The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science

The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science
Editor	John L. Heilbron, et al.
Language	English
Series	Oxford Companions
Subject	History of science
Genre	Encyclopedia
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	2003
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback); E-book (in 2006)
Pages	xxviii+941
ISBN	978-0195112290

The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science is an encyclopedia on the history of science from around the middle of the 16th century (the early modern period) to the beginning of the 21st century. The book includes 609 articles by over two hundred authors.

The editor-in-chief was John L. Heilbron and the editors were James R. Bartholomew, Jim Bennett, Frederic L. Holmes, Rachel Laudan, and Giuliano Pancaldi. The book was published by Oxford University Press in 2003.^[1] An e-book version appeared in 2006. In 2014, the book was translated into Japanese and published by Asakura Publishing.^[2]

The book has been reviewed by the British Journal for the History of Science^[3] Choice, Nature, and the Times Literary Supplement.^[4]

References

^ Heilbron, J. L., ed. (2003). The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511229-6.
^ 現代科学史大百科事典 (in Japanese). Japan: Aasakura Publishing. 4 September 2023. ISBN 978-4-254-10256-7. Retrieved 26 February 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ Fyfe, Aileen (September 2005). "JOHN L. HEILBRON (ed.), The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxviii+941. ISBN 0-19-511229-6. £80.00 (hardback)". The British Journal for the History of Science. 38 (3). Cambridge University Press: 351–353. doi:10.1017/S0007087405227279.
^ "The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science". NHBS. Retrieved 26 February 2021.