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General Bibliography
1. Source-media for biographies, history and chronologies
Britannica, The Encyclopaedia, Eleventh Edition, 29 Volumes, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1910–1911. (a publication now in the public domain)
Meyers Universal Lexicon, 15 Volumes, Bibliographisches Institut Manheim: Zürich, 1985.
Gillispie, C.C. (ed), Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 15 Volumes, Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York, 1970.
World Book Encyclopedia, 22 Volumes, Field Enterprises Educational Corporation: Chicago, 1977.
Encyklopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften, Edited by the Academies of Göttingen, Leipzig, Münich and Vienna; 24 volumes, Teubner, 1898–1934.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org
Poggendorff, J.C. (1796–1877), Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch zür Geschichte der Exacten Wissenschaften, Vols. I–II, 1863, Vol. III, 1898, Vol. IV, 1904.
Schweizer Lexikon, 2 Volumes, Encyclios-Verlag AG: Zürich, 1949, 936+984 pp.
Jewish Encyclopedia, 12 Vols.: New York, 1901–1906.
Langer, W.L. (ed), An Encyclopedia of World History, Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 1963, 1243 pp.
Grun, B., The Timetables of History, The New Third Revised Edition, A touchstone Book, Simon and Shuster: New York, 1982, 724 pp.
Teeple, John B., Timelines of World History, DK: New York, 2002, 666Â pp.
National Geographic Visual History of the World, National Geographic: Washington D.C., 2005, 656Â pp.
Bynum, W.F., (eds), Dictionary of the History of Science, Princeton University Press: Princeton N.J., 1981, 494 pp.
Sarton, G., Introduction to the History of Science, 3 Volumes, Williams and Wilkins Company: Baltimore, 1927–1948.
Taton, René, History of Science, volumes I-IV, Basic Books Inc: New York (translated from French); I. From the beginning to 1450, 551 pp., 1963; II. From 1450–1800, 665 pp., 1964; III. 19th century, 623 pp., 1965; IV. 20th century, 638 pp., 1966.
Hellemans, A. and B. Bunch, The Timetables of Science (A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science), Simon and Schuster: New York, 1988, 656 pp.
Parkinson, L.C., Breakthroughs (A Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and Mathematics, 1200–1930), G.K. Hall and Company: Boston, 1985, 576 pp.
Webster Biographical Dictionary, G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, MA, 1951, 1697 pp.
Hornblower, Simon and T. Spawforth (eds), Who’s who in the Classical World, Oxford University Press, 2000, 440 pp.
Cary, M., (eds), The Oxford Classical Dictionary, The Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1957, 971 pp.
Debus, A.G. (ed), World’s Who’s Who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present, Western Publishing Company: Hannibal, MO, 1968, 1855 pp.
Porter, Roy (ed), The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, Oxford University Press: New York, 1994, 891Â pp.
Bunch, B., and A. Hellemans, The Timetables of Technology, Simon and Schuster: New York, 1994, 490 pp.
Derry, T.K. and T.I. Williams, A Short History of Technology, Dover Publications: New York, 1993, 782 pp.
Desmond, K., A Timetable of Inventions and Discoveries (From Pre-History to the Present Day), M. Evans and Company: New York, 1986.
2. Etymology
Morris, W. (ed), The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, 1975, 1550 pp.
Ayto, J., Dictionary of Word Origins, Arcade Publishing: New York, 1993, 583 pp.
Shipley, J.T., Dictionary of Word Origins, Littlefield Adams Co.: Totowa NJ, 1974, 430 pp.
Hayakawa, S.I., (and the Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary Staff), Modern Guide to Synonyms and Related Words, Funk and Wagnalls: New York, 1968, 726 pp.
Moore, B., and M. Moore, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Origins, Barnes and Noble: New York, 2000, 382 pp.
3. Mathematics and Astronomy
Illingworth, Valerie, Dictionary of Astronomy, Facts on File, 1994, 520Â pp.
Flammarion, C. (ed), The Flammarion Book of Astronomy, Simon and Schuster: New York, 1964, 670 pp.
Kaufmann, W.J., Universe, W.H. Freeman and Company: New York, 1985, 594 pp.
Shu, F.H., The Physical Universe, An Introduction to Astronomy, University Science Books: Mill Valley, CA, 1982, 584 pp.
Payne-Gaposchkin, C., Introduction to Astronomy, Prentice-Hall: New York, 1954, 508 pp.
Ito, Kiyosi (ed), Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics, Second Edition, MIT Press, 1993, 2148 pp.
The MacTutor History of Mathematical Archives, University of St.Andrews: Scotland, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/index.html
Bell, E.T., Development of Mathematics, McGraw-Hill Book Company: New York, 1945, 637 pp.
Eves, H., An Introduction to the History of Mathematics, Holt, Reinhart and Winston: New York, 1976.
Kline, M., Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press: New York, 1972, 1238 pp.
4. Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Motz, L. and J.H. Weaver, The Story of Physics, Avon Books: New York, 1989, 412 pp.
Westphal, W.H., Physik, Springer-Verlag: Berlin, 20/21 Edition, 1959, 746 pp.
Alonso, M. and E.J. Finn, Fundamental University Physics, 3 Volumes, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company: Reading, MA, 1976, 1563 pp.
Marion, J.B. and W.F. Hornyak, Physics (For Science and Engineering), Saunders College Publishing: New York, 1982, 1274 pp.
Hecht, E. and A. Zajac, Optics, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company: Reading, MA, 1975, 565 pp.
Finkelnburg, W., Structure of Matter, Springer-Verlag: Berlin, 1964, 511 pp.
Atkins, P., and L. Jones, Chemistry, W.H. Freeman: New York, 1997, 826 pp.
Petrucci, R.H., W.S. Harwood and F.G. Herring, General Chemistry, Prentice Hall: New Jersey, 1160 pp.
Partington, J.R., A Text-Book of Inorganic Chemistry, 5th edition, Macmillan and Co.: London, 1947, 1062 pp.
Solomon, E.P. , Biology, Thomson: Brooks/Cole, 2005, 1108Â pp.
Campbell, N.A., Biology, Benjamin Cummings, 3rd ed., 1993.
5. Philosophy
Russel, B., Wisdom of the West, Crescent Books, 1977, 319 pp.
Kiernan, T., Who’s who in the History of Philosophy, Philosophical Library: New York, 1965, 185 pp.
Magee, B., The Story of Philosophy, DK Publishing, Inc.: New York, 1998, 240Â pp.
Runes, D.D., Pictorial History of Philosophy, Bramhall House: New York, 1954, 406 pp.
Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Ben-Menahem, A. (2009). Slumber and Awakening. In: Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68832-7_5
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