Author Archives: Kerry

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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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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 links below to order the paperback or hardback at a discount (US and UK only). On purchase pages there are also links to … 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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Roaring brooks, cherry trees

Posted on April 22, 2026 by Kerry

Thank you, Ken Mick, for this recording. Rehearsal at Lipscomb University, arranged by Dr. Gary Wilson for a choral performance. I just love The Arcadian Wild. Here’s a reel of “Man in Room 39,” a song from their first album. … Continue reading →

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Friends in old places

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Kerry

Just found this… love those horses! And my Aristotle and Boethius…. (The Academy.)

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Teaching with the Stars

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Kerry

Welcome, educators! Note: Bring hammers and scissors “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 Carlyle Old … Continue reading →

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