A biography of George Eastman, who revolutionized photography with his innovations in film and photograph development. From the MIT School of Engineering.

This is a collection of courses on communities and ecosystems. Some topics explored are productivity, food webs, and ecology. The courses offer video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...

College-level textbook highlighting electromagnetism concepts. Many of the topics are explained in video demonstrations.

This website contains biographical information about Robert Fulton, including the events leading up to his design of the first successful steamboat.

At this site from MIT Invention Dimension you can read about Virginia Apgar and her accomplishments as "One of Columbia University's first female M.D.s," as a researcher of childbirth, and as the inventor of the "Newborn Scoring System."

This site from MIT Invention Dimension is a brief profile of Henry Ford focusing on the Assembly Line.

This resource provides information and sources that discuss the elements of dance.

This website provides information on the life and inventions of Lee DeForest, the man who invented the audion tube, which made commercial radio broadcasting practical.

Use this site to learn about Vinton Cerf, the inventor who co-designed and developed "the protocols and structure of what became the Internet."

Read about Robert Koffler Jarvik, the "inventor of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart." This article provides a biography of the inventor, the reasons why he became interested in creating an artificial heart, and his...

This article from Massachusetts Institute of Technology describes Rube Goldberg's work as a cartoonist.

Credited with the creation of the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb. Read about Oppenheimer's education and involvement in the atomic explosions, which "changed the world forever."

Use this site to learn about how Leo Baekeland invented plastic, and how this simple invention resulted in a "plastic revolution."

As the inventor of the lightbulb, phonograph, and the printing telegraph, Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), improved the daily lives of everyday people.

Brief article, with biographical details, about Charles Goodyear's invention of vulcanization, a process to make rubber durable for industrial use.

In a career spannig over 40 years, [Gertrude Belle] Elion (1918-1999 CE) invented some of the 20th century's most significant lifesaving drugs. Read about the life and accomplishments of this scientist who won the Nobel Prize for...

This site, which is provided for by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives a very brief article on the developer of the early elevator. Images are included as well.

Full text of Plato's dialogue, "Philebus." Translation by Benjamin Jowett. Includes a place for you to read or post commentaries on the text.

Jan Ernst Matzeliger is remembered for his creation that had a tremendous effect on the shoe industry. He was a Surinamese inventor of the "lasting machine," patented in 1883.

A brief description of Australia's climate, and the differences between northern and southern Australia during summer and winter.

This Washington Post article from The Tech on Alex Haley offers a personal glimpse into Haley's life as a writer and how his writing connected him to his family.

Series of four video lectures from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that examine the philosophical themes in films and their links to other art forms, such as literature and opera. Videos vary in length.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about research showing how the brain can create very realistic false memories. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.