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Vol. 104, No. 2,
June 2013
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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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