The Society: Isis Books Received, 2nd Quarter 2002

Every quarter, Isis receives a substantial number of new books in the history of science, technology and medicine. New books are listed here, and also published in the HSS Newsletter.

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Dynamis: Acta hispanica ad medicinae scientiarumque historiam illustrandam.
559 pp. Madrid: Universidad de Granada, 2001.
2119536

Historia de la medicina naturista espanol
Artetxe, Alejandro
256 pages, illus., bibl., index. Madrid: Editorial Triacastela, 2000.
84-930914-3-X

Issac Asimov: It's Been a Good Life
Asimov, Janet J
309 pp., app., illus., index. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2002. Cloth $25.00
1-57392-968-9

The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century
Backhouse, Roger E.
368 pp., illus., index. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002. Cloth $35.00
0-691-09626-0

O'Odham Creation and Related Events as told to Ruth Benedict
Bahr, Donald (ed)
xxxvii + 320 pp., bibl., index. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001. Cloth $45.00
816520801

The Gray Matter: The Forgotten Story of the Telephone.
Baker, Burton H.
xiv + 140pp. + [145pp.], illus., app., bibl., index. St. Joseph, MI: Telepress, 2000. $14.95 (paper).
0-615-11329-X

The Cichlid Fishes
Barlow, George W.
Foreword by George C. Williams. Xvi + 335 pp., illus., bibl., index. Originally published in 2000. Paperback 2002. Cambridg
0-7382-0528-1

The Persisiting Osler III: Selected Transactions of the American Osler Society, 1991-2000
Barondess, Jeremiah A.; Roland, Charles G.
290 pp., illus., index. Melbourne: Krieger Publishing Company, 2002. Cloth $49.50
1-57524-191-9

Drama and Discovery: The Story of Histoplasmosis
Baum, Gerald L.; Daniel, Thomas M.
xii + 192 pp., illus., epilogue, app., notes, index. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. Cloth $64.95
0-313032162-0

American Women of Letters and the Nineteenth-Century Sciences: Styles of Affiliation
Baym, Nina
x + 272 pp., notes, references, index. Piscataway: Rutgers University Press, 2001. Cloth $60.00
0-8135-2984-0

The Dream of Eternal Life: Biomedicine, Aging, and Immortality
Benecke, Mark
v + 196 pp., illus., index. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Cloth $27.95
0-231-11672-1

Black Athena Writes Back: Martin Bernal Responds to His Critics
Bernal, Martin
Edited by David Chiohi. 640 pp., maps, notes, bibl., index. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. Cloth $84.95
822327066

Electric Bodies: Episodes in the History of Medical Electricity.
Bertucci, Paola; Pancaldi, Giuliano, (Editors).
Edited by Paola Bertucci and Giuliano Pancaldi. (Bologna Studies in History of Science, 9.) 298pp., illus., index. Bologna:
88-900162-2-1

Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945
Biddle, Tami Davis
vii + 406 pp., notes, sources, index. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002. Cloth $45.00
0-691-08909-4

The Hunt for a Killer Virus: Hepatitis B
Blumberg, Baruch S.
272 pp., 1 table, 16 halftones, 3 line illus., app., index. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002. Cloth $27.95
0-691-0062-X

John D. Clifford's "Indian Antiquities": Related Material by C.S. Rafinesque
Boewe, Charles
xxxi + 240 pp., maps, apps., notes, bibl., index. Knoxville: University of Tennesse Press, 2000. Cloth $30.00
1572330996

Moral Sexual Y Enfermedad: La Medicina espanola frente al peligro venereo (1868-1936)
Bolea, Ramon Castejon
296 pp., illus., app., index. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2001.
84-338-2796-0

Folies à Plusieurs: De l'hystérie à la dépression.
Borch-Jacobsen, Mikkel.
357 pp., illus., bibl., index. Paris: Les Empêcheurs de Penser en Rond/Le Seuil, 2002. € 26.90 (paper).
2-84671-027-9

What Was Mechanical About Mechanics: The Concept of Force Between Metaphysics and Mechanics from Newton to Lagrange
Boudri, J. Christian
xvi + 276 pp., figs., bibl., index. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. Cloth $112.00
1402002335

New Perspectives on the Origins of Americanist Archaeology
Browman, David L.; Williams, Stephen
x + 378 pp., illus., bibl., index. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2002. Paper $32.95
0-1873-1128-9

Leprosy in Colonial South India: Medicine and Confinement
Buckingham, Jane
xi + 236 pp., notes, bibl., index. New York: Palgrave Global Publishing at St. Martin's Press, 2002. Cloth $60.00
0-333-92622-6

Eugencis and Modernization in Inter-War Romania
Bucur, Maria
298 pp., illus., notes, biblio., index. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. Cloth $24.95
822941724

Solomon Maimon: Monism, Skepticism, and Mathematics
Buzaglo, Meir
xiii + 168 pp., notes, bibl, index. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002.
0-8229-4176-8

Environmental Justice: Discourses in International Political Economy Energy and Environmental Policy
Byrne, John; Glover, Leigh; Martinez, Cecilia
303 pp., contributors, index. New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 2002. Paper $29.95
765807513

Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence
Campbell, Thomas P.
604 pp., color illus., bibl., index. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Cloth $75.00
0-300-09370-5

La Fisica en Espana a Traves De Los Anales De La Sociedad Espanola De Fisica Y Quimica, 1903-1965
Candel, Manuel Valera; Fernandez, Carlos Lopez
449 pp., bibliography. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia, 2001.
84-8371-236-9

Black Rice: The African Origins of White Rice Cultivation
Carney, Judith A.
256 pp., 18 halftones, 10 line, 1 map, references, index. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. Cloth $37.50
0-674-00452-3

Giovanni Canestrini: Zoologist and Darwinist
Casellato, Sandra; Minelli, Alessandro
605 pp., illus., index. Venezia: Istituto Veneto Di Scienze, Lettere Ed Arti, 2001.
88-86166-98-2

The 20th Century: A Retrospective
Chatterjee, Choi; Gould, Jeffrey; Martin, Phyllis; Riley, James; Wasserstrom, Jeffrey
xvii + 422 pp., maps, illus., index. Boulder: Westview Press, 2002. Paper $40.00
0-8133-2691-5

The Fate of the Mammoth: Fossils, Myth, and History
Cohen, Claudine
Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould. Xxxiv + 297 pp., illus., notes, bibl., index. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002
0-226-11292-6

Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine
Cohen, Jon
440 pp., illus., notes, glossary, index. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. Cloth $27.95
393050270

101 Philosophy Problems
Cohen, Martin
Second Edition. Reprinted twice in 1999 and 2000. Second Edition published in 2002. Xviii + 229 pp., illus., index. New Yor
0-415-26129-5

Foundations of Bayesianism
Corfield, David; Williamson, Jon
Applied Logic Series, 24. V + 413 pp., figs., index. AZ Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. Cloth $110.00
1402002238

The Web of Knowledge: A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield
Cronin, Blaise; Atkins, Helen, Barsky
544 pp. Tables, index. Medford: Information Today, Inc., 2000 Cloth $49.50
1573870994

Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History
Crosby, Alfred W.
xii + 206 pp., illus., index. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Cloth
0-521-79158-8

Culture and Cosmos: A Journal of the History of Astrology and Cultural Astronomy
Curry, Patrick
Deputy editor: Patrick Curry. Volume 5, Number 2. Autumn/Winter 2001. 80 pp. Bristol: Culture and Cosmos, 2001.
1368-6534

The Emergence of Sexuality: Historical Epistemology and the Formation of Concepts
Davidson, Arnold I.
272 pp., 17 halftones, 12 line illus. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. Cloth $39.95
0-674-00459-0

The Water Supply of Ancient Rome City Area, Water and Population
de Kleijn, Gerda
v + 365 pp., maps, apps., bibl., index. Philadelphia: J.C. Gieben Publishers, 2001. Cloth $69.00
90 5063 268 8

Beyond Earth: Mapping the Universe
DeVorkin, David
255 pp., large color illus., index. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2002. Cloth $40.00
0-7922-6567-3

Sputnik: The Shock of the Century
Dickson, Paul
364 pages, illus., notes, bibl., index. New York: Walker & Company, 2001. Paper $20.00
802713653

The Political Pamphlets and Letters of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces: A Mathematical Approach.
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge.
Compiled, with introductory essays, notes, and annotations, by Francine F. Abeles. (The Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll, 3.) xx + 2
0-930326-14-8

The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds
Dohner, Janet V
xii + 592 pp., illus., bibl., index. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Cloth 75.00
0-300-08880-9

Johannes Kepler's Optics
Donahue, William H.
Translated by William H. Donahue. 462 pp., indexes, bibl., notes. Santa Fe: Green Lion Press, 2001. Cloth $55
1888009-12-8

Profiles in the History of the U.S. Soil Survey
Durana, Patricia J.; Effland, Anne B.; Helms, Douglas
xvi + 331 pp., illus., tables, apps., index. Ames: Iowa State Press, 2002. Cloth $49.99
0-8138-2759-0

Metal and Flesh - The Evolution of Man: Technology Takes Over.
Dyens, Ollivier.
Translated by Bibbee, E and Dyens, O. xiv + 120 pp., bibl., index. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001. $24.95 (cloth).
0-262-04200-2

Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520
Dyer, Christopher
x + 416 pp., illus., further reading, index. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Cloth $35.00
0-300-09060-9

Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
Dyson, George
xv + 345 pp., illus., app., notes, index. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002. Cloth $26.00
0-8050-5985-7

Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation
Edwards, Matthew R.
iv + 316 pp., figs. Montreal: Apeiron Publishers, 2002. Cloth $25.00
0-9683689-7-2

The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities
Fauconnier, Gilles; Turner, Mark
xvii + 440 pp., figs., ilus., bibl., index. New York: Basic Books, 2002. Cloth $30.00
0-465-08785-X

The Future of Spacetime
Ferris, Timothy; Hawking, Stephen; Lightman, Alan; Novikov, Igor; Thorne, Kip, intro by Price, Richard
intro by Richard Price. 224 pp., figs., illus., glossary, index.
0-393-02022-3

The Correspondence of John Flamsteed' Vol 3
Forbes, Eric C.; Murdin, Lesley; Willmoth, Frances
lxvi + 1038 pp., figs., tables, bibl., index. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2002. Cloth 199 pounds
750307633

Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction--and Get it Published
Fortunato, Alfred; Rabiner, Susan
284 pp., index. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2002. Cloth $26.95
0-393-03892-0

Politics of Excellence : Behind the Nobel Prize in Science
Friedman, Robert Marc
400 pp., notes, index. New York: W H Freeman & Co, 2001. Cloth $30.00
716731037

Perceiving Animals: Humans and Beasts in Early Modern English Culture
Fudge, Erica
x + 248 pp., illus., notes, bibl., index. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2002. Paper $19.95
0-252-07068-2

Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History of Our Times
Fuller, Steve
472 pp., index. Originally published in 2000. Paperback, 2002. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002.
226268942

In Nature's Name: An Anthology of Women's Writing and Illustration, 1780-1930
Gates, Barbara T.
699 pp., index. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002. Cloth $27.50
0-226-28446-8

Descartes' System of Natural Philosophy
Gaukroger, Stephen
viii + 258 pp., figs., bibl., index. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Paperback $22.00
0-521-00525-6

Poems in Steel: National Socialism and the Politics of Inventing From Weimar to Bonn
Gispen, Kees
xvi + 356 pp., figs., bibl., index. New York: Berghahn Books, 2002. Cloth $75.00
1-57181-242-3

The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
Gould, Stephen Jay
ix + 1433 pp., illus., figs., bibl., index. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. Cloth $39.95
0-674-00613-5

The Universities of the Italian Renaissance
Grendler, Paul F.
xx + 592 pp., illus., bibl., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Cloth $49.50
0-8018-6631-6

Attitudes on Altitude: Pioneers of Medical Research in Colorado's High Mountains
Grover, Robert F.; Reeves, John T.
214 pp., illus., references, index. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. Cloth $21.95
870816454

Topo Grafien Der Nation: Politik, kartografische ordnung und Landschaft im 19. Jahrhundert
Gugerli, David; Speich, Daniel
264 pp., illus., bibl., index. Zurich: Chronos-Verlag, 2002. Cloth 29.90 pounds
3-0340-0548-2

The Color of Race in America, 1900-1940
Guterl, Matthew Pratt
256 pp., 9 halftones, notes, index. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. Cloth $39.95
0-674-00615-1

Henry Oldenburg: Shaping the Royal Society.
Hall, Marie Boas.
xii + 369 pp., notes, bibl., index. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Cloth $100.00
19851035

Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize A Human Gene
Hall, Stephen
Foreward by James Watson. Xiii + 334 pp., interviews, index. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Paperback $15.95
0-19-515159-3

De Diversis Artibus: Collection de Travaux de L'Academie Internationale D'Histoire des Sciences
Halleux, R.; McClellan, J.; Berariu, D.; Xhayet, G.
850 pp. Two Books. Tome 1-Bibliography, Tome 2-Index. Les Publications de L'Academie Royale des Sciences de Paris, (1666-179
2-503-51197-X

Prevention and Cure: The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, A 20th Century Quest for Global Public Heath
Hardy, Anne; Wilkinson, Lise
vi + 438 pp., figs., illus., app., table, index. London: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2001. 65 pounds
710306245

Great Scientific Experiments: Twenty Experiments that changed our View of the World
Harre, Rom
224 pp., illus., bibl., index. Mineoloa: Dover Publications, 2002. Paperback $11.95
0-486-42263-1

A History of Environmental Politics Since 1945
Hays, Samuel P.
ix + 256 pp., index. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000. Paperback $19.95
822957477

The Creation of Psychopharmacology
Healy, David
416 pp, notes, index. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. Cloth $39.95
0-674-00619-4

The Works of Archimedes
Heath, T.L. (ed.)
Edited by T.L. Heath. clxxxvi + 326pp. + [52pp.]; 1897. Unabridged reprint with 1912 supplement. Mineola, NY: Dover Publica
0-486-42084-1

Origins of Cyberspace: A Library on the History of Computing, Networking, and Telecommunications
Hook, Diana; Norman, Jeremy
x + 670 pp., illus., index. Novato: Norman Publishing, 2002. Cloth $500
0-930405-85-4

Embryos in wax: Models from the Ziegler studio
Hopwood, Nick
ix + 206 pp., color photos, notes, tables, bibl., index. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 2002.
0-906271-18-5

Combinatorial Algorithms
Hu, T.C.; Shing, M.T.
xiv + 354pp., figs, app., bibls., index. 1982. Enlarged second edition with new final chapters. Mineola, NY: Dover Publicati
0-486-41962-2

Clavis Commentariorum der antiken medizinischen Texte
Ihm, Sibylle
vii + 268 pp., summary, index. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. Cloth.
90-04-12334-2

Infanticide: Historical Perspectives on Child Murder and Concealment, 1550-2000
Jackson, Mark
xiii + 293 pp., illus., index. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2002. Cloth $84.95
0-7546-0318-0

The Making of Green Knowledge: Environmental Politics and Cultural Transformation.
Jamison, Andrew.
xi + 205 pp., bibl., index. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. $60 (cloth); $22 (paper).
0-521-79252-5

Engineering and Technology, 1650-1750: Illustrations and Texts from Original Sources
Jensen, Martin
208 pp., illus., bibl. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2002. Paperback $21.95
0-486-42232-1

Reconsidering Michael Polanyi's Philosophy
Jha, Stefania Ruzsits
vii + 318 pp., notes, bibl., index. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. Cloth $32.00
0-8229-4165-1

The Century of the Gene
Keller, Evelyn Fox
186 pp., illus., notes, bibl. Originally published in 2000. Paper in 2002. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. Pape
0-674-00825-1

Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary
Keynes, R.D.
504 pp., illus., biblio., index. Originally published in Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Paperback, 2001. Paper
521003172

Darwin, His Daughter & Human Evolution
Keynes, Randal
xv + 384 pp., illus., notes, index. New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. Cloth $26.95
1573221929

Pushbutton Psychiatry: A History of Electroshock in America
Kneeland, Timothy W.; Warren, Carol A.B.
xxvii + 135 pp., bibl., index. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group Inc., 2002. Cloth $62.95
0-275-96815-4

Down and Out in Silicon Valley: The High Cost of the High-Tech Dream.
Krantzler, Mel; Krantzler, Patricia Biondi.
200 pp. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2002. Cloth $26.00
1-57392-926-3

The Cure: A Story of Cancer and Politics from the Annals of the Cold War.
Krementsov, Nikolai.
xvi + 261 pp., illus., notes, index. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Cloth 26.00
0-226-45284-0

Understanding Philosophy of Science
Ladyman, James
xiii + 290 pp., glossary, bibl., index. New York: Routledge Publishing, 2002. Paper $21.95
0-415-22157-9

Imagining the Unimaginable: The Poetics of Early Modern Astronomy
Lambert, Ladina Bezzola
182 pp., illus., bibl. Netherlands: Rodopi, 2002. Paperback $34.50
90-420-1578-0

Hugo Mu Nsterberg on Film: "The Photoplay: A Psychological Study" and Other Writings
Langdale, Allan
edited by Allan Langdale. 210 pages, illus., index. New York: Routledge, 2001. Cloth $85.00, paper $21.95
415937078

Cracking Cases: The Science of Solving Crimes
Lee, Henry C.
300 pp., illus., notes, index. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2002. Cloth $26.00
1-57392-985-9

Cosmic Discoveries. The Wonders of Astronomy.
Levy, David.
With Wendee Wallach-Levy. 232 + [xxiv] pp., illus., index. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2001. $28 (cloth).
1-57392-931-X

Elements of Gasdynamics
Liepmann, H.W.; Roshko, A.
v + 443 pp., illus., figs., tables, appendix, index. Originally published in 1957 by John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York. Mine
0-486-41963-0

Nemesis Divina.
Linné, Carl Von.
Edited and translated with an introduction and explanatory notes by M.J. Petry. xviii + 483 pp., table, bibl., index. Dordrec
0-7923-6820-7

Science, Space and Hermeneutics
Livingstone, David N.
Hettner-Lecture 2001. 116 pp., illustrations. Heidelberg: University of Heidelberg, 2002.
3-88570-505-2

The Divided City: On Memory and Forgetting in Ancient Athens
Loraux, Nicole
360 pp., notes, bibl., index. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2002. Cloth $30.00
1-890951-08-0

The Rise of Experimental Biology: An Illustrated History.
Lutz, Peter L.
Foreword by Bob Boutilier. xiv + 201 pp., illus., figs., bibl., index. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2002. $59.50 (cloth).
0-896-03835-1

Atomisme en individualisme: De Amsterdamse natuurkunde tusen 1877 en 1940
Maas, A.J.P
296 pp., illus., index. Amsterdam: Uitgerverij Verloren, 2001. Paperback
90-6550-678-0

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science
Machamer, Peter; Silberstein, Michael
v + 347 pp., index. Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. Paperback $34.95
631221085

Logic, Signs and Nature in the Renaissance: The Case of Learned Medicine
Maclean, Ian
xvi + 407 pp., figs., bibl., index. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Cloth $70.00
0-521-80648-8

The Indomitable Miss Pink: A Life in Anthropology
Marcus, Julie
352 pp., 30 photos, map. University of New South Wales Press, 2002. Paper $32.95
0-86840-547-7

Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species.
Margulis, Lynn; Sagan, Dorion.
xvi + 240 pp., illus., figs., tables, bibl., index. New York: Basic Books, 2002. $28.00 (cloth).
0-465-04391-7

Documents oubliés sur l'alchimie, la kabbale et Guilaume Postel: À l'occasion de son 90e anniversaire, à François Secret par se
Matton, Sylvain (Ed.).
(Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance, CCCLIII) 480 pp. Illus., index, bibl. Geneva: Librairie Droz, 2001. FF 130 (cloth).
2-600-00654-0

Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity
Maudlin, Tim
vi + 281 pp., figs., illus., references, index. Originally published in 1994. Paperback, 2002. Malden: Blackwell Publishing
631232214

The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change
Mayewski, Paul Andrew; White, Frank.
Foreward by Lynn Margulis. Xxv + 233 pp., illus., tables., figs., references, index. Hanover: University Press of New Englan
1-58465-061-3

States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940
McCook, Stuart
232 pp, illus., notes, illus., index Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Cloth $50.00
0-292-75256-3

Historical Information Science: An Emerging Unidiscipline
McCrank, Lawrence J.
1500 pp. Medford: Information Today Inc., 2002. Cloth $149.95
1-57387-071-4

The Dragon Seekers: How and Extraordinary Circle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwin
McGowan, Christopher
xvi + 254 pp., illus., notes, index. Cambridge: Perseus Publishing, 2002. Cloth $17.00
0-7382-0673-3

The Eighteenth-Century Origins of Angina Pectoris: Predisposing Causes, Recognition and Aftermath
Michaels, Leon
xvii + 219 pp., figs., bibl, index. London: The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. Cloth $50.00
0-85484-073-7

Machine Dreams: Economics Becomes A Cyborg Science
Mirowski, Philip
vii + 648 pp, tables, references, index. New York: Cambridge Press, 2002. Paperback $35.00
0-521-77283-4

Shockingly Close to the Truth! Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist
Moseley, James W.; Pflock, Karl T.
371 pp., photos, index. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2002. Cloth $25.00
1-57392-991-3

Turquet de Mayerne as Baroque Physician: The Art of Medical Portraiture
Nance, Brian
I + 237 pp., illus., tables, bibl., index. The Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine. Clioo Medica 65. New York: Rodop
90-420-1131-9

Matter, Imagination and Geometry Ontology, Natural Philosophy and mathematics in Plotinus, Proclus and Descartes
Nikulin, Dmitri
304 pp., conclusion, bibl., index. Brookfield: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2001. Cloth $79.95
0-7546-1574

Andre Michaux in Florida: An Eighteenth-Century Botanical Journey
Norman, Eliane; Taylor, Walter Kingsley
288 pp., illus., maps, figs., apps., notes, bibl., index. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. Cloth $39.95
0-8130-2444-7

Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Ancient Mammals From Montana to Mongolia
Novacek, Michael
352 pp., figs., notes, index. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Cloth $26.00
374278806

The Earth Inside and Out: Some Major Contributions to Geology in the Twentieth Century
Oldroyd, David R.
Geological Society Special Publication No. 192. 369 pp., illus., tables, graphs, index. London: Geological Society Publishin
1-86239-096-7

Making the Modern Medical School: The Wisconsin Stories
Oliver, Robert
ix + 156 pp., illus., index. Nantucket: Science History Publications/USA, 2002. Cloth $24.95
0-88135-362-0

Science in Europe, 1500-1800: A Primary Sources Reader
Oster, Malcolm
v + 282 pp., illus., index. New York: Palgrave Global Publishing, 2002. Paperback $21.95
0-333-97002-0

The Environmental Tradition in English Literature
Parham, John
xvi + 238 pp., bibl., index. Brookfield: Ashgate Publishing, 2002. Cloth $79.95
0-75460-302-4

Bacchic Madicine: Wine and Alcohol Therapies from Napoleon to the French Paradox.
Paul, Harry W.
(Clio Medica: The Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine; 64) viii + 341 pp., frontis, bibls., index. Amsterdam/New York::
90-420-1121-1

From Meriwether Lewis to Alfred Kinsey: Biologists and the Promise of American Life
Pauly, Philip J.
336 pp., 48 halftones, notes, index. Originally published in 2000. Paper 2002. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002.
0-691-90286-9

A Guide to the Archives of the Royal Entomological Society
Pederson, Berit
x + 198 pp., illus., app. Broofield: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2002. Cloth $74.95
0-75460-106-4

The Toledan Tales, Volumes 1-4
Pederson, Fritz S.
1662 pp., app., tables, index. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 2002. Cloth, 4 volumes
87-7876-267-7

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