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History of Science Secondary Sources by Type - Languages & Concepts

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

Word Origins

Oxford English Dictionary
Ebook. Also available in print.
Revised Medieval Latin Word-List from British and Irish Sources by R. E. Latham (Editor); British Academy Staff (As told to)
Publication Date: 1965

Dictionaries - Disciplinary Concepts

Dictionary of Concepts in History by Harry Ritter
Publication Date: 1986
Dictionary of Concepts in the Philosophy of Science by Charles H. Davis; Gerald W. Lundeen; Debora Shaw; Paul T. Durbin
Publication Date: 1988
Dictionary of the History of Science by W. F. Bynum
Publication Date: 1981

Quotations

Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations by Roy Porter (Editor); Sharon Messenger (Editor); Caroline Overy (Editor)
Publication Date: 2005

Languages & Disciplines

Patterson's German-English Dictionary for Chemists by James C. Cox; George E. Condoyannis; Austin M. Patterson
Publication Date: 1992
A Source-Book of Biological Names and Terms by Edmund C. Jaeger
Publication Date: 1944

Ideas & Concepts

Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Online access)
This is the classic earlier edition.
Available in print and online.
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Online access) by Maryanne Cline Horowitz
Publication Date: 2005
Available in print and as an eBook