore the History of Science Online
- The Royal Society's TrailblazingA user-friendly, ‘explore-at-your-own-pace’, virtual journey through science
- History of ScienceMassive Wikipedia article
- Traditions and Culture of CollectingHistoryofScience.com
- Dibner Library of the History of Science and TechnologyAt the Smithsonian Institution. One of the most important collections worldwide.
- The Galileo ProjectInformation on Galileo and the science of his time
- The Newton ProjectIntends "to make available on-line transcripts of all of Newton’s writings, including notes and marginalia, along with scholarly editorial apparatus and translations of non-English text."