Dissertation
Chaokang Tai. 2021. Anton Pannekoek, Marxist Astronomer: Photography, Epistemic Virtues, and Political Philosophy in Early-Twentieth Century Astronomy. PhD Thesis, University of Amsterdam.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Chaokang Tai. 2019. “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. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvp7d57c.13
Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen, and Jeroen van Dongen. 2019. Introduction to Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society, pp 9-23. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvp7d57c.3
Chaokang Tai. 2017. “Left Radicalism and the Milky Way: Connecting the Scientific and Socialist Virtues of Anton Pannekoek“. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 47, no 2, pp 200-254. doi: 10.1525/hsns.2017.47.2.200
Chaokang Tai & Jeroen van Dongen. 2016. “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 (4): 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, Booklets, and Blogs
Ralph Wijers, Chaokang Tai, and Ed van den Heuvel. 2022. “Honderd jaar sterren aan de Amstel”. Zenit, July/augustus, 12-16.
Chaokang Tai. 2021. “Vroege astrofotografie in Amsterdam“. Quantum Universe (website).
Chaokang Tai. 2017. “Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960): Marxist and Astronomer“. AIP History Newsletter 49 (1): 4-5.
Jeroen van Dongen & Chaokang Tai. 2016. “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.
Chaokang Tai. 2016. “De Tweede Gouden Eeuw van de wetenschap“. Quantum Universe (website).
Reviews
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