Science history, philosophy and education

Includes Web and print sources on:
Australian science and scientists | History of science | Scientific biography
Scientific fields: Life sciences, Mathematics, Physics and astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Technology
Philosophy and ethics | Science teaching and courseware

Australian science and scientists

• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Center, University of Melbourne
• Biographical memoirs, Australian Academy of Science.
  Also in Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 1966-80 (Main collection 06 A926r) and Historical records of Australian science, 1980- (Main collection 06 H773).
• Australian dictionary of biography online and Reference collection 920 A937
• Manuscript collection, Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
• Register of Australian archives and manuscripts - lists manuscripts held in public collections
• Australian Historic Records Register - lists manuscripts held privately
• Physics in Australia to 1945: bibliography and biographical register, compiled by R.W. Home. Original 1990 edition in Reference collection 530.0994 H765p
• Bibliography of the Mining History of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, compiled by Mel Davies for the Australian Mining History Association, 2003 (with additional materials to 2008).
• Australian men and women of science, engineering and technology. Australian Academy of Science, 1995. Reference collection 509.22 A938.
• A guide to the manuscript records of Australian science. Australian Academy of Science, 1966. Reference collection 509 M939
• Some sources for the history of Australian science. 1984. Reference collection 994.005 H673 12

History of science

• Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Paul Halsall, University of North Florida
• ECHO: Exploring and collecting history online: science and technology
• Dictionary of the history of ideas. Also Reference collection 901.03 D554.
• New dictionary of the history of ideas through NetLibrary
• Timelinescience - a chronology from 1000
• Encyclopaedia of the history of technology through NetLibrary
• Oxford Digital Library includes scanned early scientific works
• Oxford companion to the history of modern science. Oxford University Press, 2003. Reference collection 509.03 H466o
• Reader's guide to the history of science. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. Reference collection 509.03 H587r
• ISIS: a bibliography of the history of science. 1913- Reference collection 509.05 I8c, Main collection 509.05 I8. 1913-81, MICROFICHE PER 129. 1982-92
• Dictionary of the history of science. 1981. Reference collection 509 D539
• A chronology of the history of science, 1450-1900. 1987. Main collection 509 G247c
• A historical catalogue of scientific periodicals, 1665-1900. 1985. Main collection 509 G247hi
• The manuscript papers of British scientists, 1600-1940. 1982. Main collection 509 G786m
• Guide to the history of science. 8th ed. 1992. Main collection 509 G946 1992
• The timetables of science. 1988. Reference collection 509 H477t
• Information sources in the history of science and medicine. 1983. Reference collection 509 I43
• Reference books for the historian of science: a handlist. 1982. Reference collection 509 J42r
• Sources for the history of science, 1660-1914. 1975. Reference collection 509 K71s
• Medieval science and technology: a selected, annotated bibliography. 1985. Main collection 509.016 K92m
• A source book in medieval science. 1974. Main collection 509 G761s
• Victorian science and religion: a bibliography with emphasis on evolution, belief, and unbelief, comprised of works published from ca. 1900-1975. 1984. Main collection 215.016 E36v
• The history of science and technology in the United States: a critical and selective bibliography.1982. Main collection 509.73 R846h

Scientific biography

• Profiles in Science, NLM - archival collections of prominent biomedical scientists.
• Biographical memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences online and Reference collection 920.6 N27.
• Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society online and Reference collection 920.6 R8.2
• 4000 years of women in science
• American men and women of science. Main collection 925.0805 A512p
• Who's who in science in Europe. 1995. Reference collection 920 W6286
• Who's who of British scientists. 1969/70, 1971/72, 1980/81 Main colleciton 920.5 W623br
• Who's who in science and engineering. 1992-93 Reference collection 509.22 W628
• Dictionary of scientific biography. 1970-80. 15 vols + index Reference collection 920 D5513
• Biographical dictionary of scientists. 2nd ed. 1994. Reference collection 509.22 P847b
• World who's who in science: a biographical dictionary of notable scientists from antiquity to the present. 1968 Reference and Main collection 920 W927
• Asimov's biographical encyclopedia of science and technology. 2nd rev. ed. 1982 Reference collection 920 A832
• Biographisch-literarisches Handworterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften. Poggendorf, J.C. 1863-. - lives and writings of scientists in the physical sciences. Reference collection 501.6 P74
• Concise dictionary of scientists. 1989 Reference collection 509.22 M645c
• Archives of British men of science: introduction and index to the publication in microfiche of a survey of private and institutional holdings of British scientific archives. 1972 Reference collection 509.42 M165
• A historical catalogue of scientists and scientific books: from the earliest time to the close of the nineteenth century. 1984 Main collection 509 G247h

• The history of women and science, health, and technology: a bibliographic guide to the professions and the disciplines. 2nd ed. 1993 Reference collection 305.435 W426h
• Women in the scientific search: an American bio-bibliography, 1724- 1979. 1985 Reference collection 509.016 S571w

Scientific fields

Life sciences

• Evolution: Theory and History
• MendelWeb - history of classical genetics.
• Intute: MedHist - history of medical and biological sciences
• A history of the life sciences. 1994. Main Collection 574.09 M196h.2
• Bibliography of the history of biology. Anne Baumer. Frankfurt am Main ; New York :, Peter Lang,. c1997. Reference collection 570.9 B142b
• A documentary history of biochemistry, 1770-1940. 1991. Main collection 574.19209 T262d
• A history of biochemistry. In Comprehensive biochemistry: vols 30-40. Main collection 574.19 F63co 30-40
• The emergence of bacterial genetics. 1990. Main collection 589.901509 B864e
• Portraits of viruses: a history of virology. 1988. Main collection 576.6409 F336p
• Biographical dictionary of American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists. Ed. Keir B. Sterling. 1996. Reference collection 508.03 S838b
• Biologists (The biographical dictionary of scientists). 1983 Reference collection 574.0922 A131b
• A bibliography of American natural history: the pioneer century, 1769-1865. 1924. 3 vols. Reference collection 509 M51
• The history of biology: a selected, annotated bibliography. 1989 Main collection 574.09 O96h
• History of the life sciences: an annotated bibliography. 1974. Main collection 574.09 S642h
• Selected bibliography of biographical data for the history of biochemistry since 1800. 2nd ed. Main collection 574.1909 F945s
• History of botanical science. 1981 Main Collection 581.09 M889h

Mathematics

• MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
• History of Mathematics, Clark University, USA
• Mathographies, Bellevue Community College
• Bibliography and research manual of the history of mathematics. 1973 Reference and Main collections 510.9 M466b

Physics and astronomy

• The history of modern astronomy and astrophysics: a selected, annotated bibliography. 1982. Reference collection 520.9 D511h
• The biographical dictionary of scientists: astronomers. 1984. Reference collection 520.922 A131a
• The biographical dictionary of scientists: physicists. 1984. Reference collection 530.0922 B615
• The history of quantum theory. 1974. Main collection 530.12 H933g.E
• The history of modern physics: an international bibliography. 1983. Reference collection 539.09 B912h
• The history of classical physics: a selected, annotated bibliography. 1984. Reference collection 530.09 H765h

Chemistry

• Chemical Heritage Foundation, American Chemical Society.
• Biographies of famous chemists, Links for chemists, Liverpool
• History of chemistry, Links for chemists, Liverpool
• Chemists (The biographical dictionary of scientists). 1983 Main collection 540.992 A131c
• Nobel laureates in chemistry, 1901-1992. 1993. Main collection 540.92 J27n
• Chronologie Chemie: 1800-1970. 1977. Reference collection 540.9 N482c
• British chemists. 1947. Reference collection 920 F49
• History of polymer science and technology. 1982. Main collection 547.8409 H673
• Women in chemistry and physics: a biobibliographic sourcebook. 1993. Main collection 540.92
• Fontana history of chemistry. Main collection 540.9

Geology

• Geological Society of America History of Geology Division
• Geological Society History of Geology Group Online resources
• Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography from the origins to 1978. 5 vols. 1980. Reference collection 551.09 S245g
• A chronology of geological thinking from Antiquity to 1899. 1988. Reference collection 550.9
• The earth sciences: an annotated bibliography. 1983. Main collection 550.9 P847e
• Geology emerging: a catalog illustrating the history of geology (1500- 1850). 1984. Reference collection 550.16 U58g
• Source book in geology. To 1900 and 1900-1950. 1939, 1967. Main collection 550.8 M42 and 550.8 M42s
• World palaeontological collections. R.J. Cleevely. Mansell, 1983. Reference collection 560.74 C624w - an index to the historical fossil collections of individuals

Technology

• The history of engineering science: an annotated bibliography. 1989 Reference collection 620.009 C458h
• Bibliography of the history of technology. 1968 Main collection 609 F352
• Electrical and electronic technologies: a chronology of events and inventors to 1900. 1981 Reference collection 621.309 D262e

Philosophy and ethics

• Encyclopedia of bioethics. 3rd ed Macmillan, 2003. 5 vols. Reference collection 174.203 E563.3
• International encyclopedia of ethics. Ed. John K. Roth. FD, 1995. Reference collection 170.3 R845i
• Genetics and ethics, UBC Centre for Applied Ethics - a bioethics gateway
• bioethics.net
• Bioethics resources on the Web, National Institutes of Health

Science teaching and courseware

• The World Lecture Hall
• Australian Council for Educational Research
• Educause, transforming education through information technologies

• Association of College and University Biology Educators, U.S.
• Chemical education resources, Links for chemists, Liverpool
• Resources for chemistry educators, Simon Fraser University
• Chemical Education Resource Shelf, Journal of chemical education