State Library of Pennsylvania STEMlab Adult Programs - 2025 Monthly Series

This Libguide is to accompany the virtual STEMlab Adult Programs for 2025

Renaissance Science Event Details

Science Programs for Adults : Renaissance Science March 27, 2025

At the end of the European Dark Ages, the Renaissance was a time of Enlightenment, the age of science and the reduction of the role of religion in the life of the middle and upper classes. Join us to hear about the science of the time, in coordination with the Renaissance Science exhibit in the Main Reading Room.

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Online Resources

Rennaissance science, magic and medicine in Harry Potter's world
The main website for the display currently in the State Library Reading Room
Amblypygi
That was not a demon on Ron's face
History of medieval science
A research guide from Cambridge
The Idea of the ‘Dark Ages’ Is a Myth. Here’s Why Medieval Scientific Progress Still Matters
Science during the European Middle Ages
Science Was Alive and Well in the Dark Ages
Instruments and experiments during the European Middle Ages
The Arab world and the European Middle Ages
The Biology section of a work on what was happening in science in the rest of the world during the European Middle Ages
The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution: The Age of Growth
The scientific advancements that gave the Renaissance its reputation
Renaissance science and technology
The in depth Britannica look at the Renaissance
Science as ground of the Renaissance artists
How science led to the art movements of Renaissance Europe
The Renaissance: The 'Rebirth' of science & culture
This article sees the Renaissance through a European lens
Books and Dead Bodies
Anatomy and art during the Renaissance
Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Biology in both the European Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and the difference between them
Renaissance Alchemy
Alchemy and chemistry- the difference, similarities, and how the practice of Alchemy led to modern chemistry
Chemistry in Renaissance Sciences
The chemistry of the science of the Renaissance
Medieval astronomy in Europe
The UNESCO online exhibition on the history of Astronomy
History Of Astronomy In Renaissance And Early Modern Europe
A quick look at the Renaissance and post-Renaissance science of Astronomy
RENAISSANCE PHYSICS – A Conceptual Approach
What Renaissance scientists knew, discovered and rediscovered about Physics
From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XL
More on the history of Physics
The Renaissance: the rebirth of medicine, 14th to 17th century
The BBC guide to the practice of medicine in the Renaissance
The Medical Renaissance
Part of the SUNY course History of Western Civilization II
Medieval & Renaissance Herbals
The history of herbology, known in the Harry Potter world as "Potions class"
Herbal remedies and the medical Renaissance
A guide to Medieval herbology
A Silk Road Renaissance
The Silk Road and its influence on European science in the Renaissance
SILK ROAD
A look at the history of the Silk Road in regards to European civiliztion
THE RENAISSANCE REVISITED: FROM A SILK ROAD PERSPECTIVE
An in depth look at how the Silk Road influenced the beginning and development of the European Renaissance
The Renaissance bazaar : from the Silk Road to Michelangelo
A volume on how the information flowing along the Silk Road influenced everything about the European Renaissance
Monsters of the Renaissance
An online exhibition on the "monsters" of the Renaissance period, real, imagined and adapted
Weird Science: A Renaissance book of monsters
More on the monsters that appeared in Renaissance literature, maps, and art