User Clip: Linda Hall Library History of Science Collection - C-SPAN Video Library

Librarian Bruce Bradley displayed and discussed five rare books that have been important in the history of science, including by Nicolaus Copernicus, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (Nuremberg, 1543); Galileo Galilei, Sidereus Nuncius (Venice, 1610); Isaac Newton, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (London, 1687); Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (London, 1859). He was interviewed in the rare book room of the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology during the authors' reception for the Kansas City Literary Festival. Mr. Bradley, the curator of the History of Science Collection, is also the library's special operations officer. This interview was recorded by the crew of the C-SPAN BookTV Bus at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri. close