Isis Books Received
1 December - 31 December 2008
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Bordogna, Francesca. William James at the Boundaries: Philosophy, Science, and the Geography of Knowledge. x +382 pp., illus., table, bibl., index. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. $39.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9780226066523.
Cottingham, John. Cartesian Reflections: Essays on Descartes's Philosophy. xiv + 332 pp., illus., bibl., index. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. $80.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9780199226979.
Galvez-Behar, Gabriel. La République des inventeurs: Propriété et organisation de l'innovation en France (1791-1922). 352 pp., app., illus., tables, bibl., index. Rennes Cedex: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2008. €19.00 (paper). ISBN: 9782753506954.
Helmreich, Stefan. Alien Ocean: Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas. xviii + 403 pp., illus., bibl., index. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. $24.95 (paper). ISBN: 9780520250628.
Hentshel, Klaus (Ed.). Unsichtbare Hände: Zur Rolle von Laborassistenten, Mechanikern, Zeichnern u. a. Amanuenses in der physikalischen Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeit. 267 pp., illus., indexes. Berlin: GNT-Verlag, 2008. €30.00 (paper). ISBN: 9783928186858.
Kellert, Stephen H. Borrowed Knowledge and the Challenge of Learning Across Disciplines: The Case of Chaos Theory. x + 292 pp., bibl., index. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. $35.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9780226429786.
Lombardo, Paul A. Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell. xvi + 365 pp., illus., apps., index. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2008. $65.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9780801890109.
Lopez, Donald S. Jr. Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed. xiv + 264 pp., index. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. $25.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9780226493121.
Lutkehaus, Nancy C. Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon. xviii + 374 pp., illus., bibl., index. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. $39.95 (cloth). ISBN: 9780691009414.
Schaffer, Gavin. Racial Science and British Society, 1930-62. x + 234 pp., bibl., index. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. ISBN: 9780230008922.
Webster, Charles. Paracelsus: Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time. xiv + 326 pp., illus., bibl., index. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. $40.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9780300139112.
