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Volume 48; Issue 2

The British Journal for the History of Science

Volume 48; Issue 2

1

Sinanthropus in Britain: human origins and international science, 1920–1939

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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2

George Combe and common sense

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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3

William J. Turkel, Spark from the Deep: How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Pp. xi + 287. ISBN 978-1-4214-0981-8. £22.50 (hardback).

Stark, James F.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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4

Richard Yeo, Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2014. Pp. xvii + 398. ISBN 978-0-226-10656-4. $45.00/£31.50 (hardback).

Marie Roos, Anna

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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5

Catholics, science and civic culture in Victorian Belfast

FINNEGAN, DIARMID A., WRIGHT, JONATHAN JEFFREY

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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6

P.J. Capelotti, Shipwreck at Cape Flora: The Expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England's Forgotten Arctic Explorer. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2013. Pp. xxix + 269. ISBN 978-1-55238-705-4. US$41.95 (paperback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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7

Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich (eds.), Outsider Scientists: Routes to Innovation in Biology. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2013. Pp. ix + 374. ISBN 978-0-226-07840-3. £24.50 (paperback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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8

Margaret C. Jacob, The First Knowledge Economy: Human Capital and the European Economy, 1750–1850. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. ix + 257. ISBN 978-1-107-61983-8. £19.99 (paperback)

Palmelund Johansen, Thomas

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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9

Milena Wazeck, Einstein's Opponents: The Public Controversy about the Theory of Relativity in the 1920s. Translated by Geoffrey S. Koby. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-01744-3. £65.00/$99.00 (hardback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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10

Kersten T. Hall, The Man in the Monkeynut Coat: William Astbury and the Forgotten Road to the Double Helix. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. ix + 242. ISBN 978-0-19-870459-1. £18.99 (hardback).

Hendrickson, Kenneth E.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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11

Matthew C. Hunter, Wicked Intelligence: Visual Art and the Science of Experiment in Restoration London. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-226-01729-7. £38.50 (hardback).

Kusukawa, Sachiko

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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12

Amir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World. London: Oneworld, 2014. Pp. 352. ISBN 978-1-78074-532-9. £20.00 (paperback).

Barany, Michael J.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, Bitter Roots: The Search for Healing Plants in Africa. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2014. Pp. viii + 300. ISBN 978-0-226-08602-6. £24.50 (paperback).

Cozzoli, Daniele

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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14

Alison Bashford, Global Population: History, Geopolitics, and Life on Earth. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. Pp. xii + 466. ISBN 978-0-231-14766-8. £34.50 (hardback); 978-0-231-51952-6. £34.50 (e-book).Robert J. Mayhew, Malthus: The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet. Cambridge, MA and London: The Belknap Press, 2014. Pp. 284. ISBN 978-0-674-72871-4. £20.00 (hardback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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15

Douglas A. Lorimer, Science, Race Relations and Resistance: Britain, 1870–1914. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2013. Pp. xi + 344. ISBN 978-0-7190-3357-5. £80.00 (hardback).

Sera-Shriar, Efram

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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16

The shock of the odd

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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BJH volume 48 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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Maurizio Esposito, Romantic Biology, 1890–1945. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2013. Pp. viii + 257. ISBN 978-1-84893-430-7. £60.00 (hardback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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James A. Secord, Visions of Science: Books and Readers at the Dawn of the Victorian Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xiii + 306. ISBN 978-0-19-967526-5. £18.99 (hardback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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20

Bernard Lightman and Bennett Zon (eds.), Evolution and Victorian Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xvii + 320. ISBN 978-1-107-02842-5. £60.00 (hardback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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21

The Arabic original of (ps.) Māshā'allāh's Liber de orbe: its date and authorship

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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22

Sylvia Sumira, The Art and History of Globes. London: The British Library, 2014. Pp. 224. ISBN 978-07-123-5868-2. £30.00 (hardback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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23

Klaas van Berkel, Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion: Mechanical Philosophy in the Making. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Pp. ix + 265. ISBN 978-142140936-8. £21.00 (paperback).

Clericuzio, Antonio

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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24

Michel Janssen and Christoph Lehner (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Einstein. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xvi + 562. ISBN 978-0-521-82834-5. £65.00 (hardback).

Mahmoud Hussain, Rawaa

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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Ruha Benjamin, People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013. Pp. xv + 249. ISBN 978-0-8047-8297-5. £17.99 (paperback).

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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BJH volume 48 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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Jed Z. Buchwald and Robert Fox (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Physics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. ix + 945. ISBN 978-0-19-969625-3. £95.00 (hardback).

Schilt, Cornelis

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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28

Sounding in silence: men, machines and the changing environment of naval discipline, 1796–1815

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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29

Mechanical experiments as moral exercise in the education of George III

GRANT, FLORENCE

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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2015

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english

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