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Isis Vol. 102, No. 4, December 2011<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/660127>
Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History of Science Society
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Frontispiece
FrontispieceIsis; Vol. 102<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664834>
Articles
The Making of an Entrepreneurial Science: Biotechnology in Britain, 1975–1995By Soraya de ChadarevianDOI: 10.1086/663596IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 601-633.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663596>
The Paradoxes of Patenting at General Electric: Isador Ladoff's Journey from Siberian Exile to the Heart of Corporate CapitalismBy David Philip MillerDOI: 10.1086/663597IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 634-658.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663597>
From Rodent Utopia to Urban Hell: Population, Pathology, and the Crowded Rats of NIMHBy Edmund RamsdenDOI: 10.1086/663598IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 659-688.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663598>
Focus: The History of Scientific Instruments
Introduction: Reengaging with InstrumentsBy Liba TaubDOI: 10.1086/663605IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 689-696.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663605>
Early Modern Mathematical InstrumentsBy Jim BennettDOI: 10.1086/663607IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 697-705.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663607>
Easily Cracked: Scientific Instruments in States of DisrepairBy Simon SchafferDOI: 10.1086/663608IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 706-717.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663608>
Medical Instruments in Museums: Immediate Impressions and Historical MeaningsBy Ken Arnold, Thomas SöderqvistDOI: 10.1086/663613IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 718-729.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663613>
News of the Profession
ElogeBy Lawrence M. PrincipeDOI: 10.1086/664916IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 730-733.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664916>
ElogeBy Stefano GatteiDOI: 10.1086/664837IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 734-737.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664837>
Erratum
ErratumDOI: 10.1086/663616IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 738.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663616>
Essay Review
Unifying EinsteinBy S. S. SchweberDOI: 10.1086/663617IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 739-742.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663617>
Book Reviews General
Jacalyn Duffin. History of Medicine: A Scandalously Short Introduction.by Jacalyn DuffinReview by: By Joel HowellDOI: 10.1086/664917IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 743.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664917>
Patricia Fara. Science: A Four Thousand Year History.by Patricia FaraReview by: By Lewis PyensonDOI: 10.1086/664838IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 744-745.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664838>
Jürgen Hamel. Begriffe der Astrologie: Von Abendstern bis Zwillingsproblem.by Jürgen HamelReview by: By H. Darrel RutkinDOI: 10.1086/664839IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 746.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664839>
P. M. Harman. The Culture of Nature in Britain, 1680–1860.by P. M. HarmanReview by: By Michael S. ReidyDOI: 10.1086/664840IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 746-748.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664840>
Susan D. Jones. Death in a Small Package: A Short History of Anthrax.by Susan D. JonesReview by: By Karen BrownDOI: 10.1086/664841IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 748.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664841>
Svante Lindqvist. Changes in the Technological Landscape: Essays in the History of Science and Technology.by Svante LindqvistReview by: By Terry S. ReynoldsDOI: 10.1086/664842IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 748-749.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664842>
Margaret J. Osler. Reconfiguring the World: Nature, God, and Human Understanding from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Europe.by Margaret J. OslerReview by: By Peter HarrisonDOI: 10.1086/664843IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 749-750.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664843>
Jeremy Vetter, ed. Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives on the Field Sciences.by Jeremy VetterReview by: By Sharon KingslandDOI: 10.1086/664844IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 750-751.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664844>
Book Reviews Antiquity
Roger Hart. The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra.by Roger HartReview by: By Christopher CullenDOI: 10.1086/664845IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 751-752.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664845>
Mariska Leunissen. Explanation and Teleology in Aristotle's Science of Nature.by Mariska LeunissenReview by: By Sylvia BerrymanDOI: 10.1086/664846IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 752-753.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664846>
Reviel Netz. Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic.by Reviel NetzReview by: By Michael N. FriedDOI: 10.1086/664847IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 753-754.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664847>
Francesca Rochberg. In the Path of the Moon: Babylonian Celestial Divination and Its Legacy.by Francesca RochbergReview by: By Eleanor RobsonDOI: 10.1086/664848IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 754-755.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664848>
Book Reviews Middle Ages and Renaissance
William Eamon. The Professor of Secrets: Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy.by William EamonReview by: By Jacalyn DuffinDOI: 10.1086/664849IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 756.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664849>
Cynthia White, ed. From the Ark to the Pulpit: An Edition and Translation of the “Transitional” Northumberland Bestiary (Thirteenth Century).by Cynthia WhiteReview by: By Gwyndaf GarbuttDOI: 10.1086/664850IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 757-758.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664850>
Book Reviews Early Modern (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries)
Avner Ben-Zaken. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660.by Avner Ben‐ZakenReview by: By B. Harun KüçükDOI: 10.1086/664851IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 758-759.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664851>
Pratik Chakrabarti. Materials and Medicine: Trade, Conquest, and Therapeutics in the Eighteenth Century.by Pratik ChakrabartiReview by: By Timothy WalkerDOI: 10.1086/664852IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 759-760.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664852>
Jeff Horn; Leonard N. Rosenband; Merritt Roe Smith, eds. Reconceptualizing the Industrial Revolution.by Jeff Horn; Leonard N. Rosenband; Merritt Roe SmithReview by: By James E. McClellan IIIDOI: 10.1086/664853IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 760-761.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664853>
Lynn Hunt; Margaret C. Jacob; Wijnand Mijnhardt. The Book That Changed Europe: Picart and Bernard's.by Lynn Hunt; Margaret C. Jacob; Wijnand MijnhardtReview by: By Dorinda OutramDOI: 10.1086/664854IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 761-762.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664854>
Eric Jorink; Peter Mason. Reading the Book of Nature in the Dutch Golden Age, 1575–1715.by Eric Jorink;Review by: By Margaret C. JacobDOI: 10.1086/664855IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 763.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664855>
Joanna Picciotto. Labors of Innocence in Early Modern England.by Joanna PicciottoReview by: By Sachiko KusukawaDOI: 10.1086/664856IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 763-765.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664856>
Jacob Soll. The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System.by Jacob SollReview by: By Nicholas DewDOI: 10.1086/664857IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 765.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664857>
Matteo Valleriani. Galileo Engineer.by Matteo VallerianiReview by: By Wolfgang LefèvreDOI: 10.1086/664858IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 766.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664858>
Živa Vesel; Sergeï Tourkin; Yves Porter; A. Beschaouch, eds. Images of Islamic Science.by Živa Vesel; Sergeï Tourkin; Yves Porter; A. BeschaouchReview by: By Nahyan FancyDOI: 10.1086/664859IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 766-768.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664859>
Nathalie Vuillemin. Les beautés de la nature à l'épreuve de l'analyse: Programmes scientifiques et tentations esthétiques dans l'histoire naturelle du XVIIIe siècle (1744–1805).by Nathalie VuilleminReview by: By Xavier Carteret, Sara ScharfDOI: 10.1086/664860IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 768-769.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664860>
David Wootton. Galileo: Watcher of the Skies.by David WoottonReview by: By Ivano Dal PreteDOI: 10.1086/664861IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 769-770.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664861>
Book Reviews Modern (Nineteenth Century to 1950)
Saulo de Freitas Araujo. O projeto de uma psicologia científica em Wilhelm Wundt: Uma nova interpretação.by Saulo de Freitas AraujoReview by: By Annette MülbergerDOI: 10.1086/664862IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 770-771.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664862>
Paul D. Brinkman. The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush: Museums and Paleontology in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.Lowell Dingus; Mark A. Norell. Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered.Review by: By Jeremy VetterDOI: 10.1086/664863IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 771-772.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664863>
B. Ricardo Brown. Until Darwin: Science, Human Variety, and the Origins of Race.by B. Ricardo BrownReview by: By Paul Lawrence FarberDOI: 10.1086/664864IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 772-773.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664864>
John Laurence Busch. Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier.by John Laurence BuschReview by: By A. Bowdoin Van RiperDOI: 10.1086/664865IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 773-774.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664865>
Jimena Canales. A Tenth of a Second: A History.by Jimena CanalesReview by: By Theodore ArabatzisDOI: 10.1086/664866IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 774-775.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664866>
François Delaporte; Emmanuel Fournier; Bernard Devauchelle, eds. La fabrique du visage: De la physionomie antique à la première greffe, avec un inédit de Duchenne de Boulogneby François Delaporte; Emmanuel Fournier; Bernard DevauchelleReview by: By Brigitte HoppeDOI: 10.1086/664867IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 775-776.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664867>
Ann Fabian. The Skull Collectors: Race, Science, and America's Unburied Dead.by Ann FabianReview by: By Jim EndersbyDOI: 10.1086/664868IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 776-777.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664868>
Jörn Henrich. Die Fixierung des modernen Wissenschaftsideals durchLaplace.by Jörn HenrichReview by: By Craig FraserDOI: 10.1086/664869IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 777-778.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664869>
Jonathan Hodge; Gregory Radick, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Darwin.by Jonathan Hodge; Gregory RadickReview by: By Richard BellonDOI: 10.1086/664870IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 778-779.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664870>
Nick Hopwood; Simon Schaffer; Jim Secord, eds. Seriality and Scientific Objects in the Nineteenth Century.by Nick Hopwood; Simon Schaffer; Jim SecordReview by: By Graeme GoodayDOI: 10.1086/664871IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 779-780.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664871>
Michael Hoskin. Discoverers of the Universe: William and Caroline Herschel.by Michael HoskinReview by: By Michael J. Crowe, Stephen CaseDOI: 10.1086/664872IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 780-781.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664872>
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé Bonpland; Stephen T. Jackson; Sylvie Romanowski, eds. Essay on the Geography of Plants.by Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé Bonpland;Review by: By Andreas W. DaumDOI: 10.1086/664873IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 781-782.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664873>
Bruce J. Hunt. Pursuing Power and Light: Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein.by Bruce J. HuntReview by: By Suman SethDOI: 10.1086/664874IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 782-783.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664874>
David Hyder; Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, eds. Science and the Life-World: Essays on Husserl's “Crisis of European Sciences.”.by David Hyder; Hans‐Jörg RheinbergerReview by: By Alan RichardsonDOI: 10.1086/664875IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 783-784.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664875>
Ad Maas; Hans Hooijmaijers, eds. Scientific Research in World War II: What Scientists Did in the War.by Ad Maas; Hans HooijmaijersReview by: By David ZimmermanDOI: 10.1086/664876IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 784-785.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664876>
Simon Naylor. Regionalizing Science: Placing Knowledges in Victorian England.by Simon NaylorReview by: By Donald L. OpitzDOI: 10.1086/664877IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 785-786.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664877>
Adriana Novoa; Alex Levine. From Man to Ape: Darwinism in Argentina, 1870–1920.by Adriana Novoa; Alex LevineReview by: By Julia RodriguezDOI: 10.1086/664878IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 786-787.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664878>
David Pantalony. Altered Sensations: Rudolph Koenig's Acoustical Workshop in Nineteenth-Century Paris.by David PantalonyReview by: By Tacye PhillipsonDOI: 10.1086/664879IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 787-788.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664879>
Johan Schot; Harry Lintsen; Arie Rip, eds. Technology and the Making of the Netherlands: The Age of Contested Modernization, 1890–1970.by Johan Schot; Harry Lintsen; Arie RipReview by: By Per HögseliusDOI: 10.1086/664880IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 788-789.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664880>
Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany: Individual Fates and Global Impact.by Reinhard Siegmund‐SchultzeReview by: By Della D. FensterDOI: 10.1086/664881IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 789-790.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664881>
Renate Tobies. “Morgen möchte ich wieder 100 herrliche Sachen ausrechnen”: Iris Runge bei Osram und Telefunken.by Renate TobiesReview by: By Elizabeth NeswaldDOI: 10.1086/664882IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 790-791.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664882>
Sacha Tomic. Aux origines de la chimie organique: Méthodes et pratiques des pharmaciens et des chimistes (1785–1835).by Sacha TomicReview by: By Ursula KleinDOI: 10.1086/664883IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 791-793.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664883>
Takahiro Ueyama. Health in the Marketplace: Professionalism, Therapeutic Desires, and Medical Commodification in Late-Victorian London.by Takahiro UeyamaReview by: By Robert BudDOI: 10.1086/664884IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 793-794.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664884>
Elisabeth Vaupel; Stefan L. Wolff, eds. Das Deutsche Museum in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus: Eine Bestandsaufnahme.by Elisabeth Vaupel; Stefan L. WolffReview by: By Thomas SteinhauserDOI: 10.1086/664885IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 794-795.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664885>
Julia Voss; Lori Lantz. Darwin's Pictures: Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837–1874.by Julia Voss;Review by: By Gregory RadickDOI: 10.1086/664886IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 795-796.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664886>
Sheila Faith Weiss. The Nazi Symbiosis: Human Genetics and Politics in the Third Reich.by Sheila Faith WeissReview by: By Nils Roll-HansenDOI: 10.1086/664887IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 796-797.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664887>
Book Reviews Recent (1950 —)
Robert S. Arrighi. Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and the Space Power Chambers.by Robert S. ArrighiReview by: By Erik M. ConwayDOI: 10.1086/664888IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 797-798.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664888>
Safia Azzouni; Christina Brandt; Bernd Gausemeier; Julia Kursell; Henning Schmidgen; Barbara Wittmann, eds. Eine Naturgeschichte für das 21. Jahrhundert: Hommage à/Zu Ehren von/In Honor of Hans-Jörg Rheinberger.by Safia Azzouni; Christina Brandt; Bernd Gausemeier; Julia Kursell; Henning Schmidgen; Barbara WittmannReview by: By Robert Michael BrainDOI: 10.1086/664889IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 798-799.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664889>
Etienne Benson. Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife.by Etienne BensonReview by: By Stephen BockingDOI: 10.1086/664890IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 799-800.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664890>
Massimo Bucciantini, ed. Italo Calvino e la scienza: Gli alfabeti del mondo.by Massimo BucciantiniReview by: By Paola GovoniDOI: 10.1086/664891IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 800-801.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664891>
Krishna Dronamraju. Haldane, Mayr, and Beanbag Genetics.by Krishna DronamrajuReview by: By Joeri WitteveenDOI: 10.1086/664892IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 801-802.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664892>
Nathan L. Ensmenger. The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise.by Nathan L. EnsmengerReview by: By Jon AgarDOI: 10.1086/664893IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 802-803.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664893>
James Rodger Fleming. Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control.by James Rodger FlemingReview by: By Vladimir JankovicDOI: 10.1086/664894IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 803-804.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664894>
Robert Henson. Weather on the Air: A History of Broadcast Meteorology.by Robert HensonReview by: By Greg MyersDOI: 10.1086/664895IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 805.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664895>
Stephen B. Johnson, ed. Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia.by Stephen B. JohnsonReview by: By Jordan D. Marché IIDOI: 10.1086/664896IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 805-806.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664896>
Paul R. Josephson. Lenin's Laureate: Zhores Alferov's Life in Communist Science.by Paul R. JosephsonReview by: By Alexander A. GurshteinDOI: 10.1086/664897IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 807-808.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664897>
Gabriela Soto Laveaga. Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill.by Gabriela Soto LaveagaReview by: By Stuart McCookDOI: 10.1086/664898IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 808-809.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664898>
Sara B. Pritchard. Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône.by Sara B. PritchardReview by: By Jacob Darwin HamblinDOI: 10.1086/664899IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 809-810.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664899>
S. M. Reid-Henry. The Cuban Cure: Reason and Resistance in Global Science.by S. M. Reid‐HenryReview by: By Yolanda ErasoDOI: 10.1086/664900IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 810-811.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664900>
Roy Rosenzweig; Anthony Grafton. Clio Wired: The Future of the Past in the Digital Age.by Roy Rosenzweig;Review by: By Robert Alan HatchDOI: 10.1086/664901IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 811-812.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664901>
George W. Stocking Jr. Glimpses into My Own Black Box: An Exercise in Self-Deconstruction.by George W. Stocking JrReview by: By Henrika KuklickDOI: 10.1086/664902IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 812-813.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664902>
Helmuth Trischler; Mark Walker, eds. Physics and Politics: Research and Research Support in Twentieth Century Germany in International Perspective.by Helmuth Trischler; Mark WalkerReview by: By John KrigeDOI: 10.1086/664903IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 813-814.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664903>
Book Reviews Sociology & Philosophy of Science
Teresa Castelão; Jean-Jacques Wunenburger. Gaston Bachelard et les études critiques de la science.by Teresa Castelão;Review by: By Cristina ChimissoDOI: 10.1086/664904IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 814-815.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664904>
Harry Collins. Tacit and Explicit Knowledge.by Harry CollinsReview by: By Massimo MazzottiDOI: 10.1086/664905IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 815-816.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664905>
Andrew Pickering. The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future.by Andrew PickeringReview by: By Cathy GereDOI: 10.1086/664906IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 816-818.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664906>
Elizabeth A. Wilson. Affect and Artificial Intelligence.by Elizabeth A. WilsonReview by: By Frank W. StahnischDOI: 10.1086/664907IsisVol. 102, No. 4: 818-819.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664907>