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   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2, June 2013

   Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History
   of Science Society


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   Frontispiece

   Frontispiece

   DOI: 10.1086/672213
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: vi.


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   Articles

   Managing Uncertainty in the Academy and the Courtroom: Normal Arsenic
   and Nineteenth-Century Toxicology

   José Ramón Bertomeu-Sánchez
   DOI: 10.1086/670945
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 197-225.


   The In/visible Woman: Mariangela Ardinghelli and the Circulation of
   Knowledge between Paris and Naples in the Eighteenth Century

   Paola Bertucci
   DOI: 10.1086/670946
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 226-249.


   Botanical Smuts and Hermaphrodites: Lydia Becker, Darwin's Botany, and
   Education Reform

   Tina Gianquitto
   DOI: 10.1086/670947
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 250-277.


   A Natural History of Mathematics: George Peacock and the Making of
   English Algebra

   Kevin Lambert
   DOI: 10.1086/670948
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 278-302.


   Insect Control in Socialist China and the Corporate United States: The
   Act of Comparison, the Tendency to Forget, and the Construction of
   Difference in 1970s U.S.–Chinese Scientific Exchange

   Sigrid Schmalzer
   DOI: 10.1086/670949
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 303-329.


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   Focus: Science, History, and Modern India

   Introduction

   Jahnavi Phalkey
   DOI: 10.1086/670950
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 330-336.


   Beyond Postcolonialism … and Postpositivism: Circulation and the Global
   History of Science

   Kapil Raj
   DOI: 10.1086/670951
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 337-347.


   Well-Ordered Science and Indian Epistemic Cultures: Toward a
   Polycentered History of Science

   Jonardon Ganeri
   DOI: 10.1086/670953
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 348-359.


   Nehruvian Science and Postcolonial India

   David Arnold
   DOI: 10.1086/670954
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 360-370.


   A Historian among Scientists: Reflections on Archiving the History of
   Science in Postcolonial India

   Indira Chowdhury
   DOI: 10.1086/670955
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 371-380.


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   Letter to the Editor

   Letter to the Editor

   I. Grattan-Guinness
   DOI: 10.1086/670956
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 381.


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   General

   D. Graham Burnett. The Sounding of the Whale: Science and Cetaceans in
   the Twentieth Century.
   Review: The Sounding of the Whale: Science and Cetaceans in the
   Twentieth Century by D. Graham Burnett

   Review by: Sara Tjossem
   DOI: 10.1086/672167
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 382-383.


   Olivier Darrigol. A History of Optics: From Greek Antiquity to the
   Nineteenth Century.
   Review: A History of Optics: From Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth
   Century by Olivier Darrigol

   Review by: Alan E. Shapiro
   DOI: 10.1086/672168
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 383-384.


   Tom Koch. Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground.
   Review: Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground by Tom Koch

   Review by: Katrina Petersen
   DOI: 10.1086/672169
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 384-385.


   Joan B. Landes; Paula Young Lee; Paul Youngquist, eds. Gorgeous Beasts:
   Animal Bodies in Historical Perspective.
   Review: Gorgeous Beasts: Animal Bodies in Historical Perspective by Joan
   B. Landes; Paula Young Lee; Paul Youngquist

   Review by: Paul Lawrence Farber
   DOI: 10.1086/672170
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 385.


   Clemency Montelle. Chasing Shadows: Mathematics, Astronomy, and the
   Early History of Eclipse Reckoning.
   Review: Chasing Shadows: Mathematics, Astronomy, and the Early History
   of Eclipse Reckoning by Clemency Montelle

   Review by: Alan C. Bowen
   DOI: 10.1086/672171
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 385-387.


   Alison D. Morrison-Low; Sven Dupré; Stephen Johnston; Giorgio Strano,
   eds. From Earth-Bound to Satellite: Telescopes, Skills, and Networks.
   Review: From Earth-Bound to Satellite: Telescopes, Skills, and Networks
   by Alison D. Morrison-Low; Sven Dupré; Stephen Johnston; Giorgio Strano

   Review by: Deborah Warner
   DOI: 10.1086/672172
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 387.


   Efthymios Nicolaidis. Science and Eastern Orthodoxy: From the Greek
   Fathers to the Age of Globalization.
   Review: Science and Eastern Orthodoxy: From the Greek Fathers to the Age
   of Globalization by Efthymios Nicolaidis; Susan Emanuel

   Review by: Börje Bydén
   DOI: 10.1086/672173
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 387-388.


   Leslie Tomory. Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight
   Industry, 1780–1820.
   Review: Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry,
   1780–1820 by Leslie Tomory

   Review by: Larry Stewart
   DOI: 10.1086/672174
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 388-389.


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   Middle Ages and Renaissance

   Jean-Patrice Boudet; Anna Caiozzo; Nicolas Weill-Parot, eds. Images et
   magie: Picatrix entre Orient et Occident.
   Review: Images et magie: Picatrix entre Orient et Occident by
   Jean-Patrice Boudet; Anna Caiozzo; Nicolas Weill-Parot

   Review by: Barbara Obrist
   DOI: 10.1086/672175
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 389-390.


   Michelle Karnes. Imagination, Meditation, and Cognition in the Middle
   Ages.
   Review: Imagination, Meditation, and Cognition in the Middle Ages by
   Michelle Karnes

   Review by: A. Mark Smith
   DOI: 10.1086/672176
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 390-391.


   Richard Newhauser. The Moral Treatise on the Eye.
   Review: The Moral Treatise on the Eye by Peter of Limoges; Richard
   Newhauser

   Review by: Dallas G. DeneryII
   DOI: 10.1086/672177
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 391-392.


   Craig Martin. Renaissance Meteorology: Pomponazzi to Descartes.
   Review: Renaissance Meteorology: Pomponazzi to Descartes by Craig Martin

   Review by: H. Darrel Rutkin
   DOI: 10.1086/672178
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 392-393.


   Laurence Moulinier-Brogi. L'uroscopie au Moyen Âge: “Lire dans un verre
   la nature de l'homme.”.
   Review: L'uroscopie au Moyen Âge: “Lire dans un verre la nature de
   l'homme.” by Laurence Moulinier-Brogi

   Review by: Joseph Ziegler
   DOI: 10.1086/672179
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 393-394.


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   Early Modern (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries)

   Marcelo Dascal; Victor D. Boantza, eds. Controversies within the
   Scientific Revolution.
   Review: Controversies within the Scientific Revolution by Marcelo
   Dascal; Victor D. Boantza

   Review by: Peter Machamer and Benjamin Goldberg
   DOI: 10.1086/672180
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 394-395.


   Martin Gierl. Geschichte als präzisierte Wissenschaft: Johann Christoph
   Gatterer und die Historiographie des 18. Jahrhunderts im ganzen Umfang.
   Review: Geschichte als präzisierte Wissenschaft: Johann Christoph
   Gatterer und die Historiographie des 18. Jahrhunderts im ganzen Umfang
   by Martin Gierl

   Review by: Michael C. Carhart
   DOI: 10.1086/672181
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 395-396.


   James E. McClellan; François Regourd. The Colonial Machine: French
   Science and Overseas Expansion in the Old Regime.
   Review: The Colonial Machine: French Science and Overseas Expansion in
   the Old Regime by James E. McClellan III; François Regourd

   Review by: Dorinda Outram
   DOI: 10.1086/672182
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 396-398.


   Édouard Mehl; Nicolas Roudet, eds. Kepler: La physique céleste: Autour
   de l' Astronomia Nova (1609).
   Review: Kepler: La physique céleste: Autour de l' Astronomia Nova (1609)
   by Édouard Mehl; Nicolas Roudet

   Review by: Francesco Barreca
   DOI: 10.1086/672183
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 398-399.


   Jürgen Renn; Peter Damerow. The Equilibrium Controversy: Guidobaldo del
   Monte's Critical Notes on the Mechanics of Jordanus and Benedetti and
   Their Historical and Conceptual Background.
   Review: The Equilibrium Controversy: Guidobaldo del Monte's Critical
   Notes on the Mechanics of Jordanus and Benedetti and Their Historical
   and Conceptual Background by Jürgen Renn; Peter Damerow

   Review by: Paolo Palmieri
   DOI: 10.1086/672184
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 399-400.


   Steven Seegel. Mapping Europe's Borderlands: Russian Cartography in the
   Age of Empire.
   Review: Mapping Europe's Borderlands: Russian Cartography in the Age of
   Empire by Steven Seegel

   Review by: Michael D. Gordin
   DOI: 10.1086/672185
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 400-401.


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   Modern (Nineteenth Century to 1950)

   Margaret E. Derry. Art and Science in Breeding: Creating Better
   Chickens.
   Review: Art and Science in Breeding: Creating Better Chickens by
   Margaret E. Derry

   Review by: Kathy J. Cooke
   DOI: 10.1086/672186
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 401-402.


   Andrew D. Evans. Anthropology at War: World War I and the Science of
   Race in Germany.
   Review: Anthropology at War: World War I and the Science of Race in
   Germany by Andrew D. Evans

   Review by: Paul Weindling
   DOI: 10.1086/672187
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 402-403.


   Carmel Finley. All the Fish in the Sea: Maximum Sustainable Yield and
   the Failure of Fisheries Management.
   Review: All the Fish in the Sea: Maximum Sustainable Yield and the
   Failure of Fisheries Management by Carmel Finley

   Review by: Chris Reid
   DOI: 10.1086/672188
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 403-404.


   Steven Gimbel. Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of
   Politics and Religion.
   Review: Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of
   Politics and Religion by Steven Gimbel

   Review by: Giorgio Israel
   DOI: 10.1086/672189
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 404-405.


   Anja Skaar Jacobsen. Léon Rosenfeld: Physics, Philosophy, and Politics
   in the Twentieth Century.
   Review: Léon Rosenfeld: Physics, Philosophy, and Politics in the
   Twentieth Century by Anja Skaar Jacobsen

   Review by: Simone Turchetti
   DOI: 10.1086/672190
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 405-406.


   Frank A. J. L. James, ed. The Correspondence of Michael Faraday.
   Review: The Correspondence of Michael Faraday by Frank A. J. L. James

   Review by: Iwan Rhys Morus
   DOI: 10.1086/672191
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 406-407.


   Joe Kember; John Plunkett; Jill A. Sullivan, eds. Popular Exhibitions,
   Science, and Showmanship, 1840–1910.
   Review: Popular Exhibitions, Science, and Showmanship, 1840–1910 by Joe
   Kember; John Plunkett; Jill A. Sullivan

   Review by: Julie K. Brown
   DOI: 10.1086/672192
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 407-408.


   Raimo Lehti; Tapio Markkanen. History of Astronomy in Finland,
   1828–1918.
   Review: History of Astronomy in Finland, 1828–1918 by Raimo Lehti; Tapio
   Markkanen

   Review by: Gustav Holmberg
   DOI: 10.1086/672193
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 408-409.


   Daniel Lewis. The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of
   Birds.
   Review: The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds
   by Daniel Lewis

   Review by: Frederick R. Davis
   DOI: 10.1086/672194
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 409-410.


   Geertje Mak. Doubting Sex: Inscriptions, Bodies, and Selves in
   Nineteenth-Century Hermaphrodite Case Histories.
   Review: Doubting Sex: Inscriptions, Bodies, and Selves in
   Nineteenth-Century Hermaphrodite Case Histories by Geertje Mak

   Review by: Georgiann Davis
   DOI: 10.1086/672195
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 410-411.


   Marie-Ann Maushart. Hertha Sponer: A Woman's Life as a Physicist in the
   Twentieth Century: “So You Won't Forget Me.”.
   Review: Hertha Sponer: A Woman's Life as a Physicist in the Twentieth
   Century: “So You Won't Forget Me.” by Marie-Ann Maushart; Annette Vogt;
   Ralph A. Morris; Brenda P. Winnewisser

   Review by: Elise Crull
   DOI: 10.1086/672196
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 411-412.


   Staffan Müller-Wille; Hans-Jörg Rheinberger. A Cultural History of
   Heredity.
   Review: A Cultural History of Heredity by Staffan Müller-Wille;
   Hans-Jörg Rheinberger

   Review by: Peter J. Bowler
   DOI: 10.1086/672197
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 412.


   Denise Phillips. Acolytes of Nature: Defining Natural Science in
   Germany, 1770–1850.
   Review: Acolytes of Nature: Defining Natural Science in Germany,
   1770–1850 by Denise Phillips

   Review by: Steven Turner
   DOI: 10.1086/672198
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 413.


   Phillip R. Sloan; Brandon Fogel, eds. Creating a Physical Biology: The
   Three-Man Paper and Early Molecular Biology.
   Review: Creating a Physical Biology: The Three-Man Paper and Early
   Molecular Biology by Phillip R. Sloan; Brandon Fogel

   Review by: Alexander von Schwerin
   DOI: 10.1086/672199
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 414-415.


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   Recent (1950–)

   Matthew N. Eisler. Overpotential: Fuel Cells, Futurism, and the Making
   of a Power Panacea.
   Review: Overpotential: Fuel Cells, Futurism, and the Making of a Power
   Panacea by Matthew N. Eisler

   Review by: Richard Hirsh
   DOI: 10.1086/672200
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 415-416.


   Michael D. Gordin. The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the
   Birth of the Modern Fringe.
   Review: The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the
   Modern Fringe by Michael D. Gordin

   Review by: Mott Greene
   DOI: 10.1086/672201
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 416-417.


   Jeremy A. Greene; Elizabeth Siegel Watkins, eds. Prescribed: Writing,
   Filling, Using, and Abusing the Prescription in Modern America.
   Review: Prescribed: Writing, Filling, Using, and Abusing the
   Prescription in Modern America by Jeremy A. Greene; Elizabeth Siegel
   Watkins

   Review by: Robert A. Buerki
   DOI: 10.1086/672202
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 417-418.


   Mark Solovey; Hamilton Cravens, eds. Cold War Social Science: Knowledge
   Production, Liberal Democracy, and Human Nature.
   Review: Cold War Social Science: Knowledge Production, Liberal
   Democracy, and Human Nature by Mark Solovey; Hamilton Cravens

   Review by: Greg Eghigian
   DOI: 10.1086/672203
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 418-419.


   Peter J. Westwick; William Deverell, eds. Blue Sky Metropolis: The
   Aerospace Century in Southern California.
   Review: Blue Sky Metropolis: The Aerospace Century in Southern
   California by Peter J. Westwick; William Deverell

   Review by: Stephen Johnson
   DOI: 10.1086/672204
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 419-420.


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   Sociology and Philosophy of Science

   Mary Jo Nye. Michael Polanyi and His Generation: Origins of the Social
   Construction of Science.
   Review: Michael Polanyi and His Generation: Origins of the Social
   Construction of Science by Mary Jo Nye

   Review by: Matthias Dörries
   DOI: 10.1086/672205
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 420-421.


   Trevor Pinch; Karin Bijsterveld, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Sound
   Studies.
   Review: The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies by Trevor Pinch; Karin
   Bijsterveld

   Review by: Volker Smyrek
   DOI: 10.1086/672206
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 421-422.


   Edmund Russell. Evolutionary History: Uniting History and Biology to
   Understand Life on Earth.
   Review: Evolutionary History: Uniting History and Biology to Understand
   Life on Earth by Edmund Russell

   Review by: John M. Lynch
   DOI: 10.1086/672207
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 422-423.


   K. Brad Wray. Kuhn's Evolutionary Social Epistemology.
   Review: Kuhn's Evolutionary Social Epistemology by K. Brad Wray

   Review by: Stefano Gattei
   DOI: 10.1086/672208
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 423-424.


   Notes on Contributors

   DOI: 10.1086/670958
   Isis
   Vol. 104, No. 2: 425-428.

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