Author Archives: Kerry

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http://kerrymagruder.com/bio/

The Academy

Posted on November 9, 2026 by Kerry

Once one takes a step back into the history of science, the creativity and resourcefulness of the figures involved in every era and episode comes into view. Scientific disciplines themselves appear as a braided stream, coming and going, now in … Continue reading →

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To the coracle

Posted on November 1, 2026 by Kerry

Dear colleagues and friends, My career in the History of Science Collections began in 1987 when I arrived as a new graduate student. Like most back in those days I spent every day in the Collections, enjoying interaction not only … Continue reading →

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Moon over the valley

Posted on October 31, 2026 by Kerry

At the Lifting the Veil retreat in Boston, October 2026, I rejoiced to pick up this print by Stephen Crotts. Stephen, of course, is the renowned illustrator for Malcolm Guite’s Merlin’s Isle Arthurian saga. An actual print rather than a … Continue reading →

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Ada Lovelace

Posted on September 21, 2026 by Kerry

“Ada Lovelace, Ctrl+S: Saving (and Overwriting) an Icon” Dr. Katherine Pandora 7pm Tuesday October 6, Bizzell Memorial Library, OU Ada Lovelace Day, held annually on the second Tuesday in October, celebrates the 1843 publication of an essay now often regarded … Continue reading →

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Fall 2026 update

Posted on August 16, 2026 by Kerry

The beginning of a new semester is always a time of reflection about what lies ahead in light of what lies behind. I’ve been animated by many interests in my work as Curator of the History of Science Collections. Four … Continue reading →

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If only we could see… Lilias Trotter

Posted on August 1, 2026 by Kerry

Jennifer Trafton, If Only We Could See: Reimagining Creativity, Compassion, and Calling Through the Extraordinary Life of Lilias Trotter (Brentwood, Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group, 2026). I believe 2026 will live in my memory as the year when three books were … Continue reading →

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Stellar 2026

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Kerry

Welcome STELLAR educators and the NASA Educator Resource Center! “Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which I don’t half-know to this day?” — Thomas … Continue reading →

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Computer Revolutions

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Kerry

Planning notes for educators (label text and photos) It’s been a delight to select materials and write the labels for Computer Revolutions, an exhibit in Bizzell Memorial Library, University of Oklahoma. We expect to have installation completed before the first … Continue reading →

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Poetry includes Science: George MacDonald and the Scientific Imagination

Posted on June 21, 2026 by Kerry

Kerry V. Magruder, George MacDonald & the Scientific Imagination (Hamden, CT: Winged Lion Press, September 2026). Use the purchase links below to order the paperback or hardback at a discount (US and UK only). On each purchase page there’s also … Continue reading →

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Three songs of faith and science

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Kerry

So write your code and preach your creed. You’re closer than you might concede. No need to keep the camps in separation. The Word made flesh. The cancer healed. Both hint at something now revealed — a larger truth than … Continue reading →

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Of Code and Chord: Sonifying Genomes

Posted on May 5, 2026 by Kerry

“They must be pictured in the mind and in memory. They must be known with affection by heart, so that in seeing or remembering them, the heart may be said to sing, to make music peculiar to its recognition of … Continue reading →

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Guite and Galahad

Posted on April 28, 2026 by Kerry

The first volume of Malcolm Guite’s Merlin’s Isle: An Arthuriad, has now appeared: Galahad and the Grail, illustrated Stephen Crotts (Nashville, Tennessee: Rabbit Room Press, 2026). Do you have Galahad and the Grail or are you thinking about reading it? … Continue reading →

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