Further Reading – Other

General History of Science

  • Poskett, James. Horizons: A Global History of Science. Penguin, 2022.
    Intended audience: general public, undergraduate, graduate/professional.

Astronomy

  • Cohen, Richard. Chasing the Sun. Simon & Schuster, 2010.
    Intended audience: general public.

Mathematics

  • Ryan, Mark. Calculus for Dummies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014.
    Intended audience: general public, undergraduate.

Neuroscience/Psychology

Philosophy

  • Annas, Julia. Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2000.
    Intended audience: general public, undergraduate.
  • Burkert, Walter. Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism. Trans. by Edwin L. Minar, Jr. Harvard University Press, 1972.
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.
  • Kahn, Charles H. Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History. Hackett, 2001.
    Intended audience: general public, undergraduate, graduate/professional.
  • Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., & Schofield, M. The Presocratic Philosophers (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press, 1983.
    Intended audience: undergraduate, graduate/professional.

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
  • Aaboe, A. Scientific astronomy in antiquity. 1974. doi: 10.1098/rsta.1974.0007
  • Buck, R. Creighton. Sherlock Holmes in Babylon. 1980. doi: 10.2307/2321200
  • Robson, Eleanor. Words and pictures: New light on Plimpton 322. 2002. doi: 10.2307/2695324