Leonard C. Bruno (born 1944) was the Science Manuscript Historian and subject specialist in the Manuscript Division at the

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...

. Amongst his books are reference guides to the library's collections in the

history of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Meso ...

. After more than forty years of service at the Library of Congress he retired in June 2012. His career at the Library of Congress began with a temporary writing and research position in the Library of Congress' Science and Technology and Business Division in 1969. Twenty-six years later shifted to work in the Library of Congress' manuscript division. As the manuscripts historian for science at the Library of Congress he was primarily responsible for the exhibition and acquisition of the papers of scientists. He was instrumental in the digitization and exhibition of the Wright Brothers's papers and the acquisition of

Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ext ...

's Papers. His work has been reviewed in journals such as ''

Technology and Culture ''Technology and Culture'' is a quarterly academic journal founded in 1959. It is an official publication of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), whose members routinely refer to it as "T&C." Besides scholarly articles and critical e ...

'', and ''

Isis Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingd ...

''.

Works

*''The tradition of science: landmarks of Western science in the collections of the Library of Congress'', 1985 *''The tradition of technology: landmarks of Western technology in the collections of the Library of Congress'', 1995 *''Science and technology breakthroughs: from the wheel to the World Wide Web'', 1998 *''Math and mathematicians: the history of math discoveries around the world'', 1999
The Dream of Flight: A Library of Congress Special Presentation Commemorating the Centennial of Flight
2003

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* 1944 births Living people Librarians at the Library of Congress Historians of science American librarians {{Library-bio-stub