De Humani Corporis Fabrica

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De Humani Corporis Fabrica

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Printing Press - Document 3C Excerpt Woodcut illustration in medical textbook. De Humani Corporis Fabrica... Basel, 1543. Woodcut. National Library of Medicine. Andreas Vesalius [anatomist] (1514-…

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Latin Sheet Music, 1535

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Latin Sheet Music, 1535

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Printing Press - Document 3A Excerpt Early Printed Manuscript Visit Source Download PDF…

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Image from De Humani Corporis Fabrica

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Image from De Humani Corporis Fabrica

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Printing Press - Document 3E Excerpt Image from De Humani Corporis Fabrica. Illustration included within printed medical textbook. Visit Source Download PDF…

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Early Maritime Navigation

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Early Maritime Navigation

The open sea is a never-ending desert of water – the same in all directions. How did ancient mariners cross the ocean without GPS? The principles behind “modern” innovations used by our GPS-enab…

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The Printing Press

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The Printing Press

The Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, the 2016 Presidential Campaign, are all recent events, which were driven by social media. Though Twitter was only recently invented, the movement of technology-dri…

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