Dissertation

Chaokang Tai. 2021. Anton Pannekoek, Marxist Astronomer: Photography, Epistemic Virtues, and Political Philosophy in Early-Twentieth Century Astronomy. PhD Thesis, University of Amsterdam, 26 March 2021.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Chaokang Tai. “The Milky Way as Optical Phenomenon: Perception and Photography in the Drawings of Anton Pannekoek”. In Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society, edited by Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen, and Jeroen van Dongen, pp 219-247. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvp7d57c.13

Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen, and Jeroen van Dongen. Introduction to Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society, pp 9-23. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvp7d57c.3

Chaokang Tai. “Left Radicalism and the Milky Way: Connecting the Scientific and Socialist Virtues of Anton Pannekoek“. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 47, no 2 (2017): 200-254. doi: 10.1525/hsns.2017.47.2.200

Chaokang Tai & Jeroen van Dongen. “Anton Pannekoek’s Epistemic Virtues in Astronomy and Socialism: Personae and the Practice of Science“. In: Scholarly Personae: Repertoires and Performances of Academic Identity (special issue), edited by Herman Paul, BMGN – Low Countries Historical Review 131, no 4 (2016): 55-70. doi: 10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10264

Edited Volume

Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen, and Jeroen van Dongen (editors). 2019. Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press. 322 pp. isbn: 978-94-6298-434-9; e-isbn: 978-90-4853-500-2

Magazines and Booklets

Ralph Wijers, Chaokang Tai, and Ed van den Heuvel. “Honderd jaar sterren aan de Amstel”. Zenit, July/August 2022, 12-16.

Chaokang Tai. “Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960): Marxist and Astronomer“. AIP History Newsletter 49, no 1 (2017): 4-5.

Jeroen van Dongen & Chaokang Tai. “Door de ogen van Anton Pannekoek / Through the Eyes of Anton Pannekoek“. In: Out of the Box: Acht verhalen over onderzoek en erfgoed / Out of the Box: Eight Stories about Research and Heritage, edited by Esther Boeles and Sytze van der Veen, pp 12-16. Amsterdam: Bijzondere Collecties, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2016.

Blogposts

Chaokang Tai. 2023. “Astrophotography and the Founding of the Astronomical Institute in Amsterdam“. Shells and Pebbles.

Chaokang Tai. 2021. “Vroege astrofotografie in Amsterdam“. Quantum Universe.

Chaokang Tai. 2016. “De Tweede Gouden Eeuw van de wetenschap“. Quantum Universe.

Reviews

Chaokang Tai. 2024. “Nut en precisie”. Review of Een passie voor precisie: Frederik Kaiser (1808-1872), vader van de Leidse Sterrewacht, by Rob van der Berg. Wonderkamer 9: 67.

Chaokang Tai. 2016. Review of De ontdekkers van de hemel: De Nederlandse sterrenkunde in de twintigste eeuw, by David Baneke. Studium 9 (3): 182-184. doi: 10.18352/studium.10136.