History of Science, Technology, & Medicine

Includes academic works covering sociocultural anthropology, traditional cultures, archaeology, folklore methods and theory as well as physical anthropology.

The Bancroft Library holds extensive collections of primary and secondary sources covering an array of scientific and technological fields, focusing on the history of science and technology in California and the American West.

Collections cover physical geography, structural geology, tectonics, oceanography, seismology, geochemistry, glaciology, geophysics, atmospheric science, planetary science, geomorphology, climatology, and cartography

Collections cover bioengineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, operations research, and nuclear engineering

Collections include insect fauna of California, the eastern Pacific Rim, and the islands of the Pacific Basin

Collections cover pure and applied mathematics, theoretical statistics, the research methods of statistics, and mathematical logic

Collections include prokaryotes to vertebrates collected from all continents

Collections include specimens and tissue samples of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as field notes and photographs, historical annotated maps and correspondence, avian sound recordings, chromosome and histology preparations, anatomical and film collections, and terrestrial vertebrate natural history artwork

Collections cover optometry and ophthalmology, vision sciences, visual and color perception, history of optometry, medical education, and evidence-based health care

Collections cover earthquake structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, engineering dynamics, engineering seismology, earthquake public policy and natural hazard risks

Collections cover physics, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, nanoscience, and planetary and space sciences

Collections include pressed plant and fungal specimens and a library supporting research in systematics, ecology, phytogeography, and evolution