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The ''Dictionary of Scientific Biography'' is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980. It is supplemented by the ''New Dictionary of Scientific Biography''. Both these publications are comprised in an electronic version, called the ''Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography''. ==''Dictionary of Scientific Biography''== The ''Dictionary of Scientific Biography'' is a scholarly English-language reference work consisting of biographies of scientists from antiquity to modern times, but excluding scientists who were alive when the ''Dictionary'' was first published. It includes scientists who worked in the areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences. The work is notable for being one of the most substantial reference works in the field of history of science, containing extensive biographies on hundreds of figures. It gives information about both the personal biography and in considerable detail about the scientific contributions. Engineers, physicians, social scientists and philosophers only appeared "when their work was intrinsically related to the sciences of nature or to mathematics."〔Gillispie, Charles C., editor in chief. ''Dictionary of Scientific Biography''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970–1980. 16 vols. Introduction, v. 1, pp. ix–x.〕〔(Dictionary of Scientific Biography at the Scholarly Societies project ) at the University of Waterloo.〕 Though the ''Dictionary'' has worldwide coverage, the editors write that it focuses most on Western scientists, due to the limited availability of scholarship about Asian, Indian and Islamic historical scientists at the time.〔 The articles in the ''Dictionary'' are typically 1–5 pages and are written by eminent historians of science. All articles list a selection of the original works of the subject, as well as a comprehensive list of the secondary literature about them (which may be in any language), including early works as well as more contemporary ones. The first volume of the ''Dictionary'' was first put out in 1970, under the general editorship of Charles Coulston Gillispie. The set was completed in 1980. The ''Dictionary'' was published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies by Charles Scribner's Sons in 16 volumes. Volume 15 is Supplement I; it contains additional biographies as well as topical essays on non-Western scientific traditions. Volume 16 is the general index. A 2-volume Supplement II with additional biographies was published in 1990. In 1981, after the 16-volume set was complete, Scribner's published a one-volume abridgment, the ''Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography''. Its second edition was published in 2001 and includes content from the 1990 Supplement II. In 1981, the American Library Association awarded the Dartmouth Medal to the ''Dictionary'' as a reference work of outstanding quality and significance.〔(ALA Dartmouth Award list ). Accessed Jan. 23, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dictionary of Scientific Biography」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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