Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Isaac Newton (1642-1727) London, J. Streater, 1687 First edition QA803 A2 1687 The foundation work on dynamics and gravitation, this book was the culminating intellectual and scientific achievement of the Enlightenment. Although Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler had shown the way by describing the phenomena they observed,...
THANKSGIVING IN THE MARLAND FAMILY Boston: H. Hoyt, 1863 GT4975 T45 This children’s book suggests the importance of the spirit of giving as part of Thanksgiving Day. Source: Rare Books (OpenBook) Blog ...
Thank you to our colleague Robert Behra for sending us this article from The Guardian: “Old Spines-Why We Love The Smell of Secondhand Books”. “…lignin is a polymer that stops trees from drooping, and is chemically related to the molecule vanillin. ‘When made into paper and stored for...
Brigham Young, Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith: these are three of the most highly recognized names in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These names, and many others, are part of a significant collection of original manuscripts recently donated to...
The covers of a book enclose worlds constructed of text and image. To open a book is to expose the intimate details of story, experience and idea. Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library since 1995, the Book Arts Program champions wide-ranging explorations of the...
Occasional reflections was ridiculed by Jonathan Swift in A meditation upon a Broom-Stick and by Samuel Butler in An occasional reflection on Dr. Charleton’s Feeling a Dog’s Pulse at Gresham College....
David Eskelsen David Eskelsen is the company spokesman for Rocky Mountain Power, Utah’s largest electric utility. He graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, then worked as a staff writer for the Standard-Examiner in Ogden and Deseret News in Salt Lake City....
Take a business student’s idea… Add teaching excellence… Add help with design and patenting… And what do you get? CharPoles – an international business founded by student, entrepreneur, and CEO Alex Carr...
The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library would like to celebrate the 2015/2016 ski season by highlighting the archival collections of the Alf Engen family. Alf Engen Alf Engen was born in Norway and in 1929, at age twenty, immigrated to the United States...
Effervescent. Joyful. Maybe a bit Raucous. Words to describe the annual Ski Affair, a benefit for Special Collections’ Ski Archives. And this year, the silver anniversary for the event, was certainly no exception. More than 500 happy guests attended this year’s event, held the evening of...