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- 1 November - 31 December 2010
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Achinstein, Peter. Evidence, Explanation, and Realism: Essays in Philosophy of Science. xi + pp. 331, tables. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010. $39.95 (cloth). ISBN# 9780199735259
Bede. On The Nature of Things and On Times. (Translated Texts for Historians.) xvi + 222 pp., app., bibls., indexes. Glasgow: Liverpool University Press, 2010. 16,99 € (paper). ISBN# 9781846314964
Brown, William; Fabian, Andrew C. Darwin. (The Darwin College Lectures.) xvi + 210 pp., illus., bibl., index. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010. $21.99 (cloth). ISBN# 9780521131957
Johnson, Stephen B. (Editor). Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia. Volume 1. 2 volumes. lvi + 740 pp., illus., bibl., index. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Both volumes $180.00 (cloth). ISBN# 9781851095148
Johnson, Stephen B. (Editor). Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia. Volume 2. 2 volumes. xxi + 575 pp., illus., bibl., index. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Both volumes $180.00 (cloth). ISBN# 9781851095148
Lehti, Raimo; Markkanen, Tapio. History of Astronomy in Finland 1828-1918. (The History of Learning and Science in Finland.) 269 pp., illus., bibl., indexes. Sastmala, Finland: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 2010. 28,00 € (paper). ISBN# 9789516533790
Rattcliff, Marc J. L'effet Trembley ou la naissance de la zoologie marine. 55 pp., illus, bibl. Geneva: La Baconnière Arts, 2010. 19,00 € (paper). ISBN# 9782915306491
Ueyama, Takahiro. Health in the Marketplace: Professionalism, Theraputic Desires, and Medical Commodification in Late-Victorian London. xv + 320 pp., illus., app., bibl., index. Palo Alto, CA: The Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship, 2010. $55.00 (cloth). ISBN# 9780930664299
