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Project overview

Project overview Parent projects: Wikipedia:WikiProject History and Wikipedia:WikiProject Science This project focuses on creating and improving content related to the history of science, science studies, STS, HPS, etc. This includes the philosophy of science, as well as history of technology, mathematics and medicine. The project also focuses on improving the categorization of History of Science-related articles and maintaining Portal:History of science.

To do

To do Main : Writing and Editing needs, Other suggested projects, Open tasks. Identify unmarked: history of science stubs and add {{sci-hist-stub}} to them, or expand history of science stubs into full articles. Grab your favorite reference work and identify missing articles on notable scientists for the Missing scientist articles list, and/or create articles for them. The History of Science Collaboration is On the Origin of Species. Did you know 10 Jul 2024 – Carl Friedrich Gauss (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dioskorides (t · c); see discussion Featured article candidates 02 Jul 2024 – Lise Meitner (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 02 Jun 2024 – Human history (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Phlsph7 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be merged 16 Jul 2024 – Rutherford scattering experiments (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Rutherford scattering by Johnjbarton (t · c) was closed; see discussion Articles to be split 08 Jul 2024 – List of common misconceptions (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by WhatamIdoing (t · c); see discussion 03 Oct 2023 – Continuum (measurement) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 08 Jul 2024 – Draft:Institution of Locomotive Engineers (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lao-ke (t · c) 03 Jun 2024 – Draft:Bernat dʻOlesa Rovera (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Arwagollon (t · c) 01 May 2024 – Draft:Wicket dam (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MWaldon2 (t · c)

Article assessment

Article assessment Add the project template {{WikiProject History of Science}} to the talk pages of history of science articles, and rate articles according to their quality and importance. History of science articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 6 24 16 9 55 FL 4 2 6 GA 12 25 36 33 2 108 B 31 118 161 141 58 509 C 20 96 206 305 143 770 Start 6 66 169 625 277 1,143 Stub 7 25 252 96 380 List 17 49 799 2 60 927 Category 2 1 1,670 1,673 Portal 2 2 Project 18 18 Template 2 41 43 NA 2 9 8 127 146 Assessed 75 355 677 2,177 1,860 636 5,780 Unassessed 24 24 Total 75 355 677 2,177 1,860 660 5,804 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 12,818 Ω = 4.32

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1. Chhandama (talk · contribs) -- general history of science, ancient to modern
2. Intwizs (talk · contribs) -- Background: B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University ; Interests: global and societal impact of engineering
3. LupusMundani (talk · contribs) -- cosmology, physics
4. Ragesoss (talk · contribs) -- physical sciences, biological sciences, technology
5. dantheox (talk · contribs)
6. Xuanwu (talk · contribs)
7. Fastfission (talk · contribs) -- esp. modern physical and biological sciences
8. Linas (talk · contribs) -- limited to history of physics
9. Karol Langner (talk · contribs)
10. Pjacobi (talk · contribs)
11. Laurascudder (talk · contribs) -- history of physics and medicine
12. Heron (talk · contribs)
13. Ancheta Wis (talk · contribs)
14. Chaiken (talk · contribs) -- physics, materials science, electrical engineering
15. Kripkenstein (talk · contribs) -- history of philosophy and science in the Middle Ages
16. Eric Forste (talk · contribs) -- History of chemistry
17. AppleRaven (talk · contribs) -- US Astronomy and Astronomical Observatories
18. deeptrivia (talk · contribs) -- mechanics, physics, engineering, thermodynamics, mathematics. I'll also help ensure that the perspective remains global rather than Eurocentric.
19. Tonymaric (talk · contribs)
20. DonSiano (talk · contribs) -- Industrial Revolution
21. Petaholmes (talk · contribs) -- biology esp. botany and genetics
22. Gihan Jayaweera (talk · contribs) -- biology esp. botany and zoology and endemics of Sri Lanka
23. Samsara (talk · contribs) -- biology, esp. translations of German articles
24. Intranetusa (talk · contribs) -- religion and science, fundamentalism & the creationist/intelligent design wave as a challenge to science
25. Joke137 (talk · contribs) -- cosmology, particle physics, general relativity. I don't know much, but I do what I can.
26. JackyR (talk · contribs) -- whatever I can remember from college HPS, but I might be good on local Cambridge stuff.
27. KSchutte (talk · contribs) -- history of natural philosophy, psychology, neuroscience
28. Peterlewis (talk · contribs) -- history of engineering
29. redcalx (talk · contribs)
30. Lacatosias (talk · contribs) -- history of physics, math, logic.
31. Cugel (talk · contribs) -- psychology (anything to do with the scientific discipline)
32. Leinad-Z (talk · contribs) -- esp. medieval science, and the relationship between science and religion.
33. Sayeth (talk · contribs) -- biology, esp. neuroscience and molecular biology
34. Carboxen (talk · contribs) -- history of chemistry and geology, translations from German
35. Maestlin (talk · contribs) -- astronomy to Kepler/Galileo, Sci. Revolution, religion and science
36. Apwoolrich (talk · contribs) -- History and biography of historic mechanical engineering and invention; Industrial Revolution; Admin on Wikisource
37. Deditos (talk · contribs) -- Meteorology, climatology, oceanography and bits of other Earth science.
38. IanWills (talk · contribs) -- Engineering related including invention and the history of technology. Particularly interested in Edison and late nineteenth century American inventors.
39. Ricochet17 (talk · contribs) -- genetics, history of science 17th-19th centuries
40. SOPHIA (talk · contribs) -- History of astronomy, telescope manufacturers and astrophysics
41. Wijnand (talk · contribs) -- History of mathematics and its applications in technology, mainly 19th century
42. MikeMorley (talk · contribs) -- History of physics, mostly - will work elsewhere if can contribute. Undergrad Physicist, 'minored' in History and Philosophy of Science in 2nd year.
43. Beland (talk · contribs) -- Studied STS at MIT.
44. Dumarest (talk · contribs) -- M.D. Ph.D. biochemistry, research career in Sickle Cell Disease, now retired, and with time on my hands.
45. Sina2 (talk · contribs) -- Mathematics, Computing, Information
46. SteveMcCluskey (talk · contribs) -- History of Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, Medieval Science
47. Goclenius (talk · contribs) -- natural philosophy, esp. 17th century and late Aristotelian; mathematics
48. General Eisenhower (talk · contribs)
49. Museumfreak (talk · contribs) -- HCI/informatics/history of computing, history of anthropology, science technology society, history of public health
50. TheGodEmperor (talk · contribs) -- limited mid-HS knowledge, but will help if I can
51. TedE (talk · contribs) -- PhD in statistics, currently teaching genetics.
52. Alexei Kouprianov (talk · contribs) -- PhD in History of Science, history of natural history, science in Russia. Background: M.Sc. biology.
53. Science History (talk · contribs)
54. WillowW (talk · contribs) -- Sincere dilettante; enjoys translating old texts
55. Bwi410 (talk · contribs)
56. Reswik (talk · contribs) -- science studies / sociology of science
57. Rusty Cashman (talk · contribs) -- Biology, Paleontology
58. hapagrrl1 (talk · contribs) -- MA in Victorian Studies
59. Curtius (talk · contribs) -- Ancients
60. Bakterius (talk · contribs) -- Computer Science, Psychology, Translation (en,de,es)
61. Jpbowen (talk · contribs) -- Science museums, history of computing
62. Fred.e (talk · contribs) -- review as reader of science; know a bit of fringe stuff; NPOV
63. Aleta (talk · contribs) -- esp. geology (which I didn't see listed in the navbar!?)
64. Eperotao (talk · contribs) -- MA zoology, excellent general knowledge of biology, biology writer/editor
65. Brassratgirl (talk · contribs) -- librarian in a science & engineering library; working on sources for historical scientist biographies (my notes)
66. Shyamal (talk · contribs) -- biology, natural history, science ...
67. Albie34423 (talk · contribs)
68. Anonymous Dissident (talk · contribs)
69. Carcharoth (talk · contribs) -- history and philosophy of science, chemistry, physics, biographies
70. davimre (talk · contribs)-- scientific and musical instruments, open source communities, the economic sociology of taste
71. Grimhelm (talk · contribs) -- Working on ancient and medieval Science, and History of science in China at the moment; especially providing citations to articles.
72. Quarl (talk · contribs)
73. Madcoverboy (talk · contribs) -- Working on United States technological and industrial history and History of MIT, BS Mechanical Engineering & BS STS
74. Michelferrari (talk · contribs) -- Ph.D. in Psychology
75. Thony C. (talk · contribs)-- history and philosophy of science and mathematical sciences 1400 to 1700
76. GeoWriter (talk · contribs) -- geology, volcanoes
77. Reddi (talk · contribs) -- Most history, Western and Middle East; Weak on Asian
78. Ruud Koot (talk · contribs) -- History of mathematics
79. D.H (talk · contribs) -- History of special relativity, aether, and experiments.
80. Sdsds (talk · contribs) -- History of spaceflight science
81. MarcoTolo (talk · contribs)
82. AlphaEta (talk · contribs) -- History of microbiology and molecular biology
83. Maias (talk · contribs) -- Natural history and palaeontology of SE Asia and Australasia
84. Insomniduck (talk · contribs) -- history of science and technology, especially astrophysics & biological sciences; also interested in science & women/law/religion
85. Bryce268 (talk · contribs) -- History of technology, mathematics, engineering
86. Macdonald-ross (talk · contribs) 21:50, 31 July 2007 (UTC) — History of biology, evolution, biography of major figures
87. dhaluza (talk · contribs)
88. Bulldog123 (talk · contribs) history of engineering, interest in pseudosciences, though not exactly an expert in either
89. djsmitherman (talk · contribs) philosophy of science, evolution of human consciousness
90. Gavantredoux (talk · contribs) Francis Galton; Richard Burton; Cyril Burt; Cyril Darlington; History of Behaviour Genetics and Differential Psychology, especially the London School.
91. Notafly (talk · contribs) -- History of entomology, biography of major figures
92. Luca Borghi (talk · contribs) -- History of Medicine and other health-related subjects
93. Michael Daly (talk · contribs) -- History of scientific instruments, particularly in astronomy, navigation and surveying
94. MrBrumby (talk · contribs) -- Medicine, Education and related subjects
95. Lsisson (talk · contribs) -- Disease and Medical History / Evolution / Military Technology
96. Jfdwolff (talk · contribs) -- History of modern medicine
97. Piotrus (talk · contribs) - Historiography, sociology
98. Shannon_bohle (talk · contribs) - archivist/academic; history of molecular biology, manned spaceflight, space medicine
99. Acnadwe (talk · contribs) - History of biology / Agricultural history
100. ScepticalChymist (talk · contribs) - 16th to 19th century chemistry.
101. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 11:00, 6 January 2008 (UTC) - History of Medicine (Prehistoric to 20th century)
102. Wloveral (talk · contribs) -- History of zoology and exploration
103. JTBurman (talk · contribs) -- History of psychology and biology, Historiography
104. Bwwm (talk · contribs) -- History of technology, 18th and 19th century science
105. Dr Dendro (talk · contribs)- physical science
106. Paulrach (talk · contribs) -- Interests in chemistry, and general sciences. Science education.
107. Espresso Addict (talk · contribs) -- 19th century medicine, history of biomedical publishing
108. Davidlud (talk · contribs) -- History of biology, psychology, computer science, sexology
109. Pgrapi (talk · contribs) -- History of chemistry, history of science and education
110. JohnnyCalifornia (talk · contribs) -- History of the scientific method, evolution, neuroscience, medicine, psychology.
111. A.C. Norman (talk · contribs) -- Physics, British science
112. Tsourkpk (talk · contribs) -- science of ancient civilizations
113. Awickert (talk · contribs) -- Pre-20th-century science, especially natural science, focusing on the 19th century, the Middle Ages, and ancient times
114. DavidCBeck (talk · contribs) -- history of science, medicine, and travel literature from 16th to 18th centuries, philosophy of history.
115. Ceramufary (talk · contribs) -- History of Biology, especially developmental and evolutionary biology.
116. Carpe Carpio (talk · contribs) -- History of scientific institutions, societies, and communities. 18th century
117. DAIVID MAKAU -- Physical sciences, biochemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry sciences
118. Dave souza (talk · contribs) -- Darwin, his colleagues and his predecessors.
119. Sasata (talk · contribs) -- Mycology
120. Arjen Dijksman (talk · contribs) -- Physics, physicists quotes
121. Ian Pitchford (talk · contribs) -- Historiography, evolutionary biology, physics, geology, chemistry.
122. Physchim62 (talk · contribs) -- Chemistry, physical science in general, particular interest in the development of the "atomic hypothesis" in the XIX century
123. Pyrotec (talk · contribs)
124. Max Vorwlicth (talk · contribs) -- History of physical sciences, nuclear sciences, computing, technology, science and media. 20th century.
125. Terry0051 (talk · contribs) -- Astronomy, mathematical astronomy, time, technology.
126. Ansi (talk · contribs)
127. Freekra (talk · contribs) -- History of medicine, history of psychiatry.
128. 7kingis (talk · contribs)
129. Marcipangris (talk · contribs) -- chemistry
130. Thparkth (talk · contribs) -- Biographies of great scientists and engineers, communications and data processing technology 1700 - 2000
131. Shinryuu (talk · contribs) -- biology and biomedical sciences; 19th and early 20th century British and German scientists, esp. biologists and physiologists
132. jnl_chemist (talk · contribs) -- History of materials science and related fields (e.g. crystallography, solid state chemistry/physics, mineralogy)
133. RockMagnetist (talk · contribs) -- Geophysics and magnetism
134. Rursus (talk · contribs) -- Relation between science and religion, science and philosophy (from a historical perspective)
135. Jacqueshb (talk · contribs) -- Entomology: bibliography and systematic
136. Brothercanyouspareadime (talk · contribs) -- General XXth Century intellectual history; integration of modern physics models and Western psychotherapies with Eastern spiritual traditions. Toulmin, Feyerabend, John Wheeler; Manhattan project/Truman/Japanese survivors witness; disarmament
137. Al-Andalusi (talk · contribs) -- History of Islamic science
138. FESmitty77 (talk · contribs) -- Darwin, Battlefield Medicine
139. Zachariel (talk · contribs) -- History of Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, Medieval Science
140. Grapplequip (talk · contribs) -- Science biographies, neuroscience, philosophy of science, ethology, evolutionary biology, sociobiology, anthropology
141. Carstensen (talk · contribs) -- biochemistry, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Linus Pauling
142. J8079s (talk · contribs)
143. Rhododendryn (talk · contribs) -- geology & historical geology.
144. ARG1900 (talk · contribs)
145. callum.sutherland (talk · contribs) -- history of astronomy
146. Ed Poor (talk · contribs) -- controversies over who discovered what first; and ideas which gained quick acceptance only to be shown to be pseudoscience later or vice versa: great ideas stalled for decades or more by stubborn traditionalists
147. adh30 (talk · contribs) -- history of medicine; history of physiology
148. Skywalker7799 (talk · contribs) --Just your normal smart middle schooler who loves science
149. Dr SPWright (talk · contribs) -- history & philosophy of medicine, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, biological and social sciences
150. sweart1 (talk · contribs) -- history of modern physics, esp. nuclear and climate
151. wikimafiacapo (talk · contribs) -- biology, biochemistry, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, anthropology, geology, sociobiology
152. Trillig (talk · contribs) Trillig (talk) 14:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
153. Ajrocke (talk · contribs) -- history of chemistry, nineteenth century, Germany, France, Great Britain
154. Girona7 (talk · contribs) -- all areas of science, especially contributions of female scientists
155. Doctree (talk · contribs) -- Bird geek so birds, ornithology and related topics
156. Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) -- Natural history
157. Kristephanie (talk · contribs) -- also philosophy of science
158. Persian Aviator (talk · contribs) History of science such as physics, mathematics, astronomy & medicine in land of Persia & Iran.
159. Cdhobbs9 (talk · contribs)Cdhobbs9 (talk) 02:17, 14 September 2013 (UTC) History of the origin of the earth, Astronomy, Meteorology, marketing and advertising.
160. Morphovariant (talk · contribs)
161. Hypatia137 (talk · contribs) history of astronomy and astrology, history of science in Islamic contexts, history of women in science
162. aanovick (talk · contribs) -- history of biology, current focus on the quinarian system
163. Jummals (talk · contribs)
164. Qxukhgiels (talk · contribs)-anything assoiciated with the major branches of science, especially in relation to space science.
165. Staticshakedown (talk · contribs)
166. Apidium23 (talk · contribs) Ancient non-western science, history of evolutionary thought.
167. SoSivr (talk · contribs) history of mathematics+logic
168. Umasankar28493 (talk · contribs) Automobile engineering, Thoughts on the nature of universe, Quantum physics
169. Dan Koehl (talk · contribs) middle schooler with interest in Zoos, aquariums and Zoology
170. Drianmcdonald (talk · contribs) Early modern phlogistic medicine.
171. Libertybison (talk)
172. Zeromonk (talk · contribs) anything really, but esp. human sciences (e.g. medicine, psychological science, etc.), twentieth century science, women in science
173. Histofscience (talk · contribs) history and philosophy of medicine
174. Iazyges (talk · contribs) Mostly Roman stuff
175. Piterkeo (talk · contribs) -- mostly biological sciences, especially biographies of naturalists
176. Universe&u (talk · contribs) Mostly physics.

Current goals

Current goals Current goals for the project include: Identify and create missing history of science content Organize and maintain the History of Science Collaboration of the Month Improve the categorization and organization of history of science material Gather interest and participation in a history of science community within Wikipedia, including a History of Science Collaboration project Maintain and improve the History of Science Portal. Create summaries for biweekly selected articles. Find history of science related images for the weekly selected pictures. Update the Did you know? section with interesting history of science trivia. Add to today's anniversaries section- at Portal:History of science/Selected anniversaries/July 20.

Possible projects

Possible projects Main article: /Projects Suggest something for participants to work on. Older suggestions will be archived; to see what work others have requested, go to the /Projects subpage.

Categorization and media

Categorization and media List of all subpages of this page Wikipedia: Monitor the broad history of science categories and keep them clean by replacing overly broad categories with more specific ones. Commons: Ensure that history of science-related images are properly categorized, especially in relevant history of science subcategories. Many history of science images are very poorly categorized, making it very difficult to find all the files on a given topic actually present. Wikisource: Upload public domain content related to the history of science and ensure that existing content is properly categorized. There is currently very little marked history of science content on Wikisource.

Writing and editing

Writing and editing In need of expansion Timeline of scientific discoveries - needs a lot of expansion and improvement; each time you work on another subject, check to see if relevant discoveries are present in the timeline History of materials science Atomic theory Theodosius Dobzhansky Lise Meitner Natural philosophy History of optics - work in progress - needs medieval to modern coverage Natural history - very bare, with some dubious information History of genetics - expand timelines into prose Heredity - is currently very poor, very short, and does not go back into concepts of heredity before the late 19th century in any appreciable sense. Max Delbrück History of zoology, post-Darwin - partly from EB 1911, in bad shape; needs copyediting as well. Now included in the Zoology navigation template; high priority, needs to incorporate the other good history of biology articles where appropriate History of zoology (before Darwin) - partly from EB 1911, in bad shape; needs copyediting as well. High priority; in Zoology navigation template The relationship between religion and science - partially historical. Needs a stronger framework, discussion of different models for the relationship (conflict thesis, NOMA, etc.) and either a link to a historical main article or a significant expansion of the historical part. science studies Silent Spring - needs section on historical significance, and better description of its contents; the only two sections of prose after the intro are currently Criticism and Vindication?, neither of which has much, if anything, worth keeping. History of science in the Renaissance (links from history of science box) History of molecular biology (see also molecular biology and Molecular structure of Nucleic Acids Conflict thesis (aka, warfare model, Draper-White thesis) - The idea of a war between science and religion, which common in the historiography of sciece from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries, and is still common among non-historians. Henri Becquerel Sofya Yanovskaya History of paleontology - new article needs help from 19th century on Biochemist Marianne Grunberg-Manago United States technological and industrial history - Overlaid a table of contents and headers, but mostly empty as original article was largely abandoned as a stub Space medicine - I've started building this page up but could use some helpShannon bohle 01:36, 1 December 2007 (UTC) Space spinoffs - I've started this page, which focuses on the historical applications of space research and development: areas include engineering, health/medicine, computers, etc.Shannon bohle 01:59, 1 December 2007 (UTC) Harry Collins Bruno Latour Ludwig Wittgenstein Trevor Pinch Science and technology in the Soviet Union and Suppressed research in the Soviet Union needs expansion, better integration of the two articles, and balance. I've left comments on the talk pages of each article outlining what I think the articles need. Peter G Werner (talk) 01:58, 3 July 2012 (UTC) Requested articles List of Colleges that offer History of Science Major I am working on this --Morphovariant (talk) 19:14, 2 February 2014 (UTC) I have created List of colleges and universities offering history of science programs --Morphovariant (talk) 00:56, 18 February 2014 (UTC) Missing scientist Missing scientist articles Nils Eckholm - associated with early studies of CO2 and climate change Robert L. Hill - biochemist, Duke University http://www.asbmb.org/uploadedfiles/aboutus/asbmb_history/past_presidents/1970s/1976hill.html should be correct object of link on page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_participants_in_the_Evolving_Genes_and_Proteins_symposium Fields/disciplines History of environmental science (links from history of science box) History of earth science History of virology (see Virology) History of bacteriology (see Bacteriology) History of public health (see Public health) History of accelerator physics or similar (see Particle physics and particle accelerator) History of space exploration History of molecular biology History of physics and astronomy Other Patronage in the Renaissance (see Patronage) Book of Nature Aristotelian Physics Would this be "Aristotle's views on what we today call physics"? We have an article on Aristotle's Physics but I'm not sure that's what is meant. --Fastfission 18:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC) As in (I assume), the system of physics based on Aristotle's work, that was common in some form basically until Newton. Natural motion, natural place and the elements, violent motion, etc.--ragesoss 21:12, 8 February 2006 (UTC) Aristotelian Mechanics (maybe just one of these, I'm not sure of the relationship) Just one, I think; the main separation in Aristotle seems to be life sciences/physics Maestlin 08:01, 12 March 2006 (UTC) If the distinction is between Aristotelian natural philosophy (based on the Physics, Generation and corruption, Meteora and the biological works) and the tradition based on the Problemata mechanica attributed to Aristotle (and the various pseudo-Problemata that appeared in the Medieval period), then I think that separate pages are historically justified. —Goclenius 03:16, 8 May 2006 (UTC) Gravity theory I think we need to separate Gravity from Gravity theory, but I'm not at all an expert on this. KSchutte 19:14, 12 March 2006 (UTC) Tetrabiblos - There is a discussion right now on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities under "Ptolemy" about the fact that it was redirecting. A stub article is needed as a placeholder. The page has been created and is currently being developed. I have just added the WikiProject History of Science template to the talk page and would appreciate it if someone could add a rating to the importance scale. -- Zac Δ talk! 10:13, 8 September 2011 (UTC) Project Cosmic[1] PaJaMo experiment - landmark molecular biology work by Arthur Pardee, François Jacob, and Jacques Monod Three-Man Paper - an influential work on the physical nature of the gene by Hans Zimmer, Max Delbrück, and Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky Articles listed under Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Article requests There needs to be an entire new section on how emerging technologies can effect the commercial market, society and other historical events. I'm not sure where this belongs. But I state why I found this page. Blue lasers capable of reading at higher data compression where developed, and then as a result the media market shifts from dvd to blue ray. Record to tape, VHS to DVD. Ships and Railways to Airplanes. Bronze to Iron. I mean really important stuff. Where to put it all. The history pages relate history, the history of technology pages just talk about the technology of the time. But there isn't any page which singles out, defines, or attempts to summarize events where technological advancement was the primary source of constructive or distruptive, commerical or social change. Where's that page? Am I just not finding it?--Sparkygravity (talk) 14:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC) Heavy copyediting Science in Persia - needs copyediting for tone, style and grammar. Sangak 16:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC) Gottfried Leibnitz - hagiographic, massively too big and still growing Nuclear arms race Scientific Revolution Galileo affair Genealogy of theoretical physicists, survived AfD, but needs work John Harrison - lots of decent text, but needs structure Islamic science Galileo's Daughter - As of 30 May 2006, reads like a freshman book review Nicole Oresme - Relies largely on one self-published source - see discussion Alchemy - Quality varies widely; ignores much of the extensive literature on the History of Alchemy. Rudolf Diesel - as explained on User talk:AQUA212, we should maybe first let this newcomer change their comments to edits, but (someone removed the comments) it'd be good if an expert checked the claimed errors too. --Espoo 14:13, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Auto-updated A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. This below is transcluded from Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/History of science. Wikipedia:Pages needing attention listings are no longer being updated. For by-topic listings of articles that need attention, see: Category:Articles needing attention WikiProject Cleanup Listings To flag an article for attention, add a cleanup template to the article or talk page. See Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup for a listing. All previously listed articles have either been fixed or tagged. See also the page history of Wikipedia:Votes for rewrite which ran from May 2002-June 2003 then was redirected to here.

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