Galileo Galilei
Astronomer and Physicist

1564 -1642
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Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Science and Technology

Blay, Michel / Halleux Robert La Science Classique XVI-XVIII Sielce Flammarion. Michel Blay and Robert Halleux, Paris, 1988.
         SML Q127 EB 55X 1988

Ferguson, John. Bibliotheca chemica: a bibliography of books on alchemy, chemistry, and pharmaceutics. London: Derek Vershoyle, Academic and Bibliographical Publications, 1954.
                 SML Stacks Xr51+906
                 KSL Z5526 Y68 1954 (LC) [1954 "reproduction" of 1906 original]

Home, Roderick Weir. The history of classical physics: a selected, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984.
                 SML Stacks Z7141 H65 1984 (LC)
                 KSL Z7141H65 1984 (LC)

Kren, Claudia. Alchemy in Europe: a guide to research. New York: Garland, 1990.
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                 SML Stacks Z7405H6 K74 1985 (LC)

Kren, Claudia. Medieval science and technology: a selected, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
                 SML Z7405 H6 K74 1985 (LC)
                 SML Refernce Z7405 H6 K74 1985 (LC)
                 SML Z7405 H6 K74 1985 (LC)

Oleson, John Peter. Bronze Age, Greek, and Roman technology: a select, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
                 SML Stacks Z7914 H5 O42 1986

Astronomy

DeVorkin, David H. The history of modern astronomy and astrophysics: a selected, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1982.
                 SML Stacks Z514 H57 D48 1982 (LC)
                 AST Z5154 H57 D48 1982 (LC)
                 KSL Z5154 H57 D48 1982 (LC)

Houzeau, Jean Charles. Bibliographie generale de l'astronomie jusqu'en 1880. London: Holland Press, 1964.
                 KSL Z5151 +H68
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Seal, Robert A. A guide to the literature of astronomy. Littleton: Libraries Unlimited, 1977.
                 AST Z5151 S4 (LC)

Zinner, Ernst. Geschichte und Bibliographie der astronomischen Literatur in Deutschland zur Zeit der Renaissance. Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1964.
                 SML Stacks ZQ61 941Zb
                 KSL Z5152 Z55 (LC)

Chemistry
Cole, William A. Chemical literature, 1700-1860: a bibliography with annotations, detailed descriptions, comparisons, and locations. London: Mansell,1988.
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 2 ZQD27 +C64 1988

Cooper, WIlliam. A catalogue of chymicall books: in three parts. London: [s.n.], 1675-1688.
                 SML Microfilm Film S2663

Fruton, Joseph Stewart. A bio-bibliography for the history of the biochemical sciences since 1800. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1982. Supplement, 1985.
                 SML Stacks Z5524 B54 F78 1982 (LC)
                 KSL Z5524 B54 F78 1982 (LC)
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 2 ZQp511 F78 1982

Earth Sciences
Brush, Stephen G. The history of geophysics and meteorology: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
                 GEO Reference Z6041 B78 1985

Dunbar, Gary S. The history of modern geography: an annotated bibliography of selected works. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
                 SML Stacks Z6001 D86X 1985 (LC)
                 KSL Z6001 D86X 1985 (LC)

Porter, Roy. The earth sciences: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1983.
                 GEO Reference Z6031 P67 1983 (LC)
                 KSL Z6031 P67 1983 (LC)

Electronics and computer science
Cortada, James W. An annotated bibliography on the history of data processing. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1983.
                 SML Stacks Z5640 C67 1983 (LC)

Cortada, James W. A bibliographic guide to the history of computer applications, 1950-1990. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996.
                 SML Z5640 C68 1996 (LC)

Cortada, James W. A bibliographic guide to the history of computing, computers, and the information processing industry. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
                SML Z5640 C68 1990 (LC)

History of telecommunications technology: an annotated bibliography. Christopher Sterling and George Shiers. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2000.
                 SML Z5834 T4 S74X 2000 (LC)

History of science in the United States

Harkanyi, Katalin. The natural sciences and American scientists in the revolutionary era: a bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press,1990.
                 SML Stacks Z5640 C68 1990 (LC)

Meisel, Max. A bibliography of American natural history: the pioneer century, 1769-1865. New York: Hafner Publisher Co., 1967. See Guerrini, below for coverage before 1791.
                 GEO Reference Z7408 U5 M45 1967

Rothenberg, Marc. The history of science and technology in the United States: a critical and selective bibliography. New York:Garland Publishing, 1993.
                 SML Stacks Z7506 H6 R67 (LC)
                 KSL Z7405 H6 R67 1982 (LC)

History of scientific publications in the United States
Batschelet, Margaret. Early American scientific and technical literature: an annotated bibliography of books, pamphlets, and broadsides. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
                 SML Stacks Z7405 H6 R67

Hazen, Robert M. American geological literature, 1669 to 1850. Stroudsburg, Pa.: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1980.
                 GEO Reference Z6034 U49 H39 (LC)

Rink, Evald. Technical Americana: a checklist of technical publications printed before 1831. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1981.
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History of scientific publications

Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A historical catalogue of scientists and scientific books from the earliest times to the close of the nineteenth century. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984.
                 KSL Ref Q141 G38 1984

Knight, David M. Natural science books in English, 1600-1900. New York: Praeger, 1972.
                 KSL QH15 K6 1972

Stillwell, Margaret Bingham. The awakening interest in science during the first century of printing, 1450-1550: an annotated checklist of first editions viewed from the angle of their subject content. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1970.
                 SML Stacks Z7401 T46 1975 (LC)
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 2 ZQ125 T36 1971

Thornton, John Leonard. Scientific books, libraries and collectors: a study of bibliography and the book trade in relation to science. 2d. rev. ed. London, Library Association, 1962. Third revised edition. London: Library Association, 1971. Supplement, 1969-75. London: Library Association, 1978.
                 KSL Z7401 T46 1975 Suppl (LC)

History of technology
Channell, David. The history of engineering science: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland, 1989.
                 ENGN Reference Z5851 C47 1989 (LC)

Ferguson, Eugene S. Bibliography of the history of technology. Cambridge: Society for the History of Technology, MIT, 1968.
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                 CCL Z7914 H5 F47 (LC)
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 2 ZT15 1968 (LC)

Fine, Bernard S. The history of electrical technology. New York: Garland, 1991.
                 SML Stacks Z5832 F56X 1991 (LC)

Hurt, Douglas. The history of agricultural science and technology: an international annotated bibliography. New York: Garland, 1994.
                 KSL Z5071 H87x 1993 (LC)

Kren, Claudia. Medieval science and technology: a selected, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
                 SML Z7405 H6 K74 1985 (LC)
                 SML Reference Z7405 H6 K74 1985 (LC)
                 SML Z7405 H6 K74 1985 (LC)

Molloy, Peter M. The history of metal mining and metallurgy: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
                 GEO Reference Z6736 M64 1986 (LC)

Oleson, John Peter. Bronze Age, Greek, and Roman technology: a select, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
                SML Z7914 H5 042 1986 (LC)

Rider, Kenneth John. The history of science and technology: a select bibliography for students. Second edition. London: Library Association, 1970.
                 KSL Z7405 H6 R5 1970 (LC)
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 2 ZQ125 R53 1967 [First Edition]

Skempton, A. W. British civil engineering, 1640-1840: a bibliography of contemporary printed reports, plans, and books. London: Mansell, 1987.
                 SML Stacks Z5851 S54 1987 (LC)

Stapleton, Darwin H. The history of civil engineering since 1600: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
                 SML Stacks Z5851 S84 1986 (LC)

Islamic science
Abattouy, Mohamed. The history of Arabic sciences: a selected bibliography. Berlin: Max-Planck-Institute feur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 1996.
                 SML Reference Z7407 A65 +A33X 1996 (LC)

Mieli, Aldo. La science arabe et son role dans l'evolution scientifique mondiale. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1966.
                 SML Stacks Q127 A5 M54 1966

Life sciences
Bridson, Gavin and James White. Plant, animal and anatomical illustrations in art and science: a bibliographic guide from the 16th century to the present day. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1990.
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 2 Z5351 A1 +P52 1990

Overmier, Judith A. The history of biology: a selected, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989.
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Smit, Pieter. History of the life sciences: an annotated bibliography. New York: Hafner 1974.
                 SML CHECK THI SONE Z5320 S55 1974 (LC)
                 KSL Reference Z5320 S55 1974

Mathematics
Bibliographia physico-mathematica hispanica, 1475-1900. Victor Navarro Brotóns, et. al. Valencia: Universitat de València-C.S.I.C.: Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación "López Piñero", 2000.  
                 SML Z6651 B53 1999 (LC)

Dauben, Joseph Warren. The history of mathematics from antiquity to the present: a selective bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.                  MATH Hist D262h
                 KSL Z6651 S38 1985 (LC)

May, Kenneth Ownsworth. Bibliography and research manual of the history of mathematics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973.
                 KSL Z6651 D38 1985 (LC)

Rider, Robin. A bibliography of early modern algebra, 1500-1800. Berkeley: Office for the History of Science and Technology, University of California, 1982.
                 KSL Z6654 A5 R53 1982 (LC)

Wallis, R.V. and P.J. Wallis. Index of British mathematicians. Part III: 1701-1800. Newcastle upon Tyne: PHIBB, 1993.
                 KSL Reference QA30+W35 [v. 2-3 only]

Medicine
Manuscript sources of medieval medicine: a book of essays. Edited by Margaret R. Schleissner. New York: Garland, 1995.
                 MED/HIST Hist R141 M365 1995
                 SML R141 M365X 1995 (LC)

Miller, Genevieve. Bibliography of the history of medicine of the United States and Canada, 1939-1960. Second edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1964.
                 SML Stacks Z6661 U5 M55 (LC)

Royal, Samuel. Medicine in Great Britain from the Restoration to the nineteenth century, 1660- 1800: an annotated bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
                 SML Stacks Z6661 G7 R63X 1992 (LC)
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist R487 R54 1992

Modern Science
Bridson, Gavin. The history of natural history: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland, 1994.
                  SML Reference Z7405 H6 B75X 1994 (LC)

Jayawardene, S. A. The scientific revolution: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland, 1996.
                SML Z7405 H6 J39X 1996 (LC)
                 MED/HIST Z7405 H6 J39 1996

Knight, David M. Sources for the history of science, 1660-1914. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1975.
                 SML Stacks Q125 K57
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 18 Q125 K55 1975
                 KSL Q125 K57 1975 (LC)

Russo, Francois. Elements de bibliographie de l'histoire des sciences et des techniques. Second edition. Paris: Hermann, 1969.
                 KSL Z7405 H6 R87 1969

Non-Western Science
Rahman, Abdur, et al.Science and technology in medieval India: a bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian. New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy, 1982.
                 MED/HIST Reference ZQ127 I5 R23 1982

Selin, Helaine. Science across cultures: an annotated bibliography of books on non-western science, technology, and medicine. New York: Garland, 1992.
                 SML Stacks Z7405 S6 S4X 1992 (LC)


Philosophy of science
Blackwell, Richard J. A bibliography of the philosophy of science, 1945-1981. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1983.
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                 KSL Z7405 P74 B57 1983 (LC)

Physics
Brush, Stephen G. The history of modern physics: an international bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1983.
                 KSL Z7141 B78 1983 (LC)

Front page physics: a century of physics in the news. Compiled by A.J. Meadows and M.M. Hancock-Beaulieu. Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Pub., 1994.
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Heilbron, J. L. Literature on the history of physics in the 20th century. Berkeley: Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California,1981.
                 KSL Z7144 H55 H44 (LC)

Home, Roderick Weir. The history of classical physics: a selected, annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984.
                 SML Z7141 H65 1984 (LC)
                 KSL z7141 H65 1984 (LC)

Mottelay, Paul Fleury. Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism. New York: Arno Press, 1975.
                 ENGN QC507 M6 (LC)
                 KSL QC507 M6

Particle physics: one hundred years of discoveries: an annotated chronological bibliography. V.V. Ezhela, et. al. Woodbury: American Institute of Physics,1996.
                 SML Z7144 N8 +P35X 1996 (LC)
                 KSL Z7144 N8 +P35X 1996 (LC)

Smith, Roger. Popular physics and astronomy: an annotated bibliography. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1996.
                 SML Z7141 S65X 1996 (LC)

Wheaton, Bruce. Inventory of sources for history of twentieth century physics: report and microfiche index to 700,000 letters. Stuttgart: GNT-Verlag,1992.
                 KSL Reference Ref QC15 + W45 1993

Science and public policy
Bibliography of reports by the National Academy of Sciences, 1945-1985. Prepared by the Task Force on Science Policy, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986.
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Bibliography of studies and reports on science policy and related topics, 1945-1985. Prepared by the Task Force on Science Policy, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office,1987.
                MUDD,gdc Y 4.Sci 2:99 HH

Caldwell, Lynton Keith. Science, technology, and public policy: a selected and annotated bibliography. Volumes 1-3. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1968.
                 SSL Z7405 C6 C48 1983 (LC)

Carlisle, Rodney P. The relationship of science and technology: a bibliographic guide. Washington D.C.: Joint publication of the Navy Laboratory/Center Coordinating Group and Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy, 1997.
                 MUDD,gdc D 221.8 T 22

Cohen, Morris, L. Law and science: a selected bibliography. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1980.
                 SML Stacks K847 S3 A13 (LC)
                 LAW BiblA C6551

Sociology of science
Chubin, Daryl E. Sociology of sciences: an annotated bibliography on invisible colleges, 1972-1981. New York: Garland Publishing, 1983.
                 SSL Z7401 H28 (LC)

Hahn, Roger. A bibliography of quantitative studies on science and its history. Berkeley: Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California, 1980.
                 KSL Z7401 H28 (LC)

Science, society and religion
Eisen, Sydney. Victorian science and religion: a bibliography with emphasis on evolution, belief, and unbelief, comprised of works published from 1900-1975. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1984.
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                 DIV Z5320 E57 1984 (LC)

Hayward, James L. Creation/Evolution Controversy: An Annotated Bibliography. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
                 SML Z5322 E9 H39X 1998 (LC)

Science in society: an annotated guide to resources. Toronto: Wall & Thompson, 1989.
                 SML Stacks Z7405 S6 S35 1989 (LC)

Women in science
The history of women and science, health, and technology: a bibliographic guide to the profession and the disciplines. Edited by Phyllis Holman Weisbard. Second edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin System, Women's Studies Librarians,1993.
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 2 ZQ130 +H58 1993
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Individual scientists

Bohr
Guide to the archival collections in the Niels Bohr Library at the American Institute of Physics. College Park: American Institute of Physics, 1994. Supplement to the Guide to the archival collections in the Niels Bohr Library at the American Institute of Physics. College Park: American Institue of Physics, 1998.
                 KSL QC7 +N48X 1994

Copernicus
Bibliografia Kopernikowska. Warsaw: Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1958.
                 SML Z8192.5 B37 (LC)

Biskup, Marian. Regesta Copernicana: Calendar of Copernicus' Papers. Wroclaw: Ossolineum, 1973.
                 AST Qb36 C8 A1 8

Three Copernican treatises: the Commentariolus of Copernicus, the Letter Against Werner, the Narratio Prima of Rheticus. Translated with introduction and notes by Edward Rosen. Third revised edition. Contains a biography of Copernicus and Copernicus bibliographies, 1939-1958 and 1959-1970. New York, Octagon Books, 1971.
                 KSL QB41 C6813 1939
                 CCL QB41 C66213 1939
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Darwin
Freeman, Richard Broke. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1965. Second edition.
                 KSL Z8217 F7 1977 (LC)

Duhem
Stoffel, Jean-François, Stanley L. Jaki. Pierre Duhem et ses doctorands: bibliographie de la littérature primaire et secondaire. Louvain-la-Neuve : Centre Interfacultaire d'Étude en Histoire des Sciences, 1996.
             SML no call number given

Einstein
Kantha, Sachi Sri. An Einstein dictionary. Westport: Greenwood, 1996.
              SML Qc16 E5 K36X 1996

Galen
Gippert, Jost. Index Galenicus: Wortformenindex zu den Schriften Galens. Dettelbach: J.H. Roll, 1997. Two volumes.
             SML PA3997 G56 1997

Galileo

Carli, Alarico and A. Favaro. Bibliografia Galileiana: 1568-1895. Firenze: Bencini, 1896. See also Boffito, and Galileo, Man of Science.
                 MED/HIST Biog G133Zc1896 
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Galileo, man of science. Includes the "Bibliografia Galileiana, 1940-1964: being the second supplement to the original Carli-Favaro Bibliografia Galileiana," p. I-lxxxii. Edited by Ernan McMullin. New York: Basic Books, 1967. See also Carli, and Boffito.
                 CCL Qb36 G2 M33 1988

Goethe
Amrine, Frederick. Goethe in the history of science. New York: P. Lang, 1996.
                 SML Z8350 A48X 1996 (LC)

Kepler
Hamel, Jürgen, and Max Caspar. Bibliographia Kepleriana: Verzeichnis der gedruckten Schriften von und über Johannes Kepler: im Auftrag der Kepler-Kommission der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften: Ergänzungsband zur zweiten Auflage. München: Beck, 1998.
                 BEIN Reference Z8463 +H36 1998 (LC)

Lavoisier
Bibliotheca lavoisieriana: the catalogue of the library of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 1995.
                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref L395 Z4 1995

 

Duveen, Denis I. A bibliography of the works of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 1743-1794. London, Dawson, 1954. Supplement. London: Dawson, 1965.                 MED/HIST Reference Hist Ref 2 Z8489 D89 1954

Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, a bibliography of his nontechnical writings. Berkeley: Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California, 1979.
                 KSL Z8767.4474 L68 (LC)

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