Iowa-Related Science Resources  Tags: iowa science sciences  

ISU Libraries’ Special Collections online exhibit. It provides a biography of Atanasoff, including the invention of the first digital computer by Atanasoff and Clifford E. Berry, and links to related web pages.

Biographical information put together by Ames Laboratory. See also the above link to Atanasoff for related information.

1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - pages from the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.

ISU Libraries’ Special Collections online exhibit. It provides information about Carver, links to related web pages, and images of Carver.

Contains highlights from a book written by Dorothy Schweider called "Iowa: The Middle Land." This page only provides a brief summary of the Cow War. Check the library catalog for the book and call number for further details.

Ada Hayden was an avid conservationist who worked to have natural prairies in the state set aside as preserves. This page provides information about Hayden, links to related web pages, and images of Hayden.

Border dispute, from 1839 to 1848, between Iowa and Missouri over wild honey gathering practices by early settlers.

Written by Mary R. Howes of the Iowa Geological Survey Bureau. This page provides a history of coal mining in Iowa. Reprinted from Iowa Geology, 1992, no. 17.

This is a database of U.S. patents that were granted to Iowa residents from 1843-1974. It covers a WIDE variety of inventions. It can be searched by last name of inventor, city, title of patent, year, or patent number.

Nationally recognized for its interpretation of the development of agriculture and provides excellent information on historically accurate plant species used by farmers.

Written by Raymond R. Anderson of the Iowa Geological Survey Bureau. This page provides a history of known meteorites in Iowa. Reprinted from Iowa Geology, 1993, no. 18.

Founded in 1867, the Putnam was one of the first museums to be established west of the Mississippi and is home to over 130,000 artifacts and specimens.

Iowan who discovered the famed "Van Allen Radiation Belt." This link goes to the biographical summary from the University of Iowa alumni pages.