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    Dictionary of the History of Science.

    Published 2014
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    Landmarks in the history of science : great scientific discoveries from a global-historical perspective / Basil Evangelidis. by Evangelidis, Basil

    Published 2017
    Table of Contents: “…Philosophy and history of science -- Continuities, ruptures, and transitions.…”
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    Relocating the History of Science Essays in Honor of Kostas Gavroglu / edited by Theodore Arabatzis, Jürgen Renn, Ana Simões.

    Published 2015
    Table of Contents: “…PART I: HISTORY OF MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCES -- Chapter 1: Louis Paul Cailletet, the Liquefaction of Oxygen and the Emergence of an ‘In-between Discipline’: Low-temperature Research; Faidra Papanelopoulou -- Chapter 2: Lindemann and Einstein: The Oxford Connexion; Robert Fox -- Chapter 3: Einstein and Hilbert; John Stachel -- Chapter 4: Quantum Chemistry and the Quantum Revolution; Sylvan Schweber and Gal BenPorat -- PART II: STEP MATTERS -- Chapter 5: Centres and Peripheries Revisited: STEP and the Mainstream Historiography of Science; Agusti Nieto-Galan -- Chapter 6: At the Center and the Periphery: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Botanizes in Crete; Lorraine Daston -- Chapter 7: Boscovich in Britain; John Heilbron -- Chapter 8: Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment: In Search of a European Identity; Manolis Patiniotis -- Chapter 9: The Non-introduction of Low-temperature Physics in Spain: Julio Palacios and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes; Jose Manuel Sanchez Ron -- Chapter 10: Beyond Borders in the History of Science Education; Jose Ramon Bertomeu Sanchez -- PART III: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE -- Chapter 11: Probable Reasoning and Its Novelties; Ian Hacking -- Chapter 12: Reductionism and the Relation between Chemistry and Physics; Hasok Chang -- Chapter 13: The Internal-External Sistinction Sheds Light on the History of the Twentieth-century Philosophy of Science; Gürol Irzik -- Chapter 14: Concepts out of Theoretical Contexts; Theodore Arabatzis and Nancy Nersessian -- PART IV: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL MUSINGS -- Chapter 15: Globalization of Knowledge in History and its Normative Challenges; Jürgen Renn -- Chapter 16: The Global and the Local in the Study of the Humanities; Rivka Feldhay -- Chapter 17: On Scientific Biography and Biographies of Scientists; Helge Kragh -- Chapter 18: Biography and the History of Science; Mary Jo Nye -- Chapter 19: Different Undertakings, Common Practices: Some Directions for the History of Science; Ana Simões -- PART V: BEYOND HISTORY OF SCIENCE: MATHEMATICS, TECHNOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES -- Chapter 20: The Meaning of Hypostasis in Diophantus’ Arithmetica; Jean Christianidis -- Chapter 21: On the Hazardousness of the Concept ‘Technology’: Notes on a Conversation between the History of Science and the History of Technology; Aristotle Tympas -- Chapter 22: Wireless at the Bar: Experts, Circuits and Marconi’s Inventions in Patent Disputes in Early Twentieth-century Britain; Efstathios Arapostathis -- Chapter 23: Curating the European University; Hans Jörg Rheinberger -- Chapter 24: Can Science Make Peace with the Environment? …”
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    The History of science and technology : a narrative chronology.

    Published 1988
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    Reader's guide to the history of science / edited by Arne Hessenbruch.

    Published 2000
    Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Note; Board of Advisers; Contributors; Alphabetical List of Entries; Thematic List; Reader's Guide to the History of Science; A; Académie des Sciences; Accademia dei Lincei; Accademia del Cimento; Accountability; Accountancy; Acoustics; Acupuncture; Adler, Alfred; Aether; Affinity; Africa: south of the Sahara; Africa: health and healing; Age of the Earth; Agrícola, Georgius; Agriculture; AIDS; Alchemy; Algebra; Alienation; Almanacs; Anatomy; Anthropology; Anthropometry; Anti-Vivisection; Arabic Science; Archaeology…”
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    A little history of science / William Bynum. by Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943-

    Published 2012
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    A companion to the history of science / edited by Bernard Lightman.

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…Historiography of the history of science / Lynn Nyhart -- Learned man and woman in antiquity and the Middle Ages / Nathan Sidoli -- Go-betweens, travelers, and cultural translators / Kapil Raj -- The alchemist / Tara Nummedal -- The natural philosopher / Peter Dear -- The natural historian / Kristin Johnson -- Invisible technicians, instrument makers, and artisans / Iwan Rhys Morus -- Scientific illustrators / Valérie Chansigaud -- The human experimental subject / Anita Guerrini -- Amateurs / Katherine Pandora -- The man of science / Paul White -- The professional scientist / Cyrus C.M. …”
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    History of Science, History of Text edited by Karine Chemla. by Chemla, Karine

    Published 2005
    Table of Contents: “…History of Science, History of Text: An Introduction -- Part I. …”
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    A companion to the history of science / edited by Bernard Lightman.

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…Historiography of the history of science / Lynn Nyhart -- Learned man and woman in antiquity and the Middle Ages / Nathan Sidoli -- Go-betweens, travelers, and cultural translators / Kapil Raj -- The alchemist / Tara Nummedal -- The natural philosopher / Peter Dear -- The natural historian / Kristin Johnson -- Invisible technicians, instrument makers, and artisans / Iwan Rhys Morus -- Scientific illustrators / Valérie Chansigaud -- The human experimental subject / Anita Guerrini -- Amateurs / Katherine Pandora -- The man of science / Paul White -- The professional scientist / Cyrus C.M. …”
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    The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction. by Bould, Mark

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Cover; The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. …”
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    The origin of the history of science in classical antiquity / Leonid Zhmud ; translated from the Russian by Alexander Chernoglazov. by Zhmudʹ, L. I︠A︡. (Leonid I︠A︡kovlevich)

    Published 2006
    Table of Contents: “…In search of the first discoverers : Greek heurematography and the origin of the history of science -- Ch. 2. Science as [techne] : theory and history -- Ch. 3. …”
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    Teaching history with science fiction films / A. Bowdoin Van Riper. by Van Riper, A. Bowdoin

    Published 2017
    Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction; CONCEPTS; 1 A Short History of Science Fiction Film; 2 Five Classic Science Fiction Themes for the History Classroom; APPROACHES; 3 Science Fiction Film in the U.S. …”
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    Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art Essays by David Speiser, vol. II / edited by Kim Williams. by Williams, Kim

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Truesdell's Contributions to the Euler and the Bernoulli Editions -- Publishing Complete Works of the Great Scientists: An International Undertaking -- The History of Science at the Crossroads of the Pathways towards Philosophy and History -- Index of Names.…”
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    Texts, Textual Acts and the History of Science edited by Karine Chemla, Jacques Virbel.

    Published 2015
    Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Textual acts and the history of science; Karine Chemla & Jacques Virbel -- Part I. …”
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