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History of Science Secondary Sources by Topic

Guide to Secondary Sources (by Topic) in the history of science, technology & medicine

Visualizing & Communicating Medicine, Science & Technology

Double Vision by Nicholas Thomas (Editor); Diane Losche (Editor)
Publication Date: 1999
Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China by Francesca Bray (Editor); Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann (Editor); Georges Metailie (Editor)
Publication Date: 2007
Picturing knowledge : historical and philosophical problems concerning the use of art in science by Brian S Baigrie
Publication Date: 1996
Science from Sight to Insight by Alan G. Gross; Joseph E. Harmon
Publication Date: 2013
The technical image : a history of styles in scientific imagery by Horst Bredekamp (Editor); Vera Dünkel (Editor); Birgit Schneider (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015
Visual Cultures in Science and Technology by Klaus Hentschel
Publication Date: 2014
Visual cultures of science : rethinking representational practices in knowledge building and science communication by L Pauwels
Publication Date: 2006

Women & Scientific Illustration

Collecting ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and women botanical artists by Penny Olsen
Publication Date: 2013
Maria Sibylla Merian and Daughters by Ella Reitsma
Publication Date: 2008

Maps & Images

Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps by Chet Van Duzer
Publication Date: 2013
Ships on Maps by Richard W. Unger
Publication Date: 2010

Bibliographies

Plant, animal & anatomical illustration in art & science : a bibliographical guide from the 16th century to the present day
Publication Date: 1990

Life Sciences & Natural History

Arcimboldo by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann
Publication Date: 2010
The Art of Botanical Illustration by Lys De Bray
Publication Date: 1997
The Art of Natural History by Therese O'Malley (Editor); Amy R. W. Meyers (Editor)
Publication Date: 2010
Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture by Jonathan Smith
Publication Date: 2009
Darwin's pictures : views of evolutionary theory, 1837-1874 by Julia Voss; Lori Lantz (Translator)
Publication Date: 2010
The insect and the image : visualizing nature in early modern Europe, 1500-1700 by Janice Neri
Publication Date: 2011
Pliny and the artistic culture of the Italian Renaissance : the legacy of the natural history by Sarah Blake McHam
Publication Date: 2013
Scenes from Deep Time by Martin J. S. Rudwick
Publication Date: 1992
Visualizing medieval medicine and natural history, 1200-1550 by Jean A Givens; Karen Reeds; Alain Touwaide
Publication Date: 2006
Voyage into substance : art, science, nature, and the illustrated travel account, 1760-1840 by Barbara Maria Stafford
Publication Date: 1984
Zoological illustration : an essay towards a history of printed zoological pictures by David Knight
Publication Date: 1977

Optics & Instruments

Baroque Science by Ofer Gal; Raz Chen-Morris
ISBN: 9780226923987
Publication Date: 2013-03-18
Galileo's Glassworks by Eileen Reeves
ISBN: 9780674026674
Publication Date: 2008-01-31
Influences : art, optics, and astrology in the Italian Renaissance by Mary Quinlan-McGrath
ISBN: 9780226922843
Publication Date: 2013-02-20
The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope by Samuel Y. Edgerton
ISBN: 9780801447587
Publication Date: 2009-02-05
Painting the Heavens by Eileen Reeves
ISBN: 9780691009766
Publication Date: 1999-10-17

Astronomical Images

Fire in the sky : comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science by Roberta J. M. Olson
Publication Date: 1998
Picturing the cosmos Hubble Space Telescope images and the astronomical sublime (Online access) by Elizabeth A. Kessler
Publication Date: 2012