Isis
Volume 98, Number 2 (June 2007)
is now available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/contents?ISIS+v98n2
ARTICLES
Frontispiece Page vi [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980200 ]
"Beyond the Pale of Ordinary Criticism" Eccentricity and the Fossil Books of Thomas Hawkins Victoria Carroll Page 225 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980201 ]
"Every Boy & Girl a Scientist" Instruments for Children in Interwar Britain Melanie Keene Page 266 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980202 ]
"-Logos," "-Ismos," and "-Ikos" The Political Iconicity of Denominative Suffixes in Science (or, Phonesthemic Tints and Taints in the Coining of Science Domain Names) Robert N. Proctor Page 290 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980203 ]
FOCUS: SCIENCE AND THE LAW Introduction Cross-Examination? D. Graham Burnett Page 310 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980204 ]
Medical Expertise, Bodies, and the Law in Early Modern Courts Silvia De Renzi Page 315 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980205 ]
Patents, Protections, and Privileges The Establishment of Intellectual Property in Animals and Plants Daniel J. Kevles Page 323 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980206 ]
A Forensics of the Mind Alison Winter Page 332 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980207 ]
Bhopal's Trials of Knowledge and Ignorance Sheila Jasanoff Page 344 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980208 ]
NEWS OF THE PROFESSION Eloge: David L. Cowen, 1909-2006 Vincent J. Cirillo and Karen Reeds Page 351 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980209 ]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor Page 354 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980214 ]
ESSAY REVIEWS Clio Electric Online Resources in Post-1750 History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Brian Dolan Page 355 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980210 ]
The Importance of Early Modern European Science and the State of the Field Margaret C. Jacob Page 361 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980211 ]
Henri Poincare: The Movie The Unintended Consequences of Scientific Commemorations Yves Gingras Page 366 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980215 ]
BOOK REVIEWS Lee Alan Dugatkin: The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness, rev. by David L. Hull Page 373 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021201 ]
Averroes (Ibn Rusd): Commentaire moyen a la Rhetorique d'Aristote: Edition critique du texte arabe et traduction francaise. Volume 1: Introduction generale. Volume 2: Edition et traduction. Volume 3: Commentaire du commentaire, rev. by Frank Griffel Page 373 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021202 ]
Monte Ransome Johnson: Aristotle on Teleology., rev. by Helen S. Lang Page 375 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021203 ]
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier: Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages., rev. by Christopher S. Celenza Page 376 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021204 ]
Dallas G. Denery II: Seeing and Being Seen in the Later Medieval World: Optics, Theology, and Religious Life., rev. by Suzanne Conklin Akbari Page 377 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021205 ]
David A. King: In Synchrony with the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islamic Civilization. Volume 1: The Call of the Muezzin., and David A. King: In Synchrony with the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islamic Civilization. Volume 2: Instruments of Mass Calculation., rev. by J. L. Berggren Page 378 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021206 ]
Edward G. Andrew: Patrons of Enlightenment., rev. by James E. McClellan III Page 380 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021207 ]
Antonio Barrera-Osorio: Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution, and Miguel de Asua and Roger French: A New World of Animals: Early Modern Europeans on the Creatures of Iberian America., rev. by Daniela Bleichmar Page 380 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021208 ]
Albert V. Carozzi: Horace-Benedict de Saussure (1740-1799): Un pionnier des sciences de la Terre., rev. by Bernhard Fritscher Page 383 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021209 ]
Philippe Despoix: Le monde mesure: Dispositifs de l'exploration a l'age des Lumieres., rev. by Felix Driver Page 384 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021210 ]
Saul Fisher: Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy and Science: Atomism for Empiricists., rev. by Teresa Castelao-Lawless Page 385 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021211 ]
Russell McCormmach: Speculative Truth: Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science., rev. by Mi Gyung Kim Page 386 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021212 ]
Stephen A. McKnight: The Religious Foundations of Francis Bacon's Thought., rev. by Matthew L. Jones Page 387 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021213 ]
Elizabeth Green Musselman: Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain, rev. by Joan L. Richards Page 388 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021214 ]
William R. Newman: Atoms and Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific Revolution., rev. by Margaret Garber Page 389 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021215 ]
Gianna Pomata and Nancy G. Siraisi: Historia: Empiricism and Erudition in Early Modern Europe., rev. by John Henry Page 390 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021216 ]
Sabine Reungoat: William Petty: Observateur des iles Britanniques., rev. by Loic Charles Page 391 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021217 ]
Gerhild Scholz Williams: Ways of Knowing in Early Modern Germany: Johannes Praetorius as a Witness to His Time., rev. by Kathleen Crowther-Heyck Page 392 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021218 ]
Jean Seidengart: Dieu, l'univers et la sphere infinie: Penser l'infinite cosmique a l'aube de la science classique., rev. by Anne Davenport Page 393 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021219 ]
Martin Stuber, Stefan Hachler and Luc Lienhard: Hallers Netz: Ein europaischer Gelehrtenbriefwechsel zur Zeit der Aufklarung., rev. by Joan Steigerwald Page 394 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021220 ]
David Arnold: The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze: India, Landscape, and Science, 1800-1856., rev. by Katharine Anderson Page 395 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021221 ]
Jesse F. Ballenger: Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America: A History., rev. by Ellen Herman Page 396 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021222 ]
Richard G. Beidleman: California's Frontier Naturalists., rev. by Emily Brock Page 397 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021223 ]
Michael Bulmer: Francis Galton: Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry., rev. by Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis Page 398 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021224 ]
Jeffrey Crelinsten: Einstein's Jury: The Race to Test Relativity., rev. by Jozsef Illy Page 399 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021225 ]
Mario A. Di Gregorio: From Here to Eternity: Ernst Haeckel and Scientific Faith., rev. by Georgy S. Levit Page 400 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021226 ]
Matthias Dorries: Michael Frayn's Copenhagen in Debate: Historical Essays and Documents on the 1941 Meeting between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg., rev. by Manfred D. Laubichler Page 401 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021227 ]
Denis Forest: Histoire des aphasies: Une anatomie de l'expression., rev. by Susan Lanzoni Page 402 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021228 ]
Benoit Godin: Measurement and Statistics on Science and Technology: 1920 to the Present., rev. by Geoffrey C. Bowker Page 403 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021229 ]
Jonathan Harwood: Technology's Dilemma: Agricultural Colleges between Science and Practice in Germany, 1860-1934., rev. by Harro Maat Page 404 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021230 ]
Lynette A. Jackson: Surfacing Up: Psychiatry and Social Order in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1908-1968., rev. by Hans Pols Page 405 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021231 ]
Margaret Jones: Health Policy in Britain's Model Colony: Ceylon (1900-1948), rev. by James H. Mills Page 406 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021232 ]
Andreas Killen: Berlin Electropolis: Shock, Nerves, and German Modernity., rev. by Daniel Morat Page 407 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021233 ]
Barbara Larson: The Dark Side of Nature: Science, Society, and the Fantastic in the Work of Odilon Redon., rev. by Robert M. Brain Page 408 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021234 ]
David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers: Geography and Revolution., rev. by Jean-Marc Robic and Marie-Claire Robic Page 409 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021235 ]
Kirsten Ostherr: Cinematic Prophylaxis: Globalization and Contagion in the Discourse of World Health., rev. by Hannah Landecker Page 411 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021236 ]
Scott H. Podolsky: Pneumonia before Antibiotics: Therapeutic Evolution and Evaluation in Twentieth-Century America., rev. by Anne Hardy Page 412 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021237 ]
Jean-Pierre Poirier: Marie Curie et les conquerants de l'atome, 1896-2006., rev. by Soraya Boudia Page 413 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021238 ]
Carsten Reinhardt: Shifting and Rearranging: Physical Methods and the Transformation of Modern Chemistry., rev. by Helge Kragh Page 413 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021239 ]
Margaret Schabas: The Natural Origins of Economics., rev. by Scott Mandelbrote Page 414 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021240 ]
Chandak Sengoopta: The Most Secret Quintessence of Life: Sex, Glands, and Hormones, 1850-1950., rev. by Sarah Goodfellow Page 416 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021241 ]
Thomas K. Simpson: Figures of Thought: A Literary Appreciation of Maxwell's, rev. by Diane Greco Josefowicz Page 417 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021242 ]
Frank M. Snowden: The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900-1962., rev. by Andrea Rusnock Page 417 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021243 ]
Philippe Steiner: L'ecole durkheimienne et l'economie: Sociologie, religion et connaissance., rev. by Philippe Fontaine Page 418 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021244 ]
Leon I. Yacher: The Role of Geographer and Natural Scientist Henri Francois Pittier (1857-1950) in the Evolution of Geography as a Science in Costa Rica., rev. by Michael Heffernan Page 420 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021245 ]
Louis Brown: The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, and Hatten S. Yoder and Jr.: The Geophysical Laboratory, rev. by Marc Rothenberg Page 420 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021246 ]
James Colgrove: State of Immunity: The Politics of Vaccination in Twentieth-Century America., rev. by Nadja Durbach Page 422 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021247 ]
Stephen J. Dick and James E. Strick: The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology., rev. by Lynn Rothschild Page 423 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021248 ]
Horst H. Freyhofer: The Nuremberg Medical Trial: The Holocaust and the Origin of the Nuremberg Medical Code., and Paul Julian Weindling: Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials: From Medical War Crimes to Informed Consent., rev. by Susan E. Lederer Page 424 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021249 ]
Michael Heazle: Scientific Uncertainty and the Politics of Whaling., rev. by D. Graham Burnett Page 425 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021250 ]
Mark Jackson: Allergy: The History of a Modern Malady., rev. by Kenton Kroker Page 427 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021251 ]
Tina Loo: States of Nature: Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century., rev. by Frederick R. Davis Page 428 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021252 ]
Jane Maienschein, Marie Glitz and Garland E. Allen: The Department of Embryology, rev. by Ronald Rainger Page 429 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021253 ]
Michelle Murphy: Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty: Environmental Politics, Technoscience, and Women Workers., rev. by Julie Sze Page 430 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021254 ]
Nicholas L. Tilney: A Perfectly Striking Departure: Surgeons and Surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1912-1980., rev. by Beth Linker Page 431 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021255 ]
Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell: Tissue Economies: Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism., rev. by Rachel A. Ankeny Page 432 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021256 ]
Alan G. Gross: Starring the Text: The Place of Rhetoric in Science Studies., rev. by James Wynn Page 433 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021257 ]
Barbara Herrnstein Smith: Scandalous Knowledge: Science, Truth, and the Human., rev. by Sal Restivo Page 434 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021258 ]
P. Kyle Stanford: Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives., rev. by Ingo Brigandt Page 435 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021259 ]
Jose Ramon Bertomeu-Sanchez and Agusti Nieto-Galan: Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime: Mateu J. B. Orfila (1787-1853) and His Times. Page 436 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021260 ]
Adrian C. Brock: Internationalizing the History of Psychology. Page 436 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021261 ]
Nina Byers and Gary Williams: Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics. Page 436 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021262 ]
Marco Mamone Capria: Physics before and after Einstein. Page 437 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021263 ]
Mary Frank Fox, Doborah G. Johnson and Sue V. Rosser: Women, Gender, and Technology. Page 437 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021264 ]
Hart Grob and Hans Hooijmaijers: Who Needs Scientific Instruments. Page 438 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021265 ]
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G. J. H. McCall, A. J. Bowden and R. J. Howarth: The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections: Fireballs, Falls, and Finds. Page 439 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021267 ]
Tom Rockmore and Joseph Margolis: History, Historicity, and Science. Page 439 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021268 ]
M. Teresa Tavormina: Sex, Aging, and Death in a Medieval Medical Compendium: Trinity College Cambridge MS R. 14.52, Its Texts, Language, and Scribe. Page 439 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021269 ]
Charles T. Wolfe: Monsters and Philosophy. Page 439 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS98021270 ]
Notes on Contributors Page 441 [ http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?ISIS980213 ]