Galileo Galilei
Astronomer and Physicist

1564 -1642
HISTORY OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE STUDIES REFERENCE SOURCES

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Chronologies

Dictionaries
Dictionary of the history of science. Edited by William F. Bynum, E. J. Browne, and Roy Porter. London: Macmillan Press, 1981.
        SML ReferenceQ125 D45
        CCL Referenceref 24 Q125 D45
        MED/HIST hist ref 24 Q125 D45 1981
        KSL ReferenceQ125 B98 1981

Durbin, Paul T. Dictionary of concepts in the philosophy of science. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
        SML ReferenceQ174.7 D87 1988

Fetzer, James H. and Robert F. Almeder. Glossary of epistemology/philosophy of science. First edition. New York: Paragon House, 1993.
        SML Stacks BD150 F47X 1993 (LC)

Kantha, Sachi Sri. An Einstein dictionary. Westport: Greenwood, 1996.
        SML QC16 E5 K36X 1996

Sebastian, Anton. A dictionary of the history of science. New York: Parthenon Publishing, 2001.
        SML ReferenceQ124.8 D525X 2001
        KSL ReferenceQ124.8 D525X 2001 (LC)

Encyclopedias
Atkins, Stephen E. Historical encyclopedia of atomic energy. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2000.
        KSL QC772 A87X 2000

Companion encyclopedia of the history and philosophy of the mathematical sciences. Two volumes. Edited by I. Grattan-Guinness. London: Routledge, 1994.
        KSL ReferenceQA21 C645X 1994
        MED/HIST Hist QA21 C645 1994
        MATH ReferenceG773c

Companion encyclopedia of the history of medicine. Two volumes. Edited by W.F. Bynum and Roy Porter. London: Routledge, 1993.
        MED/HIST ReferenceHist Ref 19 R133 E5 1993

An encyclopaedia of the history of technology. Edited by Ian McNeil. London: Routledge, 1990.
        SML ReferenceT15 E53 1990 (LC)

Encyclopedia of the history of Arabic science. Edited by Roshdi Rashed in collaboration with Regis Morelon. Three volumes. London: Routledge, 1996.
        SML ReferenceQ127 A5 E53X 1996

Encyclopedia of the scientific revolution: from Copernicus to Newton. Edited by Wilbur Applebaum. New York: Garland Pub., 2000.
        SML ReferenceQ125 E53X 2000

History of astronomy: an encyclopedia. Edited by John Lankford. New York: Garland Pub., 1997.
        SML ReferenceQB15 H624X 1997
        CCL BL245 H57X 2000 (LC)+ Oversize

The history of science and religion in the western tradition: an encyclopedia. Gary B. Ferngren, general editor; Edward J. Larson, Darrel W. Amundsen, co-editors; Anne-Marie E. Nakhla, assistant editor. New York: Garland Pub., 2000.
        DIV BL245 H57 2000

The history of science in the United States: an encyclopedia. Edited by Marc Rothenberg. New York: Garland, 2000.
        MED/HIST Reference19 Q127 U6 H57 2001
        KSL Q127 U6 H57X 2000 (LC)

Instruments of science: an historical encyclopedia. Edited by Robert Bud and Deborah Jean Warner. New York: Garland, in association with Science Museum, London, and National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1998.
        MED/HIST Hist Q184.5 I57 1998
        KSL ReferenceQ184.5 I57X 1998 (LC)

McGrew, Roderick E. Encyclopedia of medical history. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1985.
        MED/HIST ReferenceHist Ref 19 R133 M34 1985

Mills, John FitzMaurice. Encyclopedia of antique scientific instruments. New York: Facts on File, 1983.
        KSL Q184.5 M54 1983

Mount, Ellis. Milestones in science and technology: the ready Referenceguide to discoveries, inventions, and facts. Second edition. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1994.
        SML ReferenceQ199+M68 1987
        KSL Q199+M68 1987

Chronologies
Beck, Raymond W. A chronology of microbiology in historical context. Washington, DC: ASM Press, 2000.
         KSL QR21 B43X 2000
         MED/HIST Hist QR21 B43 2000

Desmond, Kevin. The Harwin chronology of inventions, innovations and discoveries: from Pre-history to the present day. London: Constable, 1987.
         SML Stacks T15 D473 (LC)

Elliott, Clark A. History of science in the United States: a chronology and research guide. New York: Garland, 1996.
         KSL ReferenceQ125 E45X 1996
         MED/HIST Hist Reference19 Q125 E45 1996

Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A chronology of the history of science, 1450-1900. New York: Garland Publishing, 1987.
         SML ReferenceQ125 G39 1987
         KSL Q125 G39 1987

Hellemans, Alexander. Timetables of science: a chronology of the most important people and events in the history of science. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.
         SML Stacks Q125+H46 1988

Hetherington, Barry. A chronicle of pre-telescopic astronomy. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
        SML QB29 H35X 1996

The history of science and technology: a narrative chronology. New York: Facts on File, 1988.
         SML ReferenceQ125+S43713 1988

Morton, Leslie T. and Robert J. Moore. A chronology of medicine and related sciences. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1997.
         MED HIST/ Hist Reference7 R133 M717 1997

Parkinson, Claire L. Breakthroughs: a chronology of great achievements in science and mathematics, 1200-1930. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985.
         KSL Q125 P327 1985

Particle physics: one hundred years of discoveries: an annotated chronological bibliography. V.V. Ezhela, et. al. Woodbury: American Institute of Physics, 1996.
         SML Z7144 NB P35X 1996 (LC)
         KSL Z7144 NB P35X 1996

Thompson, Susan J. A chronology of geological thinking from Antiquity to 1899. Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1988.
         GEO QE11 T47 1988 (LC)

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