Further Reading – History of Physics

General

  • Buchwald, Jed Z. & Fox, Robert (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Physics. Oxford University Press, 2013.
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.
    *Note: Starts with Scientific Revolution (17th C.).
  • Poskett, James. Horizons: A Global History of Science. Penguin, 2022.
    Intended audience: general public, undergraduate, graduate/professional.
    *Note: Covers c. 1450 onwards, discusses many other areas of science.

Greco-Roman Period

  • Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., & Schofield, M. The Presocratic Philosophers (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press, 1983.
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.
  • Oleson, John Peter (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. Oxford University Press, 2008.
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.
  • Sassi, Maria Michela. The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece. Trans. by Michele Asuni. Princeton University Press, 2018.
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.

Time

  • Callender, Craig and Edney, Ralph. Introducing Time: A Graphic Guide. Icon Books, 2012.
    Intended audience: general public, undergraduate.
  • Holford-Strevens, Leofranc. The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2005.
    Intended audience: general public, undergraduate.

Websites

Videos (e.g. Public Lectures)

Papers

  • O’Meara, Dominic J. Pythagoras revived: Mathematics and philosophy in late antiquity. 1990. doi: 10.1093/0198239130.001.0001
  • Fletcher, Colin R. Thales: Our founder? 1982. doi: 10.2307/3615512