The Society: Isis Books Received, 1st Quarter 2003
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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Dahlemer
ArchivgesprŠche. Band 8.
heausgegeben vom archiv zur geschichte der max-planck-gesellschaft.
band 8. 209pp. Illus. Tables. Berlin, 2002. Note:the folllowing
ISBN is ISSN. The price is not available.
1431-6641
Qaderns
d'Hist—ria de l'Enginyeria: 150 anys d'enginyeria industrial. Vol.
V.
ix+415pp. Illus. Figs. Tables. Biblio. Barcelona:Escola Tècnica
Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, 2003. 20€(paper)
per copy. 15€ in subscription. Note:the below ISBN is ISSN.
1135-934X
Behind
the Crysal Ball: Magic, Science, and the Occult from Antiquity through
the New Age. Revised Edition.
Aveni, Anthony.
xvii + 361 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Boulder: University Press of
Colorado, 2002. $24.95 (paper).
0-87081-671-3
Conversing
with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos. Revised
edition.
Aveni, Anthony.
xiv + 243 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Boulder: University Press of
Colorado, 2002. $$21.95 (paper).
0-87081-673-X
The
Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements.
Ball, Phillip.
Ball, Phillip. The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements. Xii
+ 216 pp., bibl., index. Oxford/New York: The Oxford University
Press, Oxford, 2002. $22 (cloth).
0-19-284100-9
Leo
Strauss, Max Weber, and the Scientific Study of Politics.
Behnegar, Nasser.
xiii+221pp., biblio. Index. Chicago:the university of chicago press,
2003. $30(cloth), £21.0(cloth).
0-226-04142-5
Shakespeare's
Tragic Skepticism.
Bell, Millicent.
xvii+283pp., biblio., New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2003.
$26 (cloth).
0-300-09255-5
L'homme
Sans Repos:L'homme moderne s'est voué, avec délectation et parfois
effroi, au culte de la rapidité. À quoi ce choix de civilisation
a-t-il tenu? Il nous faut le comprendre, pour retrouver la maîtrise
de nous-mêmes.
Blay, Michel.
L'inspiration Philosophique series. 157pp. illus. Paris:Armand Colin,
2002.
2-200-26183-7
Iconoclast:
Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning.
Bonner, Thomas Neville.
432 pp. Frontis., illus., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2002. $36.00 (cloth).
0-8018-7124-7
A
Sophisticate's Primer of Relativity
Bridgman, P.W.
Bridgman, P.W. A Sophisticate's Primer of Relativity. Introduction
by Arthur I. Miller. Xlviii + 172 pp. Middletown/Mineola. Wesleyan
University Press, Middletown, CT, 1962. Dover Publications, Mineola,
NY, 2003. $12.95. (paper).
0-486-42549-5
Intuition
und Wissenschaft in der Kreiseltechnik.
Broelmann, Jobst.
Broelmann, Jobst. Intuition und Wissenschaft in der Kreiseltechnik.
435 pp. Deutsches Museum, 2002. (cloth).
3-924183-87-2
The
Cabala of Pegasus.
Bruno, Giordano.
Bruno, Giordano. The Cabala of Pegasus. Translated and Annotated
by Sondergard, Sidney L.; Sowell, Madison U. Xlix +203., bibl.,
index. New Haven/London: The Yale University Press, 2002. $40 (cloth).
0-300-09127-2
Los
Naturalistas Españoles en el África Hispana (1860-1936).
Bueno, Antonio, González; Blanco, Alberto, Gomis.
Serie Histórica. xxi+425pp., illus., figs., biblio., index. Madrid:Edita
Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales, 2001.
84-8014-348-7
Perfect
Planet, Clever Species: How Unique Are We?
Burger, William C.
Burger, William C. Perfect Planet, Clever Species: How Unique Are
We? 345 pp., bibl., index. Amherst. Prometheus Books; Amherst, New
York, 2003 $29 (cloth).
1-59102-016-6
Culture
and Cosmos: A Journal of the History of Astrology and Cultural Astronomy.
Vol 6 (1).
Campion, Nick.
edited by Nick Campion. Vol 6. No. 1 Spring/Summer 2002. 80pp.,
biblio. Table. Bristol:Culture and Cosmos, 2002. £17 for individual
subscribers and £26 for institutions (paper).
1368-6534
The
Rise of Causal Concepts of Disease: case histories.
Carter, K., Codell.
the history of medicine in context. Ix+237pp., biblio. Index. Ashgate
publishing limited, 2003. $99.95(cloth).
0-7546-0678-3
Journal
of Archival Organization. Vol 1 (1).
Carter, Ruth, C; Frusciano, Thomas, J.
edited by Ruth C. Carter and Thomas J. frusciano. Journal of Archival
Organization, Vol 1. No. 1. 103pp. Figs. Binghamton:The Haworth
Press, Inc., 2002.
1533-2748
Lords
of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food.
Charles, Daniel.
xix+348pp., illus., figs., index., Perseus Publishing, 2003., $17.50
(paper).
0-7382-0773
Atlantide:
Una controversia scientifica da Colombo a Darwin.
Ciardi, Marco.
235pp. Illus., biblo., index., roma: Carocci editor, 2002. Euro
16 (paper).
88-430-2430-2
Magick,
Mayhem, and Mavericks: The Spirited History of Physical Chemistry.
Cobb, Cathy.
420 pp. Illus., index. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002. Prometheus
Books, 2002. $29.00 (cloth).
1-57392-976-X
Zur
Konzeption der Kraft der Mechanik.
Coelho, Ricardo, Lopes.
231pp. Figs. Biblio. Münster/New York/München/Berlin:Waxmann Verlag
GmbH, 2001. 50€(paper).
3-8309-1011-8
The
Evolution of Reason: Logic as a Branch of Biology.
Cooper, William S.
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. X + 226 pp. Figs.,
bibl., index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. $55.00
(cloth).
0-524-79196-0
Sea
Legs: Tales of a Woman Oceanographer.
Crane, Kathleen.
x+320 pp. Illus., figs., tables.index. Cambeidge:Westview Press,
2003. $27.50(cloth).
0-8133-4004-7
Cracking
the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA.
Davies, Kevin.
xx + 327 pp. Index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
$17.95 (paper).
0-8018-7140-9
La
teoría de la trepidación en un astrónomo marroquí del siglo xv:
estudio y edición crítica del kita al-adwae fi tasyi al-anwa (parte
primera) de Abu ?bd Alla al-Baqqar.
Díaz-Fajardo, Montse.
109pp. Bibl. Barcelona, 2001. The following ISBN is Depósito Legal
B.
35466-2002
Sky
and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory 1830-2000
Dick, Stephen J.
Dick, Stephen J. Sky and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory
1830-2000. Xiv + 609., bibl., index., Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press; 2003. (cloth).
0-521-81599
The
National Research Council in the innovation policy era: Changing
hierarchies, networks, and markets.
Doern, G. Bruce; Levesque, Richard.
Doern, G. Bruce; Levesque, Richard. The National Research Council
in the innovation policy era: Changing hierarchies, networks, and
markets. x + 179 pp., bibl., index. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 2002.
0-8020-3536-1
Alkemins
Skam: den Alkemiska Traditionens Utstötning ur offentligheten.
Edenborg,Carl-Michael.
318pp. App. Bibliographical notes. Stockholm:Caudex, 2002. Note:can't
find the price.
91-973696-3-2
Newton:
The Making of a Genius.
Fara, Patricia.
xvi + 347 pp. Illus., bibl., index. New York: Columbia University
Press, 2003. $27.95 (cloth).
0-231-12806-1
Jesuit
Science and the Republic of Letters.
Feingold, Mordechai.
edited by Mordechai Feingold., xi+483pp., illus., biblio., index.,Cambridge/London:
the MIT Press, 2003., 50 (cloth).
0-262-06234-8
Jesuit
Science and the Republic of Letters.
Feingold, Mordechai, ed.
Feingold, Mordechai, ed. Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters.
X + 520 pp., illus., bibl. Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003. (cloth).
1-4020-0848-1
Science
and Religion: A Historical Introduction.
Ferngren, Gary B.
Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction. Edited by Ferngren,
Gary B. viii + 401., bibl., index. Baltimore/London: The Johns Hopkins
University Press; Baltimore, 2002. (paper).
0-8018-7038-0
The
Correspondence of John Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal. Vol 2.
Forbes, Eric, G; Murdin, Lesley;Willmoth, Frances.
Edited by Eric G. Forbes, Lesley Murdin, and Frances Willmoth. Vol
2., Xlvii+1095., frontis., Ills.,tables, app., biblio., index.,
published in 1997. Bristol/Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing,
1997. $299 (cloth). Note:Below publication year i
0-7503-0391-3
The
Correspondence of John Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal, vol 1.
Forbes, Eric, G;Murdin, Lesley;Willmoth, Frances.
Edited by Eric G. Forbes, Lesley Murdin, and frances Willmoth.,
Vol 1., xlix+955., illus. Figs. Tables. Appen., biblio., index.,
published in 1995. Bristol/Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing,
1995. $299 (cloth). Note: below publication year is
0-7503-0147-3
Das
Alchemiehandbuch des Appenzeller Wundarztes Ulrich Ruosch.
Gamper, Rodolf;Hofmeier, Thomas.
158pp. Illus. Figs. Biblio. Index. /Muttenz:Schwabe & Co. AG, 2002.
€33.50(cloth).
3-7965-1975-x
Looking
Backward, looking forward: forty years of U.S. Human spaceflight
symposium.
Garber, Stephen, J.
edited by Stephen J. garber. The NASA History Series. NASA SP-2002-4107.
Introduction by John M. Logsdon. Vi+247pp. Illus. Washington:NASA,
2002. $17.00(paper).
0-16-067595-2
Galen
and Galenism: Theory and Medical Practice From Antiquity to the
European Renaissance.
García-Ballester, Luis.
edited by Jon Arrizabalaga, Montserrat Cabré, Lluís Cifuentes, Fernando
salmón. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Cs710. Xii+320pp. Fig.
Bibl. Index. Brookfield:Ashgate, 2002. $105.95(cloth).
0-86078-846-6
Scientific
Method in Practice.
Gauch, Hugh G., Jr.
Gauch, Hugh G., Jr. Scientific Method in Practice. X + 435., illus.,
bibl., index. Cambridge/New York: The Cambridge University Press,
2003. $40 (paper).
0-521-01708-4
The
Path to Justice: following in the footsteps of Henry George.
Giacalone, Joseph, A.; Cobb, Clifford.
edited by Joseph A. Giacalone and Clifford Cobb. Foreword by Joseph
A. Giacalone. The Series, Studies in Economics Reform and Social
Justice. Xvi+248pp. Bibl. Index. Blackwell Publishing, 2001. $68.95(cloth).
0-631-230246
Species
of Origins: America's Search for a Creation Story
Giberson, Karl W.; Yerxa, Donald A.
Giberson, Karl W.; Yerxa, Donald A. Species of Origins: America's
Search for a Creation Story. X + 277 pp., bibl., index. Lanham/Boulder/New
York/ Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Oxford, 2002.
24.95 (paper)
0-7425-0764-5
Native
American Worldviews: An Introduction
Gill, Jerry H.
Gill, Jerry H. Native American Worldviews: An Introduction. 293
pp., bibl., index. New York: Humanity Books, an Imprint of Prometheus
Books, 2002. $25 (paper).
1-59102-051-4
Magic,
Alchemy and Science 15th-18th Centuries: The Influence of Hermes
Trismegistus. Vol 1.
Gilly, Carlos;van Heertum, Cis.
edited by Carlos Gilly and Cis van Heertum. ,588pp., illus., figs.,
biblio., Venezia/Amsterdam:Centro Di,2002. Eur 76.80 (cloth).
88-7038-359-8
Magic,
Alchemy and Science 15th-18th centuries. V l 2.
Gilly, Carlos;van Heertum, Cis.
edited by Carlos Gilly and Cis van Heertum. 334pp., illus., figs.,
table., biblio., index., Venezia/Amsterdam: Centro Di, 2002., Eur
76.80 (cloth).
88-7038-385-7
Renaissance
Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian.
Goffen, Rona.
Goffen, Rona. Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael,
Titian. Viii + 521pp., frontis., illus., bibl., index. New Haven/London:
Yale University Press, 2002. $39.95 (cloth).
0-300-09434-5
Performance
and Evolution in the Age of Darwin: Out of the Natural Order.
Goodall, Jane R.
256 pp. Illus., bibl., index. New York: Routledge Publishers, 2002.
$26.95 (paper).
0-415-24377-7
Ageless
Quest: One Scientist's Search for Genes that Prolong Youth.
Guarente, Lenny.
x + 170 pp. Illus., index. Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press, 2003. $19.95 (cloth).
0-87969-652-4
Refiguring
the Archive.
Hamilton, Carolyn;Harris, Verne;Taylor, Jane;Pickover, Michele;Reid,
Graeme;Saleh, Razia.
edited by Carolyn Hamilton, Verne Harris, Jane Taylor, Michele Pickover,
Graeme Reid and Razia Saleh. 368pp. Illus. Figs. Bibliographical
notes. Index. Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers,
2002. $98(cloth).
1-4020-0743-4
The
philosophers' Secret Fire: a history of the imagination.
harpur, Patrick.
xi+323pp. Biblio. Index. Chicago:Ivan R. Dee, 2003. $27.50(cloth).
1-56663-485-7
Rejetées,
rebelles, mal adaptées.
Heller, Geneviève; Jeanmonod, Gilles; Gasser, Jacques.
collaboration de Jean-Francois Dumoulin. Bibliothèque D'histoire
De la Médecine et de la santé. Vii+480pp., illus. Figs. Biblio.
Index. Chêne-Bourg/Genêve:Georg Éditeur, 2002. Fr.64.(paper).
2-8257-0807-0
The
Lost Itinerary of Frank Hamilton Cushing.
Hinsley, Curtis M.; Wilcox, David R.
The Southwest Center Series. Ix + 349 pp. Illus., bibl., index.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2002. $50.00 (cloth).
0-8165-2269-3
Tomorrow's
Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet.
Hoffmann, Peter.
Hoffmann, Peter. Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the
Prospects for a Cleaner Planet. Foreword by Senator Tom Harkin.x
+ 301 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Cambridge/London: The MIT Press,
Cambridge 2001. $16.95 (paper).
0-262-08295-0
Learning
to Smoke: Tobacco Use in the West.
Hughes, Jason.
xiii+201pp., table., biblio., index. Chicago/London: The University
of Chicago Press, 2003.$27(cloth), £19.00.
0-226-35910-7
'The
Common Purposes of Life': Science and Society at the Royal Institution
of Great Britain.
James, Frank, A.J.L.
edited by Frank A.J.L. James., xvi+456pp., illus., figs., appen.,
biblio., index., Hants:Ashgate, 2002., $99.95 (cloth)
0-7546-0960
The
Final Frontier: America, Science, and Terror.
Jenkins, Dominick.
viii + 312 pp. Illus., index. London: Verso, 2002. $25.00 (cloth).
1-85984-682-3
Valuing
Animals: Veterinarians and their Patients in Modern America.
Jones, Susan D.
Animals, History, Culture Series. 152 pp. Illus., index. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. $45.00 (cloth).
0-8018-7129-8
Valuing
Animals: Veterinarians and Their patients in Modern America.
Jones, Susan, D.
xii+213pp.,illus., figs., biblio., index., Baltimore/London:The
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003., $45(cloth).
0-8018-7129-8
Industrialized
Nature: Brute Force Technology and the Transformation of the Natural
World.
Josephson, Paul R.
vii +313 pp. Illus., index. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2002.
$25.00 (cloth).
1-55963-777-3
The
Arts of 17th-Century Science: Representations of the Natural World
in European and North American Culture.
Jowitt, Claire; Watt, Diane, eds.
xiv + 270 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2002.
$84.95 (cloth).
0-7546-0417-9
Experiments,
models, Paper Tools:cultures of Organic Chemistry in the Nineteenth
Century.
Klein, Ursula.
writing science. xi+305pp. Illus.figs. Biblio. Index. Palo Alto:
Stanford university press, 2003. $65(cloth).
0-8047-4359-2
The
Proportions in Aristotle's Phys. 7.5.
Kouremenos, Theokritos.
Palingenesia Band 76. 132pp., biblio., index., Stuttgart: Franz
Steiner Verlag, 2002., Gebunden 30 (cloth).
3-515-08178-x
The
Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, with an Autobiographical
Interview.
Kuhn, Thomas S.
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays,
1970–1993, with an Autobiographical Interview. Viii + bibl. Chicago/London:
University of Chicago Press, 2000. $18.00 (paper)
0-2264-5798-2
Space
Policy in the 21st Century.
Lambright, W. Henry.
Edited by W. Henry Lambright. xi + 283, bibl., index. Baltimore/
London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. $49.95 (cloth).
0-8018-7068-2
Discussing
Chemisty and Steam: The Minutes of a Coffee House Philosophical
Society 1780-1787.
Levere, Trevor; L'e Turner, Gerard.
Levere, Trevor; L'e Turner, Gerard. Discussing Chemisty and Steam:
The Minutes of a Coffee House Philosophical Society 1780-1787. Viii
+ 284, frontis., bibl., index. Oxford/New York: Oxford University
Press, New York, 2002. (cloth).
019-851530-8
Nemesis
Divina.
Linnaeus, Carolus.
translated by Eric Miller. xlii+149pp., index., Lanham/New York/Oxford:
University Press of America, Inc., 2002. $31.00(paper).
0-7618-2394-8
The
Road to Medical Statistics.
Magnello, Eileen; Hardy, Anne.
edited by Eileen Magnello and Anne Hardy., Clio Medica 67; The Wellcome
Series in the History of Medicine., xi+155pp., index., Amsterdam/New
York:Editions Rodopi B.V., 2002., $25 (paper).
90-420-1597-7
Faster
than the Speed of Light: the Story of a Scientific Speculation.
Magueijo, Joao.
vi+279pp., illus., figs., index., Perseus Phblishing, 2003., $26
(cloth).
0-7382-0525-7
Whiplash
and other useful illnesses.
Malleson, Andrew.
vii + 527 pp. Illus., tables, apps., bibl., index. Montreal: McGill-Queen's
University Press, 2002. $34.95 (cloth).
0773523332
The
Unity of Nature: Wholeness and Disintegration in Ecology and Science.
Marshall, Alan.
viii + 280., bibl., index. Singapore/London: Imperial College Press.
Singapore, 2002. (cloth).
1-26094-330-6
Physicists
of Ireland: Passion and Precision.
McCartney, Mark; Whitaker, Andrew.
edited by Mark McCartney and Andrew Whitaker., xiv+298pp., illus.,
figs, index., Bristol/Philadelphia:Institute of Physics Publishing,
2003., $58(cloth).
0-7503-0866-4
Watson
and DNA: Making a Scientific Revolution.
McElheny, Victor, K.
xiv+365pp., illus., index., Cambridge: Perseus Publishing, 2003.,
$27.50 (cloth).
0-7382-0341-6
Reinventing
Eden: The Fate and Nature in Western Culture
Merchant, Carolyn
xii + 292 pp., bibl., index. New York. New York/London: Routledge,
2003. (paper).
0-415-93164-9
Between
Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing Before Cybernetics.
Mindell, David A.
Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. xiv + 439 pp.
Illus., bibl., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,
2002. $46.00 (cloth).
0-8018-6895-5
Inquietudes
Y Reformas de Cambio de Siglo:el proyecto de nueva escuela industrial
(1899-1910).
Monforte, Guillermo, Lusa.
edited by Guillermo Lusa Monforte. Documenttos de la escuela de
ingenueros industriales de barcelona Numero 12. 191pp. Illus. Barcelona:escola
tŽcnica superior d'enginyeria industrial de barcelona:2002.
1137-0238
En
la Costa De la Niebla: el paisaje Y el discurso etnográfico ilustrado
de la expedición malaspina en el pacífico.
Monge, Fernando.
colección tierra nueva e cielo nueve 44. 238pp. Biblio. Madrid:CSIS,
2002.
84-00-08019-X
The
Chicago Guide to Communicating Science
Montgomery, Scott, L.
xi+228pp. Figs. Tables. Bibl. Index. Chicago/London: University
of Chicago Press, 2003. $15.00(paper).
0-226-53485-5
City
and Country
Moss, Laurence, S.
edited by Laurence S. Moss. X+429pp.illus. Figs. Tables. Bibl. Index.
Blackwell publishers, 2001. $33.95(paper).
0-631-228853
Gehennical
Fire:the lives of George Starkey, an American alchemist in the scientific
revolution.
Newman, William, R.
xxiv+348pp. Illus. Chicago/London:the University of Chicago Press,
2003. $27.75(cloth).
0-226-57714-7
Alchemy
Tried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry.
Newman, William R.; Principe, Lawrence M.
xiv + 344 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 2002. $40.00 (cloth).
0-226-57711-2
The
Essential David Bohm.
Nichol, Lee.
edited by Lee Nichol. Reminiscence by H.H. The Dalai Lama. Ix+349pp.,
figs., biblio. Index. London/New York:Routledge, 2003. $22.95(paper).
0-415-26174-0
Thomas
Kuhn: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus.
Nickles, Thomas.
Xiv + 298 pp., bibl., index. Cambridge/New York: The Cambridge University
Press, 2003. $58.00 (cloth).
0-521-79206-01
The
Kingdom of Science: Literary Utopianism and British Education, 1612-1870.
Olson, Paul A.
xiii + 375., bibl., index. Lincoln/London: University of Nebraska
Press, 2003. $65, £49.95 (cloth).
0-8032-3568-2
Out-of-print
and Special Collection Materials:Acquisition and Purchasing Options.
Overmier, Judith, Editor.
Tables. Biblio. Index. New York/London/Oxford:The Haworth Information
Press, 2002. $49.95(paper).
0-7890-1683-4
From
Popular Medicine to Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, and Public
Power in Costa Rica, 1800-1940.
Palmer, Steven
xiv + 329., bibl., index. Durham/London. Duke University Press,
Durham, 2003 $69.95 (cloth).
0-8223-3012-1
In
the Blink of an Eye.
Parker, Andrew.
xvi+299pp. Illus. Figs. Cambridge: Perseus Publishing, 2003. $27.50(paper).
0-7382-0607-5
Objects
of Culture: Ethnology and Ethnographic Museums in Imperial Germany.
Penny, H. Glenn.
xii + 281 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina, 2002. $24.95 (paper).
0-8078-5430-1
From
Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity.
Perlin, John.
xvi+224pp., iiuls., figs., index., Originally published in 1999.,
Cambridge/London: Harvard University Press, 2002., $22.95(paper).
0-674-01013-2
God,
Life, and the Cosmos: Christian and Islamic perspectives.
Peters, Ted; Iqbal, Muzaffar; Haq, Syed, Nomanul.
edited by Ted Peters, Muzaffar iqbal and syed Nomanul Haq. Xxii+404.
Figs. Index. Hants: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2002. $79.95 (cloth).
0-7546-0883-2
Blood
and Guts: A Short History of Medicine.
Porter, Roy.
199pp., illus., figs., index. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
2003. $21.95(cloth)
0-393-03762-2
Wandering
in the Gardens of the Mind: A Biography of Peter Mitchell and Glynn.
Prebble, John; Weber, Bruce.
forward by Sir Tom Blundell. Xii+400 pp. Illus. App. Index. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2003. $49.95 (cloth).
0-19-514266-7
Transmutations:
Alchemy in Art. Selected Works from the Eddleman and Fisher Collections
at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Principe, Lawrence; DeWitt, Lloyd.
vii + 40 pp. Illus. Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation,
2002. $25.00 (paper).
0-941901-32-7
The
Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation.
Radder, Hans, Ed.
Xii+311pp. Illus. Figs. Table. Bibl. Index. Pittsburgh:University
of Pittsburgh press, 2003. $29.95(paper).
0-8229-5795-7
The
Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of
Goethe.
Richards, Robert J.
Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series. xix + 587 pp. Frontis.,
illus., bibl., index. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.
$35.00 (cloth).
0-226-71210-9
The
Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and
Technology.
Richelson, Jeffrey T.
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