Dictionary of the history of science

Edited by
William F. Bynum, E. J. Browne, Roy Porter

Palgrave Macmillan

1981

Abstract

A dictionary devoted to the history of scientific ideas. Organised alphabetically by concept, it contains more than 700 entries explaining the origins, meaning and significance of the chief theories and ideas that have contributed to the development of science, including medicine, mathematics and the human sciences.