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Volume 42; Issue 2

The British Journal for the History of Science

Volume 42; Issue 2

1

Some reflections on Newton's Principia

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 84 KB

english, 2009

2

Peter Harrison, The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xi+300. ISBN 978-0-521-87559-2. £50.00 (hardback).

Gaukroger, Stephen

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 45 KB

english, 2009

3

Neil Pemberton and Michael Worboys, Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Rabies in Britain, 1830–2000. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. x+247. ISBN 978-0-230-54240-2. £45.00 (hardback).

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 181 KB

english, 2009

4

Einstein in Portugal: Eddington's expedition to Principe and the reactions of Portuguese astronomers (1917–25)

MOTA, ELSA, CRAWFORD, PAULO, SIMÕES, ANA

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 602 KB

english, 2009

5

Lianne McTavish, Childbirth and the Display of Authority in Early Modern France. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. xiv+257. ISBN 0-7546-3619-4. £45.00 (hardback).

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 184 KB

english, 2009

6

Bones and words in 1870s New Zealand: the moa-hunter debate through actor networks

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 112 KB

english, 2009

7

Mark Jackson, Allergy: The History of a Modern Malady. London: Reaktion Books, 2007. Pp. 288. ISBN 978-1-86189-333-8. £12.25 (paperback).Gregg Mitman, Breathing Space: How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes. London: Yale University Press, 2007. Pp. xv+312. ISBN 978-0-300-11035-7. £20.00 (hardback).

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2009

8

Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine? A History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xvii+238. ISBN 978-0-19-921887-5. £14.99 (hardback).

Duffin, Jacalyn

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2009

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english

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PDF, 39 KB

english, 2009

9

Tatjana Buklijas and Nick Hopwood, Making Visible Embryos. An online exhibition developed by the University of Cambridge with support from the Wellcome Trust, 2008. Available at http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/visibleembryos/

Maienschein, Jane

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 39 KB

english, 2009

10

Roy Church and E. M. Tansey, Burroughs Wellcome & Co.: Knowledge, Trust and Profit, and the Transformation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, 1880–1940. Lancaster: Crucible, 2007. Pp. xxvii+564. ISBN 978-1-905-472-07-9. £19.99 (paperback).

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 39 KB

english, 2009

11

William Bynum, The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-19-921543-0. £7.99 (paperback).Thomas Dixon, Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 150. ISBN 978-0-19-929551-7. £7.99 (paperback).

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 40 KB

english, 2009

12

Alessandro Ottaviani and Oreste Trabucco, Theatrum Naturae: La ricerca naturalistica tra erudizione e nuova scienza nell'Italia del primo Seicento. Napoli: La Città del Sole. 2007. Pp. 177. ISBN 978-88-8292-363-1. €22.00 (paperback).

Pugliano, Valentina

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 40 KB

english, 2009

13

J. B. Shank, The Newton Wars and the Beginning of the French Enlightenment. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Pp. xvi+571. ISBN 978-0-226-74945-7. $55.00 (hardback).

Baxfield, Christopher

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2009

14

Jeremy J. Gray and Karen H. Parshall (eds.), Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra (1800–1950). Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society and London: London Mathematical Society, 2007. Pp. vii+336 pp. ISBN 978-0-8218-4343-7. $69.00 (hardback).

Grattan-Guinness, Ivor

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 40 KB

english, 2009

15

Chris Otter, The Victorian Eye: A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800–1910. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Pp. x+382. ISBN 978-0-226-64077-8. £13.00 (paperback).

Canales, Jimena

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 40 KB

english, 2009

16

Alice Jenkins (ed.), Michael Faraday's Mental Exercises: An Artisan Essay Circle in Regency London. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2008. Pp. xii+250. ISBN 978-1-84631-140-6. £47.50, $85.00 (hardback).

Tweney, Ryan D.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2009

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The English Mechanic and World of Science. Vols. 1–124 on 14 DVDs. Waltham Abbey: E. S. Hutton, 2006. ISBN 1-905383-00-2. Single disks £22.00 (individual), £50.00 (institutional); complete set £308.00 (individual), £650.00 (institutional).

Noakes, Richard

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 39 KB

english, 2009

18

Thomas Dixon, The Invention of Altruism: Making Moral Meanings in Victorian Britain. Oxford: British Academy for the Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. xiv+420. ISBN 978-0-19-726426-3. £60.00 (hardback).

Turner, Frank M.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 37 KB

english, 2009

19

The languages of melancholy in early modern England

Haskell, Yasmin

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 46 KB

english, 2009

20

Advertising cadavers in the republic of letters: anatomical publications in the early modern Netherlands

MARGÓCSY, DÁNIEL

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 781 KB

english, 2009

21

The Heavens Inscribed: the instrumental poetry of the Virgin in early modern France

WINTROUB, MICHAEL

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 133 KB

english, 2009

22

Marcos Cueto , Cold Wars, Deadly Fevers: Malaria Eradication in Mexico 1955–1975. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Pp. xv+264. ISBN 978-0-8018-8645-4. $45.00, £30.00 (hardback).Frank M. Snowden , The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900–1962. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Pp. viii+296. ISBN 0-300-10899-0. $43.00, £25.00 (hardback).Sandra M. Sufian , Healing the Land and the Nation: Malaria and the Zionist Project in Palestine, 1920–1947. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xviii+385. ISBN 978-0-226-77935-5. $40.00, £21.00 (hardback).

Weber, Thomes P.

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 46 KB

english, 2009

23

Lissa Roberts, Simon Schaffer and Peter Dear (eds.), The Mindful Hand: Inquiry and Invention from the Late Renaissance to Early Industrialisation. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 2007. Available outside the UK and Europe from University of Chicago Press. Pp. xxvii+503. ISBN 978-90-6984-483-1. €89.00, $110.00 (hardback).

MacLeod, Christine

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 46 KB

english, 2009

24

Kapil Raj, Relocating Modern Science: Circulation and the Construction of Knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650–1900. Houndmills and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. xiv+285. ISBN 978-0-230-50708. £53.00 (hardback).

Daston, Lorraine

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 40 KB

english, 2009

25

Josep Simon and Néstor Herran, with Tayra Lanuza-Navarro, Pedro Ruiz Castell and Ximo Guillem-Llobat (eds.), Beyond Borders: Fresh Perspectives in History of Science. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. Pp. vii+377. ISBN 978-184-71843-2. £39.99 (hardback).

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 46 KB

english, 2009

26

Frank A. J. L. James (ed.), The Correspondence of Michael Faraday: Volume 5, 1855–1860. London: Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2008. Pp. lviii+835. ISBN 978-0-86341-823-5. £70.00 (hardback).Frank A. J. L. James (ed.), Christmas at the Royal Institution: An Anthology of Lectures by M. Faraday, J. Tyndall, R. S. Ball, S. P. Thompson, E. R. Lankester, W. H. Bragg, W. L. Bragg, R. L. Gregory, and I. Stewart. Singapore: World Scientific Books, 2007. Pp. xxxiii+366. ISBN 981-277-109-3. £39.00 (paperback).

Morus, Iwan Rhys

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 45 KB

english, 2009

27

Books received

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2009

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english

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PDF, 42 KB

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BJH volume 42 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2009

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english

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PDF, 697 KB

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BJH volume 42 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2009

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english

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PDF, 947 KB

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30

The English Mechanic and World of Science

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 417 KB

english, 2009

31

Making Visible Embryosby Tatjana Buklijas; Nick Hopwood

Jane Maienschein

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 414 KB

english, 2009

32

Theatrum Naturae: La ricerca naturalistica tra erudizione e nuova scienza nell'Italia del primo Seicentoby Alessandro Ottaviani; Oreste Trabucco

Valentina Pugliano

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 419 KB

english, 2009

33

The Victorian Eye: A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800-1910by Chris Otter

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 416 KB

english, 2009

34

Bones and Words in 1870s New Zealand: The Moa-Hunter Debate through Actor Networks

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.63 MB

english, 2009

35

The Invention of Altruism: Making Moral Meanings in Victorian Britainby Thomas Dixon

Frank M. Turner

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 358 KB

english, 2009

36

The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introductionby William Bynum;Science and Religion: A Very Short Introductionby Thomas Dixon

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 414 KB

english, 2009

37

Einstein in Portugal: Eddington's Expedition to Principe and the Reactions of Portuguese Astronomers (1917-25)

Elsa Mota, Paulo Crawford and Ana Simões

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 4.12 MB

english, 2009

38

Some Reflections on Newton's "Principia"

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.74 MB

english, 2009

39

Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra (1800-1950)by Jeremy J. Gray; Karen H. Parshall

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 426 KB

english, 2009

40

Relocating Modern Science: Circulation and the Construction of Knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900by Kapil Raj

Lorraine Daston

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 427 KB

english, 2009

41

Beyond Borders: Fresh Perspectives in History of Scienceby Josep Simon; Néstor Herran; Tayra Lanuza-Navarro; Pedro Ruiz Castell; Ximo Guillem-Llobat

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 581 KB

english, 2009

42

The Heavens Inscribed: The Instrumental Poetry of the Virgin in Early Modern France

Michael Wintroub

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.86 MB

english, 2009

43

The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Scienceby Peter Harrison

Stephen Gaukroger

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 582 KB

english, 2009

44

The Languages of Melancholy in Early Modern England

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 844 KB

english, 2009

45

Burroughs Wellcome & Co.: Knowledge, Trust and Profit, and the Transformation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, 1880-1940by Roy Church; E. M. Tansey

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 428 KB

english, 2009

46

Cold Wars, Deadly Fevers: Malaria Eradication in Mexico 1955-1975by Marcos Cueto;The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900-1962by Frank M. Snowden;Healing the Land and the Nation: Malaria and the Zionist Project in Palestine, 1920-1947by Sandra M. Sufian

Thomes P. Weber

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 576 KB

english, 2009

47

The Correspondence of Michael Faraday: Volume 5, 1855-1860by Michael Faraday; Frank A. J. L. James;Christmas at the Royal Institution: An Anthology of Lectures by M. Faraday, J. Tyndall, R. S. Ball, S. P. Thompson, E. R. Lankester, W. H. Bragg, W. L. Bragg, R. L. Gregory, and I. Stewartby Frank A. J. L. James

Iwan Rhys Morus

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 577 KB

english, 2009

48

Michael Faraday's Mental Exercises: An Artisan Essay Circle in Regency Londonby Alice Jenkins

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 566 KB

english, 2009

49

Childbirth and the Display of Authority in Early Modern Franceby Lianne McTavish

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 571 KB

english, 2009

50

The Mindful Hand: Inquiry and Invention from the Late Renaissance to Early Industrialisationby Lissa Roberts; Simon Schaffer; Peter Dear

Christine MacLeod

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 598 KB

english, 2009

51

Advertising Cadavers in the Republic of Letters: Anatomical Publications in the Early Modern Netherlands

Dániel Margócsy

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 3.87 MB

english, 2009

52

Alternative Medicine? A Historyby Roberta Bivins

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 421 KB

english, 2009

53

Books Received

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 601 KB

english, 2009