by Eric Ward | Oct 14, 2020 | In the News
The virtual conference invites participants to embark on a global-to-local exploration of complex water-related issues of vital importance to Kansas City, the Midwest, communities across the U.S., and around the world.
by Eric Ward | Mar 20, 2020 | Scientist of the Day
René Primevére Lesson, a French naval officer, surgeon, and zoologist, was born Mar. 20, 1794. Lesson was the assistant surgeon on the voyage of La Coquille from 1822 to 1825, which meant, in the tradition of the French navy, that he was also the de facto on-board...
by Eric Ward | Jan 14, 2020 | Scientist of the Day
Photographer Timothy O’Sullivan (first image), born c. 1840, died on January 14, 1874. He began his career as an apprentice in Matthew Brady’s New York City studio in the late 1850s, and later worked for Alexander Gardner in the 1860s, traveling with the Union army to...
by Eric Ward | Jun 22, 2015 | In the News
Paleo Kansas City, the Linda Hall Library’s newest exhibition, features fossils on loan courtesy of Richard Gentile, professor emeritus of geosciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and curator of UMKC’s Richard L. Sutton Jr. Museum of Geosciences.
by Eric Ward | May 18, 2015 | In the News
Steve Stich, Director of Exploration Integration and Science at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, toured the Linda Hall Library History of Science Center on Thursday, May 14, prior to his lecture that evening in the Main Reading Room…
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