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Frontispiece
Frontispiece
DOI:
10.1086/667466
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
vi.
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Articles
Hybridity, Race,
and Science: The Voyage of the Zaca, 1934–1935
Warwick Anderson
DOI:
10.1086/666354
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
229-253.
Predicting the
Past: Ancient Eclipses and Airy, Newcomb, and Huxley on
the Authority of
Science
Matthew Stanley
DOI:
10.1086/666355
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
254-277.
Breeding for
Nobility or for Production? Cultures of Dairy Cattle
Breeding in the
Netherlands, 1945–1995
Bert Theunissen
DOI:
10.1086/666356
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
278-309.
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Focus: Follow
the Money: Networks, Peers, and Patronage in the History
of Science
The Money Trail:
A New Historiography for Networks, Patronage, and
Scientific
Careers
Casper Andersen,
Jakob Bek-Thomsen, and Peter C. Kjærgaard
DOI:
10.1086/666357
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
310-315.
Time, Money, and
History
David Edgerton
DOI:
10.1086/666358
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
316-327.
Reluctant
Entrepreneurs: Patents and State Patronage in New
Technosciences,
circa 1870–1930
Christine
MacLeod
DOI:
10.1086/666359
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
328-339.
The Fossil
Trade: Paying a Price for Human Origins
Peter C.
Kjærgaard
DOI:
10.1086/666365
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
340-355.
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News of the
Profession
History of
Science Society Annual Meeting, 2011
DOI:
10.1086/667467
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
356-362.
Eloge: Frank M.
Turner, 1944–2010
Jeffrey von Arx,
S.J. and Bernard Lightman
DOI:
10.1086/667468
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
362-365.
Eloge: Joan
Vernet Ginés, 1923–2011
Thomas F. Glick
DOI:
10.1086/667469
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
365-367.
Eloge: Marjorie
Kelly Webster, 1915–2011
Marvin Bolt
DOI:
10.1086/667470
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
367-371.
Eloge: Hans
Wußing, 1927– 2011
Sonja Brentjes
DOI:
10.1086/667471
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
371-375.
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Essay Review
Science under
Inquisition: Heresy and Knowledge in Catholic Reformation
Rome
Paula Findlen
and Hannah Marcus
DOI:
10.1086/666367
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
376-382.
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Book
ReviewsGeneral
Matthias Baaz;
Christos H. Papadimitriou; Hilary W. Putnam; Dana S.
Scott; Charles
L. Harper, eds. Kurt Gödel and the Foundations of
Mathematics:
Horizons of Truth.
Kurt Gödel and
the Foundations of Mathematics: Horizons of Truth
by Matthias
Baaz; Christos H. Papadimitriou; Hilary W. Putnam; Dana S.
Scott; Charles
L. Harper Jr
Paolo Mancosu
DOI:
10.1086/667472
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
383-384.
Veit Erlmann. Reason
and Resonance: A History of Modern Aurality.
Reason and
Resonance: A History of Modern Aurality
by Veit Erlmann
Matthias Rieger
DOI:
10.1086/667473
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
384.
Minsoo Kang. Sublime Dreams of Living
Machines: The Automaton in the
European
Imagination.
Sublime Dreams
of Living Machines: The Automaton in the European
Imagination
by Minsoo Kang
Jessica Keating
DOI:
10.1086/667474
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
385-386.
Ilana Löwy.
Preventive Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic
Surgery.
Preventive
Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery
by Ilana Löwy
Carsten
Timmermann
DOI:
10.1086/667475
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
386-387.
Stephen
Pemberton. The Bleeding Disease: Hemophilia and the Unintended
Consequences of
Medical Progress.
The Bleeding
Disease: Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of
Medical Progress
by Stephen
Pemberton
William G.
Rothstein
DOI:
10.1086/667477
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
387-388.
Alberto A.
Martínez. Science Secrets: The Truth about Darwin's Finches,
Einstein's Wife,
and Other Myths.
Science Secrets:
The Truth about Darwin's Finches, Einstein's Wife, and
Other Myths
by Alberto A.
Martínez
David Knight
DOI:
10.1086/667476
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
387.
Martin Reuss;
Stephen H. Cutcliffe, eds. The Illusory Boundary:
Environment and
Technology in History.
The Illusory
Boundary: Environment and Technology in History
by Martin Reuss;
Stephen H. Cutcliffe
Peder Anker
DOI:
10.1086/667478
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
388-389.
Elizabeth
Stephens. Anatomy as Spectacle: Public Exhibitions of the Body
from 1700 to the
Present.
Anatomy as
Spectacle: Public Exhibitions of the Body from 1700 to the
Present
by Elizabeth
Stephens
Nadja Durbach
DOI: 10.1086/667479
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
389-390.
Paul U.
Unschuld; Karen Reimers. What Is Medicine? Western and Eastern
Approaches to
Healing.
What Is
Medicine? Western and Eastern Approaches to Healing
by Paul U.
Unschuld;
Helaine Selin
DOI:
10.1086/667480
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
390-391.
Karl Wulff.
Bedrohte Wahrheit: Der Islam und die modernen
Naturwissenschaften.
Bedrohte
Wahrheit: Der Islam und die modernen Naturwissenschaften
by Karl Wulff
Anna Akasoy
DOI:
10.1086/667481
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
391-392.
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Book
ReviewsAntiquity
Florence
Bretelle-Establet, ed. Looking at It from Asia: The Processes
That Shaped the
Sources of History of Science.
Looking at It
from Asia: The Processes That Shaped the Sources of
History of
Science
by Florence
Bretelle-Establet
John Steele
DOI:
10.1086/667482
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
392-393.
Lloyd P. Gerson,
ed. The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late
Antiquity.
The Cambridge
History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity
by Lloyd P.
Gerson
David E. Hahm
DOI:
10.1086/667483
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
393-395.
Christopher
Gill; Tim Whitmarsh; John Wilkins, eds. Galen and the World
of Knowledge.
Galen and the
World of Knowledge
by Christopher
Gill; Tim Whitmarsh; John Wilkins
Charlotte
Schubert
DOI:
10.1086/667484
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
395-396.
Andreas
Kleineberg; Christian Marx; Eberhard Knobloch; Dieter Lelgemann.
Germania und die
Insel Thule: Die Entschlüsselung von Ptolemaios' “Atlas
der Oikumene.”.
Germania und die
Insel Thule: Die Entschlüsselung von Ptolemaios' “Atlas
der Oikumene.”
by Andreas
Kleineberg; Christian Marx; Eberhard Knobloch; Dieter
Lelgemann
Petra G. Schmidl
DOI:
10.1086/667485
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
396.
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Book
ReviewsMiddle Ages and Renaissance
Bede; Calvin B.
Kendall; Faith Wallis. “On the Nature of Things” and “On
Times.”.
“On the Nature
of Things” and “On Times.”
by Bede;
Scott DeGregorio
DOI:
10.1086/667486
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
396-397.
Angelo Cattaneo.
Fra Mauro's Mappa Mundi and Fifteenth-Century Venice.
Fra Mauro's
Mappa Mundi and Fifteenth-Century Venice
by Angelo
Cattaneo
Pamela O. Long
DOI:
10.1086/667487
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
397-398.
Edward Grant.
The Nature of Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages.
The Nature of
Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages
by Edward Grant
Stefano Caroti
DOI:
10.1086/667488
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
398-399.
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Book
ReviewsEarly Modern (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries)
Massimo
Bucciantini; Michele Camerota, eds. Scienza e religione: Scritti
copernicani.Alfredo Damanti. Libertas philosophandi: Teologia e
filosofia nella
lettera alla granduchessa Cristina di Lorena di Galileo
Galilei.
Scienza e
religione: Scritti copernicani
by Massimo
Bucciantini; Michele Camerota;
Libertas
philosophandi: Teologia e filosofia nella lettera alla
granduchessa
Cristina di Lorena di Galileo Galilei
by Alfredo
Damanti
Maurice A.
Finocchiaro
DOI:
10.1086/667489
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
400.
Maria Pia
Donato; Jill Kraye, eds. Conflicting Duties: Science,
Medicine, and
Religion in Rome, 1550–1750.
Conflicting
Duties: Science, Medicine, and Religion in Rome, 1550–1750
by Maria Pia Donato;
Jill Kraye
Jonathan Seitz
DOI:
10.1086/667490
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
401-402.
Larrie D.
Ferreiro. Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition
That Reshaped
the World.
Measure of the
Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped the
World
by Larrie D.
Ferreiro
Larry Stewart
DOI:
10.1086/667491
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
402-403.
Maurice A.
Finocchiaro. Defending Copernicus and Galileo: Critical
Reasoning in the
Two Affairs.
Defending
Copernicus and Galileo: Critical Reasoning in the Two Affairs
by Maurice A.
Finocchiaro
Massimo
Bucciantini
DOI:
10.1086/667492
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
403-404.
Paul F.
Grendler. The University of Mantua, the Gonzaga, and the
Jesuits,
1584–1630.
The University
of Mantua, the Gonzaga, and the Jesuits, 1584–1630
by Paul F.
Grendler
Susana Gómez
DOI:
10.1086/667493
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
404-405.
Kristine Louise
Haugen. Richard Bentley: Poetry and Enlightenment.
Richard Bentley:
Poetry and Enlightenment
by Kristine
Louise Haugen
Lisa T. Sarasohn
DOI:
10.1086/667494
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
405-406.
Georg Christoph
Lichtenberg; Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen,
eds. Vorlesungen
zur Naturlehre: Notizen und Materialien zur
Experimentalphysik, Teil I.
Vorlesungen zur
Naturlehre: Notizen und Materialien zur
Experimentalphysik, Teil I
by Georg
Christoph Lichtenberg;
Thomas Broman
DOI: 10.1086/667495
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
406-407.
Dagmar Schäfer.
The Crafting of the Ten Thousand Things: Knowledge and
Technology in
Seventeenth-Century China.
The Crafting of
the Ten Thousand Things: Knowledge and Technology in
Seventeenth-Century China
by Dagmar
Schäfer
Chu Pingyi
DOI:
10.1086/667496
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
407-408.
Albert Van
Helden; Sven Dupré; Rob van Gent; Huib Zuidervaart, eds. The
Origins of the
Telescope.
The Origins of
the Telescope
by Albert Van
Helden; Sven Dupré; Rob van Gent; Huib Zuidervaart
Jim Bennett
DOI:
10.1086/667497
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
408-410.
Baichun Zhang;
Miao Tian; Matthias Schemmel; Jürgen Renn; Peter Damerow,
eds. Chuanbo yu
huitong: Qiqi tushuo yanjiu yu jiaoyi. [Transmission and
Integration:
“Qiqi tushuo.”].
Chuanbo yu
huitong: Qiqi tushuo yanjiu yu jiaoyi. [Transmission and
Integration:
“Qiqi tushuo.”]
by Baichun
Zhang; Miao Tian;
Minghui Hu
DOI:
10.1086/667498
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
410-411.
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Book
ReviewsModern (Nineteenth Century to 1950)
Daniel E.
Bender. American Abyss: Savagery and Civilization in the Age
of Industry.
American Abyss:
Savagery and Civilization in the Age of Industry
by Daniel E.
Bender
Garland E. Allen
DOI:
10.1086/667499
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
411-412.
Ursula DeYoung.
A Vision of Modern Science: John Tyndall and the Role of
the Scientist in
Victorian Culture.
A Vision of
Modern Science: John Tyndall and the Role of the Scientist
in Victorian
Culture
by Ursula
DeYoung
Efram
Sera-Shriar
DOI:
10.1086/667500
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
412-413.
Noyan Dinçkal;
Christof Dipper; Detlev Mares, eds. Selbstmobilisierung
der
Wissenschaft: Technische Hochschulen im “Dritten Reich.”.
Selbstmobilisierung der Wissenschaft: Technische Hochschulen im “Dritten
Reich.”
by Noyan
Dinçkal; Christof Dipper; Detlev Mares
Jeffrey Allan
Johnson
DOI:
10.1086/667501
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
413-414.
Dieter Hoffmann;
Mark Walker, eds. “Fremde” Wissenschaftler im Dritten
Reich: Die
Debye-Affäre im Kontext.
“Fremde”
Wissenschaftler im Dritten Reich: Die Debye-Affäre im Kontext
by Dieter
Hoffmann; Mark Walker
Arne
Schirrmacher
DOI:
10.1086/667502
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
414-415.
Edward J.
Larson. An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic
Age of Antarctic
Science.
An Empire of
Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic
Science
by Edward J.
Larson
Vera Schwach
DOI:
10.1086/667503
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
415-416.
Frances Larson.
An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected
the World.
An Infinity of
Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World
by Frances
Larson
John Pickstone
DOI:
10.1086/667504
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
416-417.
Ulrike Leitner;
Eberhard Knobloch, eds. Alexander von Humboldt und
Cotta:
Briefwechsel.Ulrich Päßler. Ein “Diplomat aus den Wäldern des
Orinoko”:
Alexander von Humboldt als Mittler zwischen Preußen und
Frankreich.
Alexander von
Humboldt und Cotta: Briefwechsel
by Ulrike
Leitner; Eberhard Knobloch;
Ein “Diplomat
aus den Wäldern des Orinoko”: Alexander von Humboldt als
Mittler zwischen
Preußen und Frankreich
by Ulrich Päßler
Michael
Dettelbach
DOI:
10.1086/667505
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
417.
Beth Linker.
War's Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America.
War's Waste:
Rehabilitation in World War I America
by Beth Linker
J. T. H. Connor
DOI:
10.1086/667506
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
419-420.
Katja
Patzel-Mattern. Ökonomische Effizienz und gesellschaftlicher
Ausgleich: Die
industrielle Psychotechnik in der Weimarer Republik.
Ökonomische
Effizienz und gesellschaftlicher Ausgleich: Die industrielle
Psychotechnik in
der Weimarer Republik
by Katja
Patzel-Mattern
David Meskill
DOI:
10.1086/667507
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
420.
Laura J. Snyder.
The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable
Friends Who
Transformed Science and Changed the World.
The
Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who
Transformed
Science and Changed the World
by Laura J.
Snyder
Matthew Stanley
DOI:
10.1086/667508
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
421.
Helen Tilley.
Africa as a Living Laboratory: Empire, Development, and
the Problem of
Scientific Knowledge, 1870–1950.
Africa as a
Living Laboratory: Empire, Development, and the Problem of
Scientific
Knowledge, 1870–1950
by Helen Tilley
Michael Worboys
DOI:
10.1086/667509
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
421-423.
Daqing Yang.
Technology of Empire: Telecommunications and Japanese
Expansion in
Asia, 1883–1945.
Technology of
Empire: Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia,
1883–1945
by Daqing Yang
Morris Low
DOI:
10.1086/667510
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
423-424.
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Book
ReviewsRecent (1950-)
Robert S.
Anderson. Nucleus and Nation: Scientists, International
Networks, and
Power in India.
Nucleus and
Nation: Scientists, International Networks, and Power in
India
by Robert S.
Anderson
Ross Bassett
DOI:
10.1086/667511
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
424-425.
Paul Lawrence
Farber. Mixing Races: From Scientific Racism to Modern
Evolutionary
Ideas.
Mixing Races:
From Scientific Racism to Modern Evolutionary Ideas
by Paul Lawrence
Farber
Mike Fortun
DOI:
10.1086/667512
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
425.
Matthew Farish.
The Contours of America's Cold War.
The Contours of
America's Cold War
by Matthew
Farish
Joy Rohde
DOI:
10.1086/667513
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
425-426.
Michael D.
Gordin. Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the
Atomic Monopoly.
Red Cloud at
Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly
by Michael D.
Gordin
Asif A. Siddiqi
DOI:
10.1086/667514
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
426-427.
Othmar Keel. La
médecine des preuves: Une histoire de l'expérimentation
thérapeutique
par essais cliniques contrôlés.
La médecine des
preuves: Une histoire de l'expérimentation thérapeutique
par essais
cliniques contrôlés
by Othmar Keel
Christian Bonah
DOI:
10.1086/667515
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
427-428.
John M. Logsdon.
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon.
John F. Kennedy
and the Race to the Moon
by John M.
Logsdon
Andrew J.
Butrica
DOI:
10.1086/667516
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
428-429.
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Book
ReviewsSociology and Philosophy of Science
Conor
Cunningham. Darwin's Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and
Creationists
Both Get It Wrong.
Darwin's Pious
Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get
It Wrong
by Conor
Cunningham
Frederick
Gregory
DOI:
10.1086/667517
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
429-431.
Moritz Epple;
Claus Zittel, eds. Science as Cultural Practice. Volume 1:
Cultures and
Politics of Research from the Early Modern Period to the
Age of Extremes.
Science as
Cultural Practice. Volume 1: Cultures and Politics of
Research from
the Early Modern Period to the Age of Extremes
by Moritz Epple;
Claus Zittel
Stephen
Gaukroger
DOI:
10.1086/667518
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
431-432.
Steven Gimbel,
ed. Exploring the Scientific Method: Cases and Questions.
Exploring the
Scientific Method: Cases and Questions
by Steven Gimbel
Brooke Abounader
DOI:
10.1086/667519
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
432-433.
Sophia
Rosenfeld. Common Sense: A Political History.
Common Sense: A
Political History
by Sophia
Rosenfeld
Mark G. Spencer
DOI:
10.1086/667520
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
433-434.
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Notes on
Contributors
Notes on
Contributors
DOI:
10.1086/666369
Isis
Vol. 103, No. 2:
435-437.
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