The Society: Isis Books Received, 4th Quarter 2002
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Dimensions
of Time: The structures of the time of humans, of the world, and
of God.
Achtner, Wolfgang; Kunz, Stefan; Walter, Thomas.
Translated by Arthur H. Williams, Jr. viii + 196 pp. Figs., bibl.,
index. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing,
0-8028-4998-9
From
0 to 1: An Authoritative History of Modern Computing.
Akera, Atsushi: Nebeker, Frederick.
Edited by Atsushi Akera and Frederik Nebeker. xi + 228 pp. Illus.,
apps., index. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
0-19-514025-7
The
Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that
Transformed the World.
Alder, Ken.
Frontis., illus., index. New York: The Free Press, 2002. $ 27.00
(cloth).
0-7432-1675-X
Geometrical
Landscapes: The Voyages of Discovery and the Transformation of Mathematical
Process.
Alexander, Amir R.
Writing Science Series. xv + 293 pp. Illus., figs., bibl., index.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002. $ 65.00 (c
0-8047-3260-4
Journal
of a Georgia Woman, 1870-1872.
Andrews, Eliza Frances; Rushing, S. Kittrell.
xliv + 142 pp. Frontis., illus., bibl., index. Knoxville: University
of Tennessee Press, 2002. $ 25.00 (cloth).
1572331715
The
Double Bond: Primo Levi, a biography.
Angier, Carole.
xxvi + 898 pp. Frontis., illus., bibl., index. New York: Farrar,
Straus, and Giroux, 2002. $ 40.00 (cloth).
374113157
A
New History of Identity: A Sociology of Medical Knowledge.
Armstrong, David.
x + 213 pp. Bibl., index. New York: Palgrave, 2002. $ 62.00 (cloth).
0-333-96892-1
Averroes:
A Rationalist in Islam.
Arnaldez, Roger.
Translated by David Streight. 157 pp. Bibl., index. Notre Dame,
IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2000. $ 34.95 (cloth).
268020078
Empires
of Time: Calendars, clocks, and cultures. Revised edition.
Aveni, Anthony.
Mesoamerican Worlds series. 332 pp. Illus., tables, index. Boulder:
University Press of Colorado, 2002. $ 22.95 (paper).
0-87081-672-1
Literate
Experience: The Workof Knowing in Seventeenth-Century English Writing.
Barnaby, Andrew; Schnell, Lisa J.
x + 243 pp. Index. New York: Palgrave, 2002. $ 55.00 (cloth).
0-312-29351-8
To
the Digital Age: Research Labs, Start-Up Companies, and the Rise
of MOS Technology.
Bassett, Ross Knox.
Johns Hopkins Series in the History of Technology. xii + 421 pp.
Illus., figs., apps., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Uni
801868092
Towards
a History of Construction: Dedicated to Edoardo Benvenuto.
Becchi, Antonio; Corradi, Massimo; Foce, Federico; Pedemonte, Orietta,
eds.
xiii + 795 pp. Frontis., illus., tables, index. Basel: Birkhauser
Verlag, 2002. EUR63.55; $ 63.82 (cloth).
3-7643-6880-2
Making
Genes, Making Waves: A social activist in science.
Beckwith, Jon.
242 pp. Bibl., index. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002.
$ 27.95 (cloth).
0-674-00928-2
The
Voluntary City: Choice, community, and civil society.
Beito, David T.; Gordon, Peter; Tabarrok, Alexander.
Foreword by Paul Johnson. Economics, Cognition and Society Series.
Xiii + 462 pp. Index. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan
0-472-08837-8
Die
Werke von Daniel Bernoulli. Band 5. Hydrodynamik II.
Bernoulli, Daniel.
xix + 729 pp. Frontis., illus., tables, indexes. Basel: Birkhauser,
2002. EUR230; $ 230.98 (cloth).
Eudemus
of Rhodes.
Bodnar, Istvan; Fortenbaugh, William W., eds.
Edited by Istvan Bodnar and William W. Fortenbaugh. Rutgers University
Studies in Classical Humanities volume XI. Ix + 383 pp
0-7568-0134-5
Topik.
Boehm, Rudolf.
Phaenomenologica 162. 203 pp. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers,
2002. $ 71.00 (cloth).
1-4020-0629-2
Deduction:
Introductory Symbolic Logic. 2nd edition.
Bonevac, Daniel.
x + 514. Bibl., index. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002. $ 44.95 (paper).
0-631-22713-X
Lebensführung
in der Moderne: Karl Jaspers und die Psychoanalyse.
Bormuth, Matthias.
Medizin und Philosophie series, volume 7. 382 pp. Bibl., index.
Stuttgart: Friedrich Frommann Verlag, 2002. €45.
3
7728 2201 0
Instruments,
Travel, and Science: Itineraries of precision from the seventeenth
to the twentieth century.
Bourguet, Marie-Noelle; Licoppe, Christian; Sibum, Otto H., eds.
Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.
Xi + 303 pp. Illus., index. London: Routledge, 2002.
0-415-27295-5
Sir
Charles Wheatstone FRS 1802-1875.
Bowers, Brian.
Foreword by Margaret Weston. IEE History of Technology Series vol.
29. Xvii + 235 pp. Illus., figs., app. , index. Herts, UK
0
85296 103 0
Innovation
and the Communications Revolution: From the Victorian Pioneers to
Broadband Internet.
Bray, John.
Foreword by Raymond Baxter. Illus., figs., indexes. xx + 313 pp.
Edison: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2002.
0-85296-218-5
L'Etat,
l'armee, la science: L'invention de la recherche publique en France,
1763-1830.
Bret, Patrice.
Collection Carnot. 483 pp. Tables, bibl., index. Rennes Cedex: Presses
Universitaires de Rennes, 2002. EUR 28.00; $ 28.28 (
2-86847-655-4
Charles
Darwin: The Power of Place.
Browne, Janet.
Volume II of a biography. 591 pp. Frontis., illus., bibl., index.
New York: Knopf, 2002. $ 37.50 (cloth).
0-679-42932-8
Ingenieurs
et Fortifications avant Vauban: L'organisation d'un service royal
aux XVI-XVII siecles.
Buissert, David.
Geographie Series v. 1. 142 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Paris: CTHS,
2000. EUR 33.00; $ 33.33 (cloth).
27355-0478-6
Who
Invented the Computer? The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History.
Burks, Alice Rowe.
Foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter. 432 pp. Frontis., iIllus. Amherst,
NY: Prometheus Books, 2002. $ 35 (cloth).
1-59102-034-4
A
History of Yale's School of Medicine: Passing Torches to Others.
Burrow, Gerard N.
384 pp. Illus. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. $ 40.00.
0-300-09207-5
Dear
Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's letters to and from children.
Calaprice, Alice, ed.
227 pp. Foreword by Evelyn Einstein. Frontis., illus. Amherst, NY:
Prometheus Books, 2002. $ 24.00 (cloth).
1-59102-015-8
Nature,
Man and God in Medieval Islam. Vol. 1.
Calverley, Edwin E.; Pollock, James W., Editors.
Islamic Philosophy Theology and Science series, Vol. XLV. Translated
by Edwin E. Calverley and James W. Pollock. xlv + 723 pp
9004121021
Nature,
Man and God in Medieval Islam. Vol. 2
Calverley, Edwin E.; Pollock, James, W. (eds.)
Islamic Philosophy Theology and Science series, Vol. XLV. Translated
by Edwin E. Calverley and James W. Pollock. Xiv + 725-11
90-04-12382-2
The
Nuclear Muse: Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bomb.
Canaday, John.
xv + 310 pp. Frontis., illus., bibl., index. Madison: University
of Wisconsin Press, 2000. $ 60.00 (cloth).
0-229-16850-6
Latitude:
How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation.
Carter, Bill; Carter, Merri Sue.
272 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press,
2002. $ 24.95 (cloth).
1-55750-016-9
The
Laboratory of Poetry: Chemistry and Poetics in the Work of Friedrich
Schlegel.
Chaouli, Michel.
Parallax Series. xiv +290 pp. Bibl., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 2002. $ 45.00 (cloth).
0-8018-6884-X
Explaining
the Universe: The new age of physics.
Charap, John M.
xii + 226 pp. Illus., figs., bibl., index. Princeton: Princeton
Uinversity Press, 2002. $ 29.95 (cloth).
0-691-00663-6
A
Treatise on the Astrolabe.
Chaucer, Geoffrey.
Edited by Sigmund Eisner. A varorium edition of the works of Geoffrey
Chaucer, vol. 6. The prose treatises, pt. 1. Xxiv + 35
0-8061-3413-5
On
Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, Science, and Culture in the Sixteenth
Century.
Christianson, John Robert.
xii + 361 pp. Frontis. illus., bibl., index. First published 2000.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. $ 22.00 (pa
0-521-00884-0
From
Energy to Information: Representation in Science and Technology,
Art, and Literature.
Clarke, Bruce; Henderson, Linda Dalrymple, eds.
Edited by Bruce Clarke and Linda Dalrymple Henderson. Writing Science
Series. Illus., index. Xviii + 440 pp. Stanford: Sta
0-8047-4210-3
Life
Science Ethics.
Comstock, Gary L.
xviii + 380 pp. Figs., apps., index. Ames, IA: Iowa State Press,
2002. $ 64.99 (cloth).
0-8138-2835-X
Word,
Image, Number: Communication in the Middle Ages.
Contreni, John J.; Casciani, Santa.
Edited by John J. Contreni and Santa Casciani. Micrologus' Library
vol. 8. 457 pp. Illus., figs., indexes. Firenze: Sismel-
88-8450-021-4
Anaximander
in Context: New Studies in the Origins of Greek Philosophy.
Couprie, Dirk L.; Hahn, Robert; Naddaf, Gerard.
SUNY Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy. xiii +290 pp. Illus., figs.,
tables, bibl., indexes. Albany: State University of N
0-7914-5538-6
Radioactive
Substances.
Curie, Marie.
94 pp. Figs., tables. Originally published in 1904. Mineola, NY:
Dover Publicatoins, 2002. $ 7.95 (paper).
0-486-42550-9
From
Nuclear Transmutation to Nuclear Fission, 1932-1939.
Dahl, Per F.
xxii + 304 pp. Illus., bibl., indexes. Bristol: Institute of Physics
Publishing, 2002. $ 75.00 (cloth).
0-7503-0865-6
Becoming
John Dewey: Dilemmas of a Philosopher and Naturalist.
Dalton, Thomas C.
xi + 377 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 2002. $ 45.00 (cloth).
0-253-34082-9
Life
Evolving: Molecules, Mind, and Meaning.
de Duve, Christian.
xv + 341 pp. Illus., index. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
$ 30.00 (cloth).
0-19-515605-6
L'Argumentation
Preuve et Persuasion.
de Fornel, Michel; Passeron, Jean-Claude.
Enquete 2. 191 pp. Tables. Paris: Editions de L'Ecole des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2002. EUR 18.00; $ 18.18 (pap
2-7132-1423-8
Research
in Science and Technology Studies: Knowledge and Technology Transfer.
de Laet, Marianne, ed.
Knowledge and Society Series, vol. 13. Vii + 265 pp. Ilus., figs.
Amsterdam: JAI, 2002. $ 88.00 (cloth).
0-7623-0890-7
Federal
Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People,
and Politics.
Desowitz, Robert S.
x + 262 pp. Index. New York: Norton, 2002. $ 24.95 (cloth).
0-393-05185-4
The
Milennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles
of Our Time.
Devlin, Keith.
x + 237 pp. Figs., index. New York: Basic Books, 2002. $ 26.00 (cloth).
0-465-01729-0
Geschichte
des Ungeborenen: Zur Erfahrungs- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte der
Schwangerschaft.
Duden, Barbara; Schlumbohn, Jürgen; Veit, Patrice (Editors).
Veroffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Institut fur Geschichte, v. 170.
328 pp. Illus. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002.
3-525-35365-0
Stability
Theory and Its Applications to Structural Mechanics.
Dym, Clive L.
vii + 191 pp. Figs., indexes. Originally published in 1974. Mineola,
NY: Dover, 2002. $ 14.95 (paper).
0-486-42541-X
The
Goddess Natura in Medieval Literature.
Economou, George B.
xxi +213 pp. Bibl., index. Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press,
2002. $ 18.00 (paper).
0-268-02955-5
The
Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, volume 7. The Berlin Years:
Writings, 1918-1921.
Einstein, Albert.
Translated by Alfred Engel. The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
Series, vol. 7. Xv + 383 pp. Index. Princeton: Princet
0-691-05718-4
MIT
and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Science.
Etzkowitz, Henry.
Studies in Global Competition Series. Ix + 173 pp. Tables, index.
London: Routledge, 2002. $ 95.00 (cloth).
0-415-28516-X
Evolutionary
Theory and Victorian Culture.
Fichman, Martin.
Control of Nature Series. 256 pp. Bibl., index. Amherst, NY: Humanity
Books, 2002. $ 21.00 (paper).
1-59102-003-4
Radio
Man: The remarkable rise and fall of C.O. Stanley.
Frankland, Mark.
History of Technology Series 30. xvii + 356 pp. Illus., bibl., index.
London: The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2002
0-85296-203-7
Selectivity
and Discord: Two problems of experiment.
Franklin, Allan.
290 pp. Figs., tables, bibl., index. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh
Press, 2002. $ 37.50 (cloth).
0-8229-4191-0
Coal:
A Human History.
Freese, Barbara.
v + 300 pp. Illus., bibl. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2003.
$ 25.00 (paper).
0-7382-0400-5
Dragon
Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions.
Gallenkamp, Charles.
In Association with the American Museum of Natural History. Foreword
by Michael J. Novacek. Xxiv + 344 pp. Illus., bibl.,
0-670-89093-6
Economics
as an Evolutionary Science: From Utility to Fitness.
Gandolfi, Arthur E.; Gandolfi, Anna Sachko; Barash, David P.
273 pp. Apps., bibl., index. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers,
2002. $ 49.95 (cloth).
0-7658-0123-X
The
Enlightenment and the Origins of European Australia.
Gascoigne, John.
xiii + 233 pp. Illus., bibl., index. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2002. $ 65.00 (cloth).
0-521-80343-8
An
Annotated Census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus (Nuremberg, 1543
and Basel, 1566).
Gingerich, Owen.
Studia Copernicana--Brill's series, vol. 2. xxxi + 402 pp. Illus.,
apps., indexes. Leiden: Brill, 2001. $ 132.50 (cloth).
90
04 11466 1
Mojsisovics
on the Triassic Reefs of the Dolomites (1879).
Gischler, Eberhard, ed.
Edited by Ebrhard Gischler. Translated by Gabriela Meyer. Geological
Milestones volume V. Xi + 106 pp. Illus., figs., table
0-930050-05-3
Par
la science, pour la patrie: L'association francaise pour l'avancement
des sciences (1872-1914).
Gispert, Helene ed..
372 pp. Tables, bibl., index. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de
Rennes, 2002. EUR 23.00; $ 23.22.
2-86847-681-3
Per
una storia della fisica italiana, 1945-1965, v I.
Giuliani, Giuseppe, ed.
Edited by Giuseppe Giuliani. Percorsa della Fisica, vol. 6. iv +
336 pp. Figs., tables. Pavia, Italy: La Goliardica Pave
88-7830-377-1
Histoire
de la pensee geographique: II - Conception du monde au Moyen Age.
Glacken, Clarence J.
Edited by Philippe Pinchemel. Frontis. 319 pp. Paris: Editions du
comite des travux historiques et scientifiques, 2002. EU
9-782735-504763
Un
pubblico per la scienza: La divulgazione scientifica nell'Italia
in formazione.
Govoni, Paola.
Studi Storici Carroci 27. 351 pp. Illus., index. Rome: Carocci Editore,
2002. EUR 23.50; $ 23.71.
88-430-2321-7
The
Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America.
Grob, Gerald N.
x + 349 pp. Index. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. $
35.00 (cloth).
0-674-00881-2
Ganz
normale Bilder: Hitoriche Beitrage zur visuellen Herstellung von
Seibstverstandlichkeit.
Gugerli, David; Orland, Barbara.
Edited by David Gugerli and Barbara Orland. 277 pp. App. Zurich:
Chronos-Vrelag, 2002. EUR25.90, $ 25.64 (paper).
3-0340-0551-2
Animal
Attractions: Nature on display in American zoos.
Hanson, Elizabeth.
x + 243 pp. Illus., index. Princeton: Princeton University Press,
2002. $ 29.95 (cloth).
0-691-05992-6
Women
in Physics: The IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics,
Paris, France, 2002.
Hartline, Beverly K.; Li, Dongqi, eds.
Edited by Beverly K. Hartline and Dongqi Li. Ix + 263 pp. Illus.,
tables, apps., index. Melville, NY: Amreican Institute o
0-7354-0074-1
Les
Usages Politiques du Passe.
Hartog, Francois; Revel, Jacques.
Enquete 1. 206 pp. Paris: Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes
en Sciences Sociales, 2001. EUR 20; $ 20.20 (paper).
2-7132-1405-X
Die
"Wissenschaft Hinter dem eisernen Vorhang": Realitaten und Mythen
der Sowjetishcen Wissenchaft.
Heinemann, Manfred; Kolchinsky, Eduard I., eds.
526 pp. Index. St. Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences.
5-86007-328-3
Quack,
Quack, Quack: The Sellers Nostrums in Prints, Posters, Ephemera,
& Books.
Helfand, William H.
252 pp. Illus., bibl., index. New York: The Grolier Club, 2002.
$ 40.00 (cloth).
0-910672-40-7
The
Papers of Joseph Henry, vol. 9. January 1854-December 1857: The
Smithsonian Years.
Henry, Joseph.
Edited by Marc Rothenberg. L + 516 pp. Frontis., illus., index.
Canton, MA: Science History Publications, 2002. $ 79.95 (cl
0-88135-363-9
Trailblazers
in Nursing Education: A Caribbean Perspective.
Hewitt, Hermi Hyacinth.
xxii +268 pp. Illus., bibl. Index. Barbados: Canoe Press, 2002.
$ 25 (paper).
976-8125-78-0
Meselson,
Stahl, and the Replication of DNA: A History of "The Most Beautiful
Experiment in Biology".
Holmes, Frederic Lawrence.
xii + 503 pp. Illus., figs., index. New Haven: Yale University Press,
2001. $ 40.00 (cloth).
0-300-08540-0
Prematurity
in Scientific Discovery: On resistance and neglect.
Hook, Ernest B., ed.
378 pp. Illus., tables, index. Berkeley: University of California
Press, 2002. $ 80.00 (cloth).
0-520-23106-6
The
Life of Frank Coles Phillips (1902-1982) and the Structural Geology
of the Moine Petrofabric Controversy.
Howarth, R.J.; Leake, B.E.
vii + 95 pp. Illus., figs., tables, bibl., index. London: The Geological
Society, 2002. GBP45.00, $ 70.40 (paper).
1-86239-102-5
Greek
Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook.
Irby-Massie, Georgia; Keyser, Paul T.
xxxv + 392 pp. Illus., figs., tables, bibl., indexes. New York:
Routledge, 2002. $ 27.95 (paper).
0-415-23848-X
The
Earth Remains Forever.
Jackson, Rob.
Foreword by John Graves. Xi + 169 pp. Bibl., index. Austin: University
of Texas Press, 2002. $ 19.95 (paper).
0-292-74055-7
Atmospheric
Pollution: History, Science, and Regulation.
Jacobson, Mark Z.
399 pp. Illus., tables, index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2002. $ 110.00 (cloth).
521811716
Merciful
Release: The history of the British euthanasia movement.
Kemp, N.D.A.
vii + 242 pp. Bibl., index. Manchester, UK: Manchester University
Press, 2002. $ 74.95 (cloth).
0-7190-6123-7
Rethinking
Reality: Lucretius and the Textualization of Nature.
Kennedy, Duncan F.
Studies in Literature and Science Series. viii + 145 pp. Bibl.,
index. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002. $ 44.
0-472-11288-0
The
statistical mind in a prestatistical era: The Netherlands, 1750-1850.
Klep, Paul M.M.; Stamhuis, Ida H., eds.
374 pp. Frontis., illus., bibl., indexes. Amsterdam: Aksant, 2002.
$ 29.95 (paper).
90-5742-034-1
Herman
Boerhaave (1668-1738): Calvinist chemist and physician.
Knoeff, Rina.
History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands Series, vol.
3. xvi + 237 pp. App. , bibl., index. Amsterdam: Koninkli
90-698-342-0
Landscapes
and Labscapes: Exploring the Lab-Field Border in Biology.
Kohler, Robert E.
xv +326 pp. Frontis., illus., bibl., index. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 2002. $ 58.00 (cloth).
0-226-45009-0
Amchitka
and the Bomb: Nuclear Testing in Alaska.
Kohlhoff, Dean W.
x + 166 pp. Index. University of Washington Press, 2002. $ 25 (cloth).
0-295-98255-1
Between
Science and Ideology.
Kolchinsky, E.I., ed.
Russian-German Links in Biology and Medicine Issue III. 244 pp.
St. Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002.
5-7187-0401-5
Arabic
Astronomy in Sanskrit: Al-Birjandi on Tadhkira II, Chapter 11 and
its Sanskrit Translation.
Kusaba, Takanori; Pingree, David, Editors.
Translated by Kusaba, Takanori; Pingree, David. Islamic Philosophy
Theology and Science Series, vol. XLVII. vii + 287 pp. F
90
04 12475 6
Science
Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars.
Landon, Brooks.
Genres in Context Series. Xxxii + 251 pp. Bibl., index. Originally
published in 1995 by Twayne Publishing. New York: Routl
0-415-93888-0
La
Mente in Cartesio.
Landucci, Sergio.
228 pp. Apps., index. Milan: FrancoAngeli, 2002. EUR 19.00; $ 19.19
(paper).
88-464-3894-9
The
Art is Long: On the sacred disease and the scientific tradition.
Laskaris, Julie.
Studies in Ancient Medicine 25. ix + 171 pp. Bibl., indexes. Leiden:
Brill, 2002. $ 81.00 (cloth).
90-04-12152-8
Iconoclash:
Beyond the Image Wars in Science, Religion, and Art.
Latour, Bruno; Weibel, Peter, eds.
703 pp. Illus., index. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002. $ 45.00 (paper).
0-262-62172-X
Freud's
Footnotes.
Leader, Darian.
253 pp. App. , index. London: Faber and Faber, 2000. GBP9.99, $
15.62 (paper).
0-571-19585-7
Frankenstein:
Penetrating the Secrets of Nature.
Lederer, Susan E.
ix + 78 pp. Illus. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2002.
$ 30.00 (paper).
0-8135-3200-0
The
Eureka! Moment: 100 Key Scientific Discoveries of the 20th Century.
Lee, Rupert.
xviii + 275 pp. Illus., index. New York: Routledge, 2002. $ 25.00
(cloth).
0-415-93941-0
Managing
a Global Resource: Challenges of Forest Conservation and Development.
Lele, Uma, ed.
World Bank Series n Evaluation and Development, vol 5. xvii + 312
pp. Tables, index. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers,
0-7658-0137-X
The
Way and the Word: Science and Medicine in Early China and Greece.
Lloyd, Geoffrey; Sivin, Nathan.
xvii + 368 pp. Bibl., index. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
$ 35.00 (cloth).
0-300-09297-0
Consciousness
and the Novel: Collected essays.
Lodge, David.
xii + 320 pp. Index. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002.
$ 24.95 (cloth).
0-674-00949-5
Openness,
Secrecy, Authorship: Technical Arts and the Culture of Knowledge
from Antiquity to the Renaissance.
Long, Pamela O.
xii + 384 pages, illus., notes, bibl., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
Univ Pr, 2001. Cloth $ 55.00.
801866065
Museum
Politics: Power Plays at the Exhibition.
Luke, Timothy W.
xxvi + 265 pp. Index. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,
2002. $ 52.95 (cloth); $ 18.95 (paper).
0-8166-1988-3
Children
of Prometheus: A History of Science and Technology. 2nd edition.
MacLachlan, James.
xxvii + 466 pp. Frontis., illus., index. Toronto: Wall & Emerson,
Inc., 2002. $ 39.95 (paper).
0921332-51-3
Who
Owns Life?
Magnus, David; Caplan, Arthur; McGee, Glenn, eds.
291 pp. Index. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002. $ 26 (cloth).
1-57392-986-7
Water
Technology in the Middle Ages: Cities, Monasteries, and Waterworks
after the Roman Empire.
Magnusson, Roberta J.
xiv + 238 pp. Illus., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2001. $ 38.00 (cloth).
0-8018-6626-X
Faster
than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation.
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Traume
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Missions
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McBride, David.
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Nuclear
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Watson
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A
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Right
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Under
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Mercader, Julio, ed.
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The
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The Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Bibl., index.
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How
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Meyerowitz, Joanne.
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Intelligence,
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The
Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents.
Moran, Jeffrey P.
The Bedford Series in History and Culture. X + 230 pp. Illus., apps.
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Into
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Morgen, Sandra.
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What
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Wireless
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The
Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5. The Modern Physical and
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Nye, Mary Jo, ed..
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Time
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Osborn, Marijane.
Series for Science and Culture. 320 pp. , 46 b&w illus. Illus.,
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Medieval
Astrology in Manuscripts.
Page, Sophie.
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From
Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the
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Aristotle's
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Perfetti, Stefano.
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Seeing
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Analog
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Pinch, Trevor; Trocco, Frank.
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The
Yogasastra of Hemacandra: A twelfth-century handbook on Svetambara
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Quarnstrom, Olle, trans.
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v + 230 pp. Bibl., index. Cambridge: Harvard University
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In
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Strategic
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Roland, Alex; Shiman, Philip.
History of Computing Series. 440 pp. Illus., index. Cambridge: MIT
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Making
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Romano, Terrie M.
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Chronology
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Savages
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Rothfels, Nigel.
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The
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Rozwadowski, Helen.
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Computing
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Rule, James B.; Gimlin, Debra; Sievers, Sylvia J.
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Sesame
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Ruskin, John.
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New
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High
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Scamehorn, Lee.
Mining the American West Series. 244 pp. Illus., index. Boulder:
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Nature
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Scheese, Don.
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Surgery,
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Prager
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How
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History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands, vol. 4. Xv
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In
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Undead
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One
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The
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The
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Einstein
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The
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Mammoth:
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Mendeleyev's
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The
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Swade, Doron.
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Physics
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Tamae, T.; Kasagi, J.; Terasawa, T.; Yamazaki, H.
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Der
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Teichler, Jens-Uwe.
Medizin, Gesellschaft and Geschichte-Beihefte 18. 233 pp. Illus.,
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Semiotic
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The
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The
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Tucker, William H.
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The
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The
Calvinist Copernicans: The reception of the new astronomy in the
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History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands Series, vol.
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Repertorium
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Brave
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Genes,
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Science
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Heart
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Broader
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Wiesenfeldt, Gerhard.
History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands Series, vol.
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Retooling:
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Science
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Withers, Charles W.J.; Wood, Paul, eds.
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The
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Woliver, Laura R.
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A
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Yagi, Eri.
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Zeller, Thomas.
Deutsches Museum Bietrage zur Historischen Verkehrsforschung Band
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Voyage
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Zewail, Ahmed.
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Microchip:
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Zygmont, Jeffrey.
256 pp. Perseus Publishing, 2002. $ 25.00 (cloth).
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