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Volume 8; Issue 2

The British Journal for the History of Science

Volume 8; Issue 2

1

Revisions of Descartes's Matter Theory in Le Monde

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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2

Myth and Science in the Twelfth Century. A Study of Bernard Silvesterby Brian Stock

Review by: Richard Lorch

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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3

Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in Eighteenth-Century Franceby C. Stewart Gillmor;Coulomb's Memoir on Statics: An Essay in the History of Civil Engineeringby Jacques Heyman; Coulomb

Review by: Eugene Frankel

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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4

Causality and Scientific Explanation. Volume IIby William A. Wallace

Review by: Rom Harré

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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5

Science and the Arts. A Study in Relationships from 1600 to 1900by Jacob Opper

Review by: David Knight

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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6

Physics at 17th and 18th-Century Leidenby Edward G. Ruestow

Review by: W. D. Hackmann

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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7

Linnaeus's Öland and Gotland Journey, 1741by Carl Linnaeus; Marie Äsberg; William T. Stearn

Review by: Roy A. Rauschenberg

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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8

The Universities and British Industry 1850-1970by Michael Sanderson

Review by: J. B. Morrell

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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9

‘A Less Agreeable Matter’: The Disagreeable Case of Newton and Achromatic Refraction

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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10

Books Received

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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11

General Causality and Scientific Explanation. Volume II. By William A. Wallace. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1974. PP. vii + 422. $14.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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PDF, 158 KB

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12

Mathematics A Source Book in Classical Analysis. Ed. by G. Birkhoff, with the assistance of U. Merzbach. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1973. Pp. xii + 470. £12.50.

Grattan-Guinness, I.

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 149 KB

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13

Genetics History of Genetics from the Earliest Times to the Rediscovery of Mendel's Laws. By Hans Stubbe. Second edition. Trans, by T. R. W. Waters. Cambridge, Mass., and London: M.I.T. Press, 1972. Pp. x + 356. $14.95.

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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14

Middle Ages Myth and Science in the Twelfth Century. A Study of Bernard Silvester. By Brian Stock. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1972. Pp. xvi + 331. £6.25

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 148 KB

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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Physics at 17th and 18th-Century Leiden. By Edward G. Ruestow. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1973. Pp. 174. Hfl. 24.50

Hackmann, W. D.

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Linnaeus's Öland and Gotland Journey, 1741. By Carl Linnaeus. Trans. by Marie Asberg and William T. Stearn. London: Linnean Society of London, 1974. Pp. viii + 220. £6.

Rauschenberg, Roy A.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1975

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english

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17

BJH volume 8 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1975

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english

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BJH volume 8 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1975

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english

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19

Science in Rome, 1675–1700, and the Accademia Fisicomatematica of Giovanni Giustino Ciampini

Middleton, W. E. Knowles

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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20

A Critical Examination of Herapath's Dynamical Theory of Gases

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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21

Thomas Hobbes, De Homine

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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22

Coulomb

Frankel, Eugene

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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23

General Science and the Arts. A Study in Relationships from 1600 to 1900. By Jacob Opper. Rutherford, Madison, and Teaneck: Farleigh Dickinson University Press. Pp. 226. $10.50.

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 155 KB

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24

Medicine Therapeutics from the Primitives to the 20th Century. With an Appendix: History of Dietetics. By Erwin H. Ackerknecht. New York: Hafner Press, and London: Collier Macmillan, 1973. Pp. x + 194. £6.25.

Underwood, E. Ashworth

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 78 KB

english, 1975

25

Technology Roman and Islamic Water-Lifting Wheels. By Thorkild Schiøler. Odense: Odense University Press, 1973. Pp. 201. No price stated.

Smith, N. A. F.

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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26

Technology Understanding Technology. By Charles Susskind. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1973. Pp. x + 164. £3.30

Buchanan, R. A.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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27

Middle Ages Tractatus de Perspectiva. By John Pecham. Ed. with introduction and notes by David C. Lindberg. St Bonaventure, N.Y.: The Franciscan Institute, 1972. Pp. 110. No price stated.

McVaugh, Michael

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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28

Middle Ages The Book of Secrets of Albertus Magnus. Ed. by Michael R. Best and Frank H. Brightman. Oxford: Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1973. Pp. xlviii + 128. £3.00.

Steneck, Nicholas H.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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29

Renaissance Thomas Harriot, Renaissance Scientist. Ed. by J. W. Shirley. Oxford: Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1974. Pp. x + 181. £6.50.

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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PDF, 75 KB

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30

Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries The Universities and British Industry 1850–1970. By Michael Sanderson. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972. Pp. x + 436. £6.50.

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 151 KB

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Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries The Master of Light. A Biography of Albert A. Michelson. By Dorothy Michelson Livingston. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. Pp. xi + 376. $12.50.

Heilbron, J. L.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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32

Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries The History of Quantum Theory. By Friedrich Hund. Trans. by Gordon Reece. London: Harrap, 1974. Pp. 260. £6.10

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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33

Inquiry

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1975

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english

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34

Notes on Contributors

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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35

The History of Quantum Theoryby Friedrich Hund; Gordon Reece

Review by: Jon Dorling

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 194 KB

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36

Tractatus de Perspectivaby John Pecham; David C. Lindberg

Review by: Michael McVaugh

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 159 KB

english, 1975

37

Revisions of Descartes's Matter Theory in "Le monde"

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 436 KB

english, 1975

38

The Book of Secrets of Albertus Magnusby Michael R. Best; Frank H. Brightman

Review by: Nicholas H. Steneck

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 218 KB

english, 1975

39

Therepeutics from the Primitives to the 20th Century. With an Appendix: History of Dieteticsby Erwin H. Ackerknecht

Review by: E. Ashworth Underwood

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 158 KB

english, 1975

40

Thomas Hobbes, De Homine. Traité de l'Hommeby Paul-Marie Maurin

Review by: H. W. Jones

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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41

Front Matter

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

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english

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PDF, 211 KB

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42

Roman and Islamic Water-Lifting Wheelsby Thorkild Schiøler

Review by: N. A. F. Smith

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 159 KB

english, 1975

43

A Critical Examination of Herapath's Dynamical Theory of Gases

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 456 KB

english, 1975

44

The Master of Light. A Biography of Albert A. Michelsonby Dorothy Michelson Livingston

Review by: J. L. Heilbron

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 188 KB

english, 1975

45

Science in Rome, 1675-1700, and the Accademia Fisicomatematica of Giovanni Giustino Ciampini

W. E. Knowles Middleton

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 709 KB

english, 1975

46

'A Less Agreeable Matter': The Disagreeable Case of Newton and Achromatic Refraction

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 970 KB

english, 1975

47

Thomas Harriot, Renaissance Scientistby J. W. Shirley

Review by: J. A. Lohne

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 156 KB

english, 1975

48

Books Received

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 187 KB

english, 1975

49

Understanding Technologyby Charles Susskind

Review by: R. A. Buchanan

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 189 KB

english, 1975

50

History of Genetics from the Earliest Times to the Rediscovery of Mendel's Lawsby Hans Stubbe; T. R. W. Waters

Review by: A. G. Cock

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 189 KB

english, 1975

51

A Source Book in Classical Analysisby G. Birkhoff

Review by: I. Grattan-Guinness

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 190 KB

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52

Back Matter

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1975

Language:

english

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PDF, 304 KB

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