Table of Contents
Frontispiece p. viii
ARTICLES X-rays as Evidence in German Orthopaedic Surgery, 1895-1900, Andrew Warwick, p. 1
Government Science in Postwar America: Henry A. Wallace, Edward U. Condon, and the Transformation of the National Bureau of Standards, 1945-1951, Thomas C. Lassman, p. 25
FOCUS: COLONIAL SCIENCE Introduction, Londa Schiebinger, p. 52
Science and the British Empire, Mark Harrison, p. 56
Iberian Colonial Science, Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, p. 64
Jesuit Scientific Activity in the Overseas Missions, 1540-1773, Steven J. Harris, p. 71
Science and the French Empire, Michael A. Osborne, p. 80
NEWS OF THE PROFESSION Eloge: Frank E. Manuel, 1910-2003, Mordechi Feingold, p. 88
ESSAY REVIEW Lorraine Daston (Editor): Things That Talk: Object Lessons from Art and Science Soraya de Chadarevian; Nick Hopwood (Editors): Models: The Third Dimension of Science, Thomas Hankins, p. 91
BOOK REVIEWS Robert Carneiro: Evolutionism and Cultural Anthropology: A Critical History rev. by Jacob W. Gruber, p. 95
Monica H. Green (Editor): The Trotula: A Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine and Rolande Graves: Born to Procreate: Women and Childbirth in France from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century rev. by Danielle Jacquart, p. 95
J. B. Harley: The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography ed. by Paul Lexton, and Denis Cosgrove: Apollo's Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination rev. by Lesley B. Cormack, p. 97
Takanori Kousaba; David Pingree (Editors): Arabic Astronomy in Sanskrit: AlBirjandi on Tadhkira II, Chapter 11 and its Sanskrit Translation, trans. by Takanori Kusaba and David Pingree rev. by George Saliba, p. 98
Jan Sapp: Genesis: the Evolution of Biology rev. by Richard Weikart, p. 99
Julie Wosk: Women and the Machine: Representations from the Spinning Wheel to the Electronic Age rev. by Joy Parr, p. 99
Geoffrey Lloyd: The Ambitions of Curiosity: Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China rev. by Michael H. Shank, p. 100
Geoffrey Lloyd; Nathan Sivin: The Way and the Word: Science and Medicine in Early China and Greece rev. by Jeffrey Riegel, p. 101
Tullio Manzoni: Il cervello secondo Galeno rev. by Julius Rocca, p. 102
Patricia F. O'Grady: Thales of Miletus: The Beginnings of Western Science and Philosophy rev. by David Sherry, p. 103
Enrico G. Rafaelli: L'oroscopo del mundo. Il teme di nascita del mundo e del primo uomo seconda Pastrologla zoroastriana rev. by David Pingree, p. 104
Anthony Grafton: Cardano's Cosmos: The World and Works of a Renaissance Astrologer rev. by Deborah E. Harkness, p. 104
Peter Russel: Prince Henry "the Navigator": A Life rev. by D. Graham Burnett, p. 105
Kirsten A. Seaver: Maps, Myths, and Men: The Story of the Vinland Map rev. by D. Graham Burnett, p. 106
Rebecca Bushnell: Green Desire: Imagining Early Modern English Gardens rev. by Karen Reeds, p. 107
Giacomo Casanova: Lana Caprina: Une controverse medicale sur l'Uterus pensant a l'Universite de Bologne en 1771-1772 ed. by Paul Mengal, trans. by Roberto Poma rev. by Lucia Dacome, p. 108
Andreas Gipper: Wunderbare Wissenschaft: Literarische Strategien naturwissenschaftlicher Vulgarisierung in Frankreich. Von Cyrano de Bergerac bis zur Encyclopedie rev. by Oliver Hochadel, p. 109
Rania Huntington: Alien Kind: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative rev. by Francesca Bray, p. 110
Miguel Leon-Portilla: Bernardino de Sahagun: First Anthropologist trans. by Mauricio J. Mixco rev. by Daniela Bleichmar, p. 111
Katherine Neal: From Discrete to Continuous: The Broadening of Number Concepts in Early Modern England rev. by Edith Dudley Sylla, p. 112
N. I. Nevskaia (Editor/translator): Istochniki po istorii astronomii Rossii XVIII v rev. by Michael D. Gordin, p. 113
Felipe Pereda; Fernando Marias (Editors): El Atlas del Rey Planeta: La "Descripcion de Espana y de las costas y puertos de sus reinos" de Pedro Texeira (1634) rev. by Ricardo Padron, p. 113
Juan Pimentel: Testigos del mundo: Ciencia, literatura y viajes la Ilustracion rev. by Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, p. 114
Nicholas Rescher: On Leibniz rev. by Francois Duchesneau, p. 115
Andrea Rusnock: Vital Accounts: Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France rev. by Katherine A. Lynch, p. 116
Raffaella Seligardi: Lavoisier in Italia: la comunita scientifica italiana e la rivoluzione chimica rev. by Marco Ciardi, p. 117
Kevin P. Siena: Venereal Disease, Hospitals, and the Urban Poor: London's "Foul Wards," 1600-1800 rev. by E. A. Heaman, p. 118
Robert Siegfried: From Elements to Atoms: A History of Chemical Composition rev. by John C. Powers, p. 119
Marta Stefani: Corruzione e generazione: John T. Needham e l'origine del vivente rev. by Marta Cavazza, p. 120
Mary Terrall: The Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment rev. by Larry Stewart, p. 121
Robert D. Tobin: Doctor's Orders: Goethe and Enlightenment Thought rev. by Robert Louis Chianese, p. 122
Rienk Vermij: The Calvinist Copernicans: The Reception of the New Astronomy in the Dutch Republic, 1575-1750 rev. by Lissa Roberts, p. 123
Nicholas J. Wade: Destined for Distinguished Oblivion: The Scientific Vision of William Charles Wells (1757-1817) rev. by Steven Turner, p. 124
Roger L. Williams: French Botany in the Enlightenment: The Ill-fated Voyages of La Perouse and His Rescuers rev. by Alan Frost, p. 125
Heng-an Chen: Die Sexualitatstheorie und "Theoretische Biologie" von Max Hartmann in der ersten Halfte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts rev. by Marsha L. Richmond, p. 126
Ileana Chinnici (Editor): La carte du ciel: Correspondence inedite conservee dans les Archives de l'Observatoire de Paris rev. by James Evans, p. 126
Pascal Crozet; Annick Horiuchi (Editors): Traduire, Transposer, Naturaliser: La formation d'une langue scientifique moderne hors des frontieres de l'Europe au XIXe siecle rev. by Jon Sigurdson, p. 127
Luiz de Castro Faria: Another Look: A Diary of the Serra do Norte Expedition rev. by Edgardo Krebs, p. 128
Martin Fichman: An Elusive Victorian: The Evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace rev. by Paul White, p. 129
Eberhard Gischler (Editor): Mojsisovics on the Triassic Reefs of the Dolomites trans. by Gabriela Meyer rev. by A. M. CelalSengor, p. 130
Paola Govoni: Un pubblico per la scienza. La divulgazione scientifica nell'Italia in formazione rev. by Patrizia Delpiano, p. 131
Holly Henry: Virginia Woolf and the Discourse of Science: The Aesthetics of Astronomy rev. by Kathryn A. Neeley, p. 132
Hans-Georg Hofer: Nervenschwache und Krieg: Modernitatskritik und Krisenbewaltigung in der osterreichischen Psychiatrie (1880-1920) rev. by Katherine Arens, p. 133
Ian F. McNeely: "Medicine on a Grand Scale": Rudolf Virchow, Liberalism, and the Public Health rev. by Geoffrey Cocks, p. 133
Alex Owen: The Place of Enchantment: British Occultism and the Culture of the Modern rev. by Richard Noakes, p. 134
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang: Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions rev. by Gustav Holmberg, p. 135
H. Glenn Penny: Objects of Culture: Ethnology and Ethnographic Museums in Imperial Germany rev. by William Chapman, p. 136
Brian Regal: Henry Fairfield Osborn: Race and the Search for the Origins of Man rev. by A. Bowdoin Van Riper, p. 137
Daniel P. Todes: Pavlov's Physiology Factory: Experiment, Interpretation, Laboratory Enterprise rev. by David K. Robinson, p. 138
Bettina Wahrig; Werner Sohn (Editors): Zwischen Aufklarung, Policey und Verwaltung. Zur Genese des Medizinalwesens, 1750-1850 rev. by Andre Wakefield, p. 139
Paul C. Winther: Anglo-European Science and the Rhetoric of Empire: Malaria, Opium and British Rule in India rev. by W. F. Bynum, p. 140
Jon Beckwith: Making Genes, Making Waves: A Social Activist in Science rev. by Sahotra Sarkar, p. 141
Bruce Caldwell: Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F. A. Hayek rev. by Robert Leonard, p. 141
Sally Cole: Ruth Landes: A Life in Anthropology rev. by Richard Handler, p. 143
Harold E. Edgerton: Exploring the Art and Science of Stopping Time: A CD-ROM Based on the Life and Work of Harold E. Edgerton rev. by Stuart W. Leslie, p. 143
Mark Frankland: Radio Man: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of C. O. Stanley rev. by D. L. Le Mahieu, p. 144
Graeme K. Hunter: Light Is a Messenger: The Life and Science of William Lawrence Bragg rev. by Martha Harris, p. 145
Peter Keating; Alberto Cambrosio: Biomedical Platforms: Realigning the Normal and the Pathological in Late-Twentieth-Century Medicine rev. by Diane B. Paul, p. 146
Jane Maienschein: Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning, and Stem Cells rev. by Ilana Lowy, p. 147
C. A. Meier (Editor): Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 rev. by Peter Pesic, p. 148
Henry L. Minton: Departing from Deviance: A History of Homosexual Rights and Emancipatory Science in America rev. by Michael Ruse, p. 149
Nancy Ordover: American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism rev. by Laura Lovett, p. 150
Pavel Podvig: Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces rev. by Gennady Gorelik, p. 151
Karen Rader: Making Mice: Standardizing Animals for American Biomedical Research, 1900-1955 rev. by Robert E. Kohler, p. 151
Helen M. Rozwadowski; David K. van Keuren (Editors): The Machine in Neptune's Garden: Historical Perspectives on Technology and the Marine Environment rev. by Steven J. Dick, p. 153
John N. Vardalas: The Computer Revolution in Canada: Building National Technological Competence rev. by Jean-Francois Auger, p. 153
Thomas Zeller: Strasse, Bahn, Panorama: Verkehrswege und Landschaftsveraenderung in Deutschland von 1930 bis 1990 rev. by Alfred Gottwaldt, p. 154
Thomas C. Dalton: Becoming John Dewey: Dilemmas of a Philosopher and Naturalist rev. by Nadine Weidman, p. 155
Graeme J. N. Gooday: The Morals of Measurement: Accuracy, Irony, and Trust in Late Victorian Electrical Practice rev. by Theodore M. Porter, p. 156
Alister E. McGrath: A Scientific Theology: Volume 1 (Nature) rev. by James B. Miller, p. 157
Emmanuel Renault: Philosophie Chimique: Hegel et la Science Dynamiste de son Temps rev. by John W. Burbidge, p. 158
John H. Zammito: A Nice Derangement of Epistemes: Postpositivism in the Study of Science from Quine to Latour rev. by David J. Stump, p. 159
Lesley Richmond; Julie Stevenson; Alison Turton (Editors): The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Guide to Historical Records rev. by Gregory J. Higby, p. 160
Francis Maddison; Emile Savage-Smith: Science, Tools and Magic, Volume I and II: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art rev. by George Saliba, p. 160
Notes on Contributors p. 162