ALT Image of text of French book on light which includes illustration of a candle.
ALT Portrait of Christiaan Huygens by Bernard Vaillant (1686)
ALT Diagram of light waves emanating from a candle
ALT Photo of spines of 5 books on a shelf (editions of"Heat A Mode of Motion" by John Tyndall).
ALT Images are two plates from Borelli’s 1680 book on motion, depicting human and animal motion based on mechanical principles.
ALT Photo of display case with several items, including large book with Einstein photograph, smaller work on relativity, UnEmployed Philosopher’s Guild Einstein figure, and Happy Birthday sign.
ALT Image of Cover of 1903 weekly magazine “The Independent” (text and decorative illustrations in green). Date on top is June 25, 1903. List of contents includes a contribution by "Madame Sklodowska-Curie" on “The Radio-Active Elements.”
ALT Photo of first page of article by "Madame Sklodowska-Curie" on "The Radio-Active Elements." Part of second page is visible.
ALT Image of the cover of Marie Skłodowska Curie's PhD thesis titled "Recherches sur les substances radioactives," submitted to the Faculté des Sciences de Paris in 1903, showing aged pages with text in French.
ALT Photo of two books and their crafted miniature (Barbie size) versions: American Prometheus by Martin J. Sherwin and The Manhattan Project by Jeff Hughes.
ALT Photo of astronaut Barbie doll with miniature books, near brochure and signs about the Atomic Era & Oppenheimer Exhibit.
ALT Image of social media post showing nurse Barbie reading books about Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project in a Reading Room.
ALT Photo close-up of 3 miniature books (American Prometheus, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, and The Manhattan Project).
ALT Photo of book opened to title page (Oppenheimer hearing), and several books on cart (including American Prometheus).
ALT Photo of table with sign and brochure for Atomic Era display; astronaut Barbie sitting nearby reading several books on history of the Atomic Age. Books relating to history of this period on shelves in the background.
ALT Photo of display case with two Time magazines with Robert Oppenheimer on the cover.
ALT Photo of display case in the 5th Floor Special Collections at OU Libraries (with 3 books, including Leslie Grove's "Now It Can Be Told")
ALT Photo of book on table with shelves of books and book cart in background (all on atomic era topics). Book featured is "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb."
ALT Photo of booklet and poster in display case, both relating to Niels Bohr's 1957 public lecture "Atoms and Human Knowledge" delivered at the University of Oklahoma.
ALT Photo of booklet and poster in display case, both relating to Niels Bohr's 1957 public lecture "Atoms and Human Knowledge" delivered at the University of Oklahoma.
ALT Photo of glass sides housed within archival boxes, with label "GLASS SLIDES FRAGILE"
ALT Photo of 1939 publication by Lise Meitner and O.R. Frisch about nuclear fission (from the series Mathematisk-fysiske Meddelelser XVII, 5). The work is shown open to title page, with red covering to the left.)
ALT Photo of nurse Barbie doll at table, with hands near (photos of) 3 books about the atomic bomb: The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986) by Richard Rhodes (red cover) & The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb (2003) by Jeff Hughes (green cover) & American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2005) by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (photo of Oppenheimer on cover).
ALT Photo of covers of 3 books about the atomic bomb: The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986) by Richard Rhodes (red cover with atomic bomb explosion) & The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb (2003) by Jeff Hughes (green cover with photo of “partially assembled gadget”) & American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2005) by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (photo of Oppenheimer on cover).
ALT Photo of nurse Barbie doll at table, with hands near (photos of) 3 books about the atomic bomb: The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986) by Richard Rhodes (red cover) & The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb (2003) by Jeff Hughes (green cover) & American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2005) by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (photo of Oppenheimer on cover).
ALT Image of part of page from 1729 English edition of Newton's Principia (excerpt includes this text: “Since the Newtonian Philosophy appears true to us, let us have the liberty to embrace and retain it, and to follow causes proved by phenomena, rather than causes only imagine, and not yet proved.”)