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History of Science: Reference Books

Selected resources for finding books, articles, and more on topics on the History of Science.

Reference Books

Reference Books

Asimov’s Chronology of Science and Discovery
  R 509 As42c

Bibliography of the History of Medicine
  R 610.9 B47u

Breakthroughs: A Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and Mathematics 1200-1930
  R 509 P229b

Cambridge World History of Human Disease
  R 610.9 C144

Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space
  R 500.509 Z655c

Computer Technology Innovators
  R 004.092 C787

Dictionary of American Medical Biography
  R 610.922 D561

Dictionary of Space Technology
  R 629.403 An435d2

Dictionary of the History of Science
  R 509 D561

Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies
  R 333.703 As395e 2001

Encyclopedia of Evolution
  R 576.803 En195

Encyclopedia of Flight
 
R 629.13 En195

Encyclopedia of Medical History
  R 610.9 M178e

Encyclopedia of Nursing Research
  R 610.73072 En195

Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence: From Ancient Times to the Present
  R 614.4903 En195 2001

Encyclopedia of the Atomic Age
  R 539.709 En195

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
  R 940.2503 En197

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures
  R 509 En195 1997

FOF Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society
  R 503 V889f

Frontiers of Space Exploration
  R 629.45 L376f

Historical Encyclopedia of Atomic Energy
  R 333.792403 At535h

Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing
  R 610.7309 Sn525h 1999

History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia
  R 520.3 H629

Instruments of Science: An Historical Encyclopedia
  R 502.84 In755

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
  R 503 M4788 2012

Medical Hieroglyphs: Abbreviations and Symbols
  R 610.148 K46m

Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine and Nursing
  R 610 M4676

Medicine in Quotations
  R 610 M468

Notable Scientists: From 1900 to the Present
  R 509.22 N843 2001

Origin of Medical Terms
  R 610.14 Sk34o

Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World
  R 620.009 B455r

Science of Everyday Things
  R 500 S4165

Scientific Revolution: An Encyclopedia
  R 509.403 B937s 2001

Smith’s Reference and Illustrated Guide to Surgical Instruments
  R 681.761 Sm55r

Stedman’s Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
  R 610.148 St319 2003

USA in Space
  R 629.4097 U842

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