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Vol. 104, No. 1,
March 2013
Published by:
The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History
of Science
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Frontispiece
Frontispiece
DOI:
10.1086/670921
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Articles
The Lab and the
Land: Overcoming the Arctic in Cold War Alaska
Matthew Farish
DOI:
10.1086/669881
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Vol. 104, No. 1:
1-29.
“A Triumph of
Brains over Brute”: Women and Science at the Horticultural
College,
Swanley, 1890–1910
Donald L. Opitz
DOI:
10.1086/669882
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Vol. 104, No. 1:
30-62.
The Aesthetics
of Laboratory Inscription: Claude Bernard's Cahier Rouge
Atia Sattar
DOI:
10.1086/669883
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Vol. 104, No. 1:
63-85.
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Focus: The
Future of the History of Science
Introduction
Bernard Lightman
DOI:
10.1086/669893
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
86-87.
The History of
Science as Oxymoron: From Scientific Exceptionalism to
Episcience
Ken Alder
DOI:
10.1086/669889
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
88-101.
The Global and
Beyond: Adventures in the Local Historiographies of
Science
Carla Nappi
DOI:
10.1086/669894
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
102-110.
Ancient Science
in a Digital Age
Daryn Lehoux
DOI:
10.1086/669892
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
111-118.
Computational
Perspectives in the History of Science: To the Memory of
Peter Damerow
Manfred D.
Laubichler, Jane Maienschein, and Jürgen Renn
DOI:
10.1086/669891
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
119-130.
The Shape of the
History of Science Profession, 2038: A Prospective
Retrospective
Lynn K. Nyhart
DOI:
10.1086/669895
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Vol. 104, No. 1:
131-139.
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Essay Review
A Truly Impure
Science: Researchers, Industrialists, and the Cigarette
Review: Golden
Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the
Case for
Abolition by Robert N. Proctor
Review by: Ilana
Löwy
DOI:
10.1086/669888
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
140-144.
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General
Julie Anderson;
Emm Barnes; Emma Shackleton; Antony Gormley. The Art of
Medicine: Over
Two Thousand Years of Images and Imagination.
Review: The Art
of Medicine: Over Two Thousand Years of Images and
Imagination by
Julie Anderson; Emm Barnes; Emma Shackleton; Antony
Gormley
Review by:
Rebecca Messbarger
DOI:
10.1086/670864
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
145.
Alison Bashford;
Philippa Levine, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the
History of
Eugenics.
Review: The
Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics by Alison
Bashford;
Philippa Levine
Review by:
Pauline M. H. Mazumdar
DOI:
10.1086/670865
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
146-147.
Mark E.
Borrello. Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of
Group Selection.
Review:
Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group
Selection by
Mark E. Borrello
Review by:
Patricia Princehouse
DOI:
10.1086/670866
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
147-148.
Jordana Dym;
Karl Offen, eds. Mapping Latin America: A Cartographic
Reader.
Review: Mapping
Latin America: A Cartographic Reader by Jordana Dym;
Karl Offen
Review by: Eve
Buckley
DOI:
10.1086/670867
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
148-149.
Nadia Abu
El-Haj. The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish
Origins and the
Politics of Epistemology.
Review: The
Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the
Politics of
Epistemology by Nadia Abu El-Haj
Review by:
Marianne Sommer
DOI:
10.1086/670868
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
149-150.
Christina Folke
Ax; Niels Brimnes; Niklas Thode Jensen; Karen Oslund,
eds. Cultivating
the Colonies: Colonial States and Their Environmental
Legacies.
Review:
Cultivating the Colonies: Colonial States and Their
Environmental
Legacies by Christina Folke Ax; Niels Brimnes; Niklas
Thode Jensen;
Karen Oslund
Review by:
Camilo Quintero
DOI:
10.1086/670869
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
150-151.
Markus
Krajewski. Paper Machines: About Cards and Catalogs, 1548–1929.
Review: Paper
Machines: About Cards and Catalogs, 1548–1929 by Markus
Krajewski
Review by:
Gregoire Chamayou
DOI:
10.1086/670870
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
151-152.
Gregory
Schrempp. The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science: A Mythologist
Looks (Seriously)
at Popular Science Writing.
Review: The
Ancient Mythology of Modern Science: A Mythologist Looks
(Seriously) at
Popular Science Writing by Gregory Schrempp
Review by: David
Knight
DOI:
10.1086/670871
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
152-153.
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Antiquity
Richard A.
Gabriel. Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of
Military
Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople.
Review: Man and
Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military
Medicine from
Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople by Richard A. Gabriel
Review by:
Laurence Totelin
DOI:
10.1086/670872
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
153-154.
Steven
Johnstone. A History of Trust in Ancient Greece.
Review: A
History of Trust in Ancient Greece by Steven Johnstone
Review by: Daryn
Lehoux
DOI:
10.1086/670873
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
154-155.
Daryn Lehoux.
What Did the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and
Worldmaking.
Review: What Did
the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and
Worldmaking by
Daryn Lehoux
Review by: Karin
Verelst
DOI:
10.1086/670874
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
155-156.
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Middle Ages and
Renaissance
Johannes
Fontana; Horst Kranz, eds. Opera iuvenalia de rotis horologiis
et
mensuris/Jugendwerke über Räder, Uhren und Messungen.
Review: Opera
iuvenalia de rotis horologiis et mensuris/Jugendwerke über
Räder, Uhren und
Messungen by Johannes Fontana; Horst Kranz
Review by:
Rainer Leng
DOI:
10.1086/670875
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
156-157.
Glyn Parry. The
Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee.
Review: The
Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee by Glyn Parry
Review by:
Nicholas Popper
DOI:
10.1086/670876
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
157-158.
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Early Modern
(Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries)
Frédérique
Aït-Touati; Susan Emanuel. Fictions of the Cosmos: Science
and Literature
in the Seventeenth Century.
Review: Fictions
of the Cosmos: Science and Literature in the
Seventeenth
Century by Frédérique Aït-Touati; Susan Emanuel
Review by: Timothy
Reiss
DOI:
10.1086/670877
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
158-159.
Luca Ciancio;
Gian Paolo Romagnani. Unità del sapere molteplicità dei
saperi Francesco
Bianchini (1662–1729) tra natura, storia e religione.
Review: Unità
del sapere molteplicità dei saperi Francesco Bianchini
(1662–1729) tra
natura, storia e religione by Luca Ciancio; Gian Paolo
Romagnani
Review by: Massimo
Mazzotti
DOI:
10.1086/670878
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
159-160.
Sorana Corneanu.
Regimens of the Mind: Boyle, Locke, and the Early
Modern Cultura
Animi Tradition.
Review: Regimens
of the Mind: Boyle, Locke, and the Early Modern Cultura
Animi Tradition
by Sorana Corneanu
Review by:
Michael Hunter
DOI:
10.1086/670879
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
160-161.
James D. Drake.
The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave
Rise to the
United States of America.
Review: The
Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to
the United
States of America by James D. Drake
Review by: Emily
Pawley
DOI:
10.1086/670880
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
161-162.
Michael Elazar.
Honoré Fabri and the Concept of Impetus: A Bridge
between
Conceptual Frameworks.
Review: Honoré
Fabri and the Concept of Impetus: A Bridge between
Conceptual
Frameworks by Michael Elazar
Review by: Carla
Rita Palmerino
DOI:
10.1086/670881
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
162-163.
Harry B. Evans.
Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn: Kircher's Latium and
Its Legacy.
Review:
Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn: Kircher's Latium and Its Legacy
by Harry B.
Evans
Review by:
Benjamin B. Olshin
DOI:
10.1086/670882
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
163-164.
Amy R. W.
Meyers; Lisa L. Ford, eds. Knowing Nature: Art and Science in
Philadelphia,
1740–1840.
Review: Knowing
Nature: Art and Science in Philadelphia, 1740–1840 by
Amy R. W.
Meyers; Lisa L. Ford
Review by: Sara
Stidstone Gronim
DOI:
10.1086/670883
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
164-165.
Lissa Roberts,
ed. Centres and Cycles of Accumulation in and around the
Netherlands
during the Early Modern Period.
Review: Centres
and Cycles of Accumulation in and around the Netherlands
during the Early
Modern Period by Lissa Roberts
Review by:
Benjamin J. Sacks
DOI:
10.1086/670884
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
165-166.
Carl Wennerlind.
Casualties of Credit: The English Financial Revolution,
1620–1720.
Review:
Casualties of Credit: The English Financial Revolution,
1620–1720 by
Carl Wennerlind
Review by:
D'Maris Coffman
DOI:
10.1086/670885
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
166-167.
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Modern
(Nineteenth Century to 1950)
Jeffrey Abt.
American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and
the Creation of
His Oriental Institute.
Review: American
Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the
Creation of His
Oriental Institute by Jeffrey Abt
Review by:
Kathleen L. Sheppard
DOI:
10.1086/670886
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
167-168.
Silvia Berger.
Bakterien in Krieg und Frieden: Eine Geschichte der
medizinischen
Bakteriologie in Deutschland, 1890–1933.
Review:
Bakterien in Krieg und Frieden: Eine Geschichte der
medizinischen
Bakteriologie in Deutschland, 1890–1933 by Silvia Berger
Review by:
Jean-Paul Gaudillière
DOI:
10.1086/670887
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
168-170.
Geoffrey C.
Bunn. The Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie
Detector.
Review: The
Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie Detector by
Geoffrey C. Bunn
Review by: Ken
Alder
DOI:
10.1086/670888
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
170-171.
Claudine Cohen.
La méthode de Zadig: La trace, le fossile, la
preuve.Arnaud
Hurel. L'abbé Breuil: Un préhistorien dans le siècle.
Review: La
méthode de Zadig: La trace, le fossile, la preuveL'abbé
Breuil: Un
préhistorien dans le siècle by Claudine Cohen; Arnaud Hurel
Review by:
Michael Chazan
DOI:
10.1086/670889
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
171-172.
Michael Eckert.
Heinrich Hertz.
Review: Heinrich
Hertz by Michael Eckert
Review by:
Alfred Nordmann
DOI:
10.1086/670890
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
172-173.
Caroline
Ehrhardt. Évariste Galois: La fabrication d'une icône
mathématique.
Review: Évariste Galois: La fabrication d'une
icône mathématique by
Caroline
Ehrhardt
Review by:
Hélène Gispert
DOI:
10.1086/670891
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
173-174.
Kostas Gavroglu;
Ana Simões. Neither Physics nor Chemistry: A History of
Quantum
Chemistry.
Review: Neither
Physics nor Chemistry: A History of Quantum Chemistry by
Kostas Gavroglu;
Ana Simões
Review by:
Jeremiah James
DOI:
10.1086/670892
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
174-175.
Karen Jelved;
Andrew D. Jackson, eds. The Travel Letters of H. C.
Ørsted.
Review: The
Travel Letters of H. C. Ørsted by Karen Jelved; Andrew D.
Jackson
Review by: Anja
Skaar Jacobsen
DOI:
10.1086/670893
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
175-176.
Jost Lemmerich;
Christian Matthei, eds. Mein lieber Sohn! Die Briefe von
Max von Laue an
seinen Sohn Theodor in den Vereinigten Staaten von
Amerika 1937 bis
1946.
Review: Mein
lieber Sohn! Die Briefe von Max von Laue an seinen Sohn
Theodor in den
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika 1937 bis 1946 by Jost
Lemmerich;
Christian Matthei
Review by: Alan
Beyerchen
DOI:
10.1086/670894
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
176-177.
Deborah J.
Neill. Networks in Tropical Medicine: Internationalism,
Colonialism, and
the Rise of a Medical Specialty, 1890–1930.
Review: Networks
in Tropical Medicine: Internationalism, Colonialism,
and the Rise of
a Medical Specialty, 1890–1930 by Deborah J. Neill
Review by:
Markku Hokkanen
DOI:
10.1086/670895
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
177-178.
Howard Padwa.
Social Poison: The Culture and Politics of Opiate Control
in Britain and
France, 1821–1926.
Review: Social
Poison: The Culture and Politics of Opiate Control in
Britain and
France, 1821–1926 by Howard Padwa
Review by:
Stephanie Snow
DOI:
10.1086/670896
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
178-179.
Lauren Redniss.
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and
Fallout.
Review:
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
by Lauren
Redniss
Review by:
Charlotte Bigg
DOI:
10.1086/670897
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
179-180.
Jeremy Rich.
Missing Links: The African and American Worlds of R. L.
Garner, Primate
Collector.
Review: Missing
Links: The African and American Worlds of R. L. Garner,
Primate
Collector by Jeremy Rich
Review by:
Amanda Rees
DOI:
10.1086/670898
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
180.
Simone
Turchetti. The Pontecorvo Affair: A Cold War Defection and
Nuclear Physics.
Review: The
Pontecorvo Affair: A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics
by Simone
Turchetti
Review by: Mark
Walker
DOI:
10.1086/670899
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
180-181.
Klaas van
Berkel. De stem van de wetenschap: Geschiedenis van de
Koninklijke
Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Volume 2: 1914–2008.
Review: De stem
van de wetenschap: Geschiedenis van de Koninklijke
Nederlandse
Akademie van Wetenschappen. Volume 2: 1914–2008 by Klaas van
Berkel
Review by: Ida
Stamhuis
DOI: 10.1086/670900
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
181-182.
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Recent (1950–)
Marco Celentano.
Konrad Lorenz e l'etologia contemporanea: L'eredità
problematica di
uno scienziato inattuale.
Review: Konrad
Lorenz e l'etologia contemporanea: L'eredità problematica
di uno
scienziato inattuale by Marco Celentano
Review by:
Silvia Caianiello
DOI:
10.1086/670901
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
182-183.
Gabrielle Hecht.
Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade.
Review: Being
Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade by
Gabrielle Hecht
Review by: Jacob
Darwin Hamblin
DOI:
10.1086/670902
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
183-184.
Andrew S.
Mathews. Instituting Nature: Authority, Expertise, and Power
in Mexican
Forests.
Review:
Instituting Nature: Authority, Expertise, and Power in Mexican
Forests by
Andrew S. Mathews
Review by:
Camilo Quintero
DOI:
10.1086/670903
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
184-185.
Nicoli Nattrass.
The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back.
Review: The AIDS
Conspiracy: Science Fights Back by Nicoli Nattrass
Review by: Lucas
Richert
DOI:
10.1086/670904
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
185-186.
Joseph November.
Biomedical Computing: Digitizing Life in the United
States.
Review:
Biomedical Computing: Digitizing Life in the United States by
Joseph November
Review by:
Hallam Stevens
DOI:
10.1086/670905
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
186-187.
Duncan Wilson.
Tissue Culture in Science and Society: The Public Life of
a Biological
Technique in Twentieth Century Britain.
Review: Tissue
Culture in Science and Society: The Public Life of a
Biological
Technique in Twentieth Century Britain by Duncan Wilson
Review by: Karin Tybjerg and Adam Bencard
DOI:
10.1086/670906
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
187-188.
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Sociology and
Philosophy of Science
David Bloor. The
Enigma of the Aerofoil: Rival Theories in Aerodynamics,
1909–1930.
Review: The
Enigma of the Aerofoil: Rival Theories in Aerodynamics,
1909–1930 by
David Bloor
Review by: Alex
Roland
DOI:
10.1086/670907
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
188-189.
William L.
Harper. Isaac Newton's Scientific Method: Turning Data into
Evidence about
Gravity and Cosmology.
Review: Isaac
Newton's Scientific Method: Turning Data into Evidence
about Gravity
and Cosmology by William L. Harper
Review by: Ori
Belkind
DOI: 10.1086/670908
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
189-190.
Joel Isaac.
Working Knowledge: Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to
Kuhn.
Review: Working
Knowledge: Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to
Kuhn by Joel
Isaac
Review by:
Michael Pettit
DOI:
10.1086/670909
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
190-191.
Notes on
Contributors
DOI:
10.1086/669897
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1:
192-195.
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