This is sorely due and highly outdated (for internet standards), but I wanted to share this with the world anyway. Back in June I attended the Science at Risk workshop at the Library of Congress. The workshop brought to light the different aspects of how science is achieved via the internet and I was asked to speak on behalf of open notebook science.
On day 1 of the Workshop, we were provided a special manuscript viewing of some of the most historic and treasured scientific documents that is in possession of the Library of Congress. Check it out below, and feel free to ask me questions about the images in the comment section!
The English translation of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity written by Albert Einstein.
From the notebook of 1st President George Washington. This was from prior to his presidency and military career.
Some notes about a spaghetti press written by Thomas Jefferson.
A letter by Ben Franklin written to a British colleague after witnessing the first manned hydrogen balloon flight.
A travel receipt for transportation, lodging, and per diem for a soldier traveling to “Project,” ie Los Alamos for the Manhattan Project. Notice the trail ends at Lamy, NM which was the major railroad hub in NM for travel. I assume private travel was arranged for transport to either Los Alamos or the Trinity site.
Proposed bomb sites for the atomic bombs. The targets were large military installations. Notice Hiroshima is choice B and Nagasaki isn’t on the list!
The data read out from the detection of the Cosmic Microwave Background as discovered by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson.
Flight (open, literally) notebook of the Wright Brothers’ first flights.
The collections of the Wright Brothers, their notes, and the image of their first flight.
A sketch by Alexander Graham Bell about how the telephone would work.
The first message sent via telegraph “What hath God wrought.”
Closeup of the word “GOD” sent via telegraph by Samuel Morse.
Pingback: 3 questions in June or: LoC workshops are the best — Peter Krautzberger()