Further Reading – History of Physics

General

  • Buchwald, Jed Z. & Fox, Robert (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Physics. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013.
    Note: Starts with Scientific Revolution (17th C.).
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.

Greco-Roman Period

  • Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., & Schofield, M. The Presocratic Philosophers (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: 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, UK: Oxford University Press, 2008.
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.
  • Sassi, Maria Michela. The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece. Trans. by Michele Asuni. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press, 2018.
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.

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
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