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Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1, March 2013
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/669850>

Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History of Science Society

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Articles

The Lab and the Land: Overcoming the Arctic in Cold War Alaska
Matthew Farish
DOI: 10.1086/669881
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 1-29.
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“A Triumph of Brains over Brute”: Women and Science at the Horticultural College, Swanley, 1890–1910
Donald L. Opitz
DOI: 10.1086/669882
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 30-62.
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The Aesthetics of Laboratory Inscription: Claude Bernard's Cahier Rouge
Atia Sattar
DOI: 10.1086/669883
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 63-85.
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Focus: The Future of the History of Science

Introduction
Bernard Lightman
DOI: 10.1086/669893
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 86-87.
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The History of Science as Oxymoron: From Scientific Exceptionalism to Episcience
Ken Alder
DOI: 10.1086/669889
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 88-101.
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The Global and Beyond: Adventures in the Local Historiographies of Science
Carla Nappi
DOI: 10.1086/669894
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 102-110.
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Ancient Science in a Digital Age
Daryn Lehoux
DOI: 10.1086/669892
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 111-118.
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Computational Perspectives in the History of Science: To the Memory of Peter Damerow
Manfred D. Laubichler, Jane Maienschein, and Jürgen Renn
DOI: 10.1086/669891
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 119-130.
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The Shape of the History of Science Profession, 2038: A Prospective Retrospective
Lynn K. Nyhart
DOI: 10.1086/669895
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 131-139.
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Essay Review

A Truly Impure Science: Researchers, Industrialists, and the Cigarette
Review: Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition by Robert N. Proctor
Review by: Ilana Löwy
DOI: 10.1086/669888
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 140-144.
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General

Julie Anderson; Emm Barnes; Emma Shackleton; Antony Gormley. The Art of Medicine: Over Two Thousand Years of Images and Imagination.
Review: The Art of Medicine: Over Two Thousand Years of Images and Imagination by Julie Anderson; Emm Barnes; Emma Shackleton; Antony Gormley
Review by: Rebecca Messbarger
DOI: 10.1086/670864
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 145.
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Alison Bashford; Philippa Levine, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics.
Review: The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics by Alison Bashford; Philippa Levine
Review by: Pauline M. H. Mazumdar
DOI: 10.1086/670865
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 146-147.
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Mark E. Borrello. Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection.
Review: Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection by Mark E. Borrello
Review by: Patricia Princehouse
DOI: 10.1086/670866
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 147-148.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670866>

Jordana Dym; Karl Offen, eds. Mapping Latin America: A Cartographic Reader.
Review: Mapping Latin America: A Cartographic Reader by Jordana Dym; Karl Offen
Review by: Eve Buckley
DOI: 10.1086/670867
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 148-149.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670867>

Nadia Abu El-Haj. The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology.
Review: The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology by Nadia Abu El-Haj
Review by: Marianne Sommer
DOI: 10.1086/670868
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 149-150.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670868>

Christina Folke Ax; Niels Brimnes; Niklas Thode Jensen; Karen Oslund, eds. Cultivating the Colonies: Colonial States and Their Environmental Legacies.
Review: Cultivating the Colonies: Colonial States and Their Environmental Legacies by Christina Folke Ax; Niels Brimnes; Niklas
Thode Jensen; Karen Oslund
Review by: Camilo Quintero
DOI: 10.1086/670869
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 150-151.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670869>

Markus Krajewski. Paper Machines: About Cards and Catalogs, 1548–1929.
Review: Paper Machines: About Cards and Catalogs, 1548–1929 by Markus Krajewski
Review by: Gregoire Chamayou
DOI: 10.1086/670870
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 151-152.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670870>

Gregory Schrempp. The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science: A Mythologist Looks (Seriously) at Popular Science Writing.
Review: The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science: A Mythologist Looks (Seriously) at Popular Science Writing by Gregory Schrempp
Review by: David Knight
DOI: 10.1086/670871
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 152-153.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670871>

Antiquity

Richard A. Gabriel. Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople.
Review: Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Military Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople by Richard A. Gabriel
Review by: Laurence Totelin
DOI: 10.1086/670872
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 153-154.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670872>

Steven Johnstone. A History of Trust in Ancient Greece.
Review: A History of Trust in Ancient Greece by Steven Johnstone
Review by: Daryn Lehoux
DOI: 10.1086/670873
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 154-155.
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Daryn Lehoux. What Did the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking.
Review: What Did the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking by Daryn Lehoux
Review by: Karin Verelst
DOI: 10.1086/670874
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 155-156.
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Middle Ages and Renaissance

Johannes Fontana; Horst Kranz, eds. Opera iuvenalia de rotis horologiis et mensuris/Jugendwerke über Räder, Uhren und Messungen.
Review: Opera iuvenalia de rotis horologiis et mensuris/Jugendwerke über Räder, Uhren und Messungen by Johannes Fontana; Horst Kranz
Review by: Rainer Leng
DOI: 10.1086/670875
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 156-157.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670875>

Glyn Parry. The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee.
Review: The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee by Glyn Parry
Review by: Nicholas Popper
DOI: 10.1086/670876
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 157-158.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670876>

Early Modern (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries)

Frédérique Aït-Touati; Susan Emanuel. Fictions of the Cosmos: Science and Literature in the Seventeenth Century.
Review: Fictions of the Cosmos: Science and Literature in the Seventeenth Century by Frédérique Aït-Touati; Susan Emanuel
Review by: Timothy Reiss
DOI: 10.1086/670877
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 158-159.
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Luca Ciancio; Gian Paolo Romagnani. Unità del sapere molteplicità dei saperi Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729) tra natura, storia e religione.
Review: Unità del sapere molteplicità dei saperi Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729) tra natura, storia e religione by Luca Ciancio; Gian Paolo Romagnani
Review by: Massimo Mazzotti
DOI: 10.1086/670878
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 159-160.
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Sorana Corneanu. Regimens of the Mind: Boyle, Locke, and the Early Modern Cultura Animi Tradition.
Review: Regimens of the Mind: Boyle, Locke, and the Early Modern Cultura Animi Tradition by Sorana Corneanu
Review by: Michael Hunter
DOI: 10.1086/670879
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 160-161.
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James D. Drake. The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America.
Review: The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America by James D. Drake
Review by: Emily Pawley
DOI: 10.1086/670880
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 161-162.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670880>

Michael Elazar. Honoré Fabri and the Concept of Impetus: A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks.
Review: Honoré Fabri and the Concept of Impetus: A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks by Michael Elazar
Review by: Carla Rita Palmerino
DOI: 10.1086/670881
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 162-163.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670881>

Harry B. Evans. Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn: Kircher's Latium and Its Legacy.
Review: Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn: Kircher's Latium and Its Legacy by Harry B. Evans
Review by: Benjamin B. Olshin
DOI: 10.1086/670882
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 163-164.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670882>

Amy R. W. Meyers; Lisa L. Ford, eds. Knowing Nature: Art and Science in Philadelphia, 1740–1840.
Review: Knowing Nature: Art and Science in Philadelphia, 1740–1840 by Amy R. W. Meyers; Lisa L. Ford
Review by: Sara Stidstone Gronim
DOI: 10.1086/670883
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 164-165.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670883>

Lissa Roberts, ed. Centres and Cycles of Accumulation in and around the Netherlands during the Early Modern Period.
Review: Centres and Cycles of Accumulation in and around the Netherlands during the Early Modern Period by Lissa Roberts
Review by: Benjamin J. Sacks
DOI: 10.1086/670884
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 165-166.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670884>

Carl Wennerlind. Casualties of Credit: The English Financial Revolution, 1620–1720.
Review: Casualties of Credit: The English Financial Revolution, 1620–1720 by Carl Wennerlind
Review by: D'Maris Coffman
DOI: 10.1086/670885
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 166-167.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670885>

Modern (Nineteenth Century to 1950)

Jeffrey Abt. American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute.
Review: American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute by Jeffrey Abt
Review by: Kathleen L. Sheppard
DOI: 10.1086/670886
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 167-168.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670886>

Silvia Berger. Bakterien in Krieg und Frieden: Eine Geschichte der medizinischen Bakteriologie in Deutschland, 1890–1933.
Review: Bakterien in Krieg und Frieden: Eine Geschichte der medizinischen Bakteriologie in Deutschland, 1890–1933 by Silvia Berger
Review by: Jean-Paul Gaudillière
DOI: 10.1086/670887
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 168-170.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670887>

Geoffrey C. Bunn. The Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie Detector.
Review: The Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie Detector by Geoffrey C. Bunn
Review by: Ken Alder
DOI: 10.1086/670888
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 170-171.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670888>

Claudine Cohen. La méthode de Zadig: La trace, le fossile, la preuve.Arnaud Hurel. L'abbé Breuil: Un préhistorien dans le siècle.
Review: La méthode de Zadig: La trace, le fossile, la preuveL'abbé Breuil: Un préhistorien dans le siècle by Claudine Cohen; Arnaud Hurel
Review by: Michael Chazan
DOI: 10.1086/670889
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 171-172.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670889>

Michael Eckert. Heinrich Hertz.
Review: Heinrich Hertz by Michael Eckert
Review by: Alfred Nordmann
DOI: 10.1086/670890
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 172-173.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670890>

Caroline Ehrhardt. Évariste Galois: La fabrication d'une icône mathématique.
Review: Évariste Galois: La fabrication d'une icône mathématique by Caroline Ehrhardt
Review by: Hélène Gispert
DOI: 10.1086/670891
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 173-174.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670891>

Kostas Gavroglu; Ana Simões. Neither Physics nor Chemistry: A History of Quantum Chemistry.
Review: Neither Physics nor Chemistry: A History of Quantum Chemistry by Kostas Gavroglu; Ana Simões
Review by: Jeremiah James
DOI: 10.1086/670892
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 174-175.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670892>

Karen Jelved; Andrew D. Jackson, eds. The Travel Letters of H. C. Ørsted.
Review: The Travel Letters of H. C. Ørsted by Karen Jelved; Andrew D. Jackson
Review by: Anja Skaar Jacobsen
DOI: 10.1086/670893
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 175-176.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670893>

Jost Lemmerich; Christian Matthei, eds. Mein lieber Sohn! Die Briefe von Max von Laue an seinen Sohn Theodor in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika 1937 bis 1946.
Review: Mein lieber Sohn! Die Briefe von Max von Laue an seinen Sohn Theodor in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika 1937 bis 1946 by Jost Lemmerich; Christian Matthei
Review by: Alan Beyerchen
DOI: 10.1086/670894
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 176-177.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670894>

Deborah J. Neill. Networks in Tropical Medicine: Internationalism, Colonialism, and the Rise of a Medical Specialty, 1890–1930.
Review: Networks in Tropical Medicine: Internationalism, Colonialism, and the Rise of a Medical Specialty, 1890–1930 by Deborah J. Neill
Review by: Markku Hokkanen
DOI: 10.1086/670895
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 177-178.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670895>

Howard Padwa. Social Poison: The Culture and Politics of Opiate Control in Britain and France, 1821–1926.
Review: Social Poison: The Culture and Politics of Opiate Control in Britain and France, 1821–1926 by Howard Padwa
Review by: Stephanie Snow
DOI: 10.1086/670896
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 178-179.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670896>

Lauren Redniss. Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout.
Review: Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss
Review by: Charlotte Bigg
DOI: 10.1086/670897
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 179-180.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670897>

Jeremy Rich. Missing Links: The African and American Worlds of R. L. Garner, Primate Collector.
Review: Missing Links: The African and American Worlds of R. L. Garner, Primate Collector by Jeremy Rich
Review by: Amanda Rees
DOI: 10.1086/670898
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 180.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670898>

Simone Turchetti. The Pontecorvo Affair: A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics.
Review: The Pontecorvo Affair: A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics by Simone Turchetti
Review by: Mark Walker
DOI: 10.1086/670899
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 180-181.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670899>

Klaas van Berkel. De stem van de wetenschap: Geschiedenis van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Volume 2: 1914–2008.
Review: De stem van de wetenschap: Geschiedenis van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Volume 2: 1914–2008 by Klaas van Berkel
Review by: Ida Stamhuis
DOI: 10.1086/670900
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 181-182.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670900>

Recent (1950–)

Marco Celentano. Konrad Lorenz e l'etologia contemporanea: L'eredità problematica di uno scienziato inattuale.
Review: Konrad Lorenz e l'etologia contemporanea: L'eredità problematica di uno scienziato inattuale by Marco Celentano
Review by: Silvia Caianiello
DOI: 10.1086/670901
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 182-183.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670901>

Gabrielle Hecht. Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade.
Review: Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade by Gabrielle Hecht
Review by: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
DOI: 10.1086/670902
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 183-184.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670902>

Andrew S. Mathews. Instituting Nature: Authority, Expertise, and Power in Mexican Forests.
Review: Instituting Nature: Authority, Expertise, and Power in Mexican Forests by Andrew S. Mathews
Review by: Camilo Quintero
DOI: 10.1086/670903
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 184-185.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670903>

Nicoli Nattrass. The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back.
Review: The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back by Nicoli Nattrass
Review by: Lucas Richert
DOI: 10.1086/670904
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 185-186.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670904>

Joseph November. Biomedical Computing: Digitizing Life in the United States.
Review: Biomedical Computing: Digitizing Life in the United States by Joseph November
Review by: Hallam Stevens
DOI: 10.1086/670905
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 186-187.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670905>

Duncan Wilson. Tissue Culture in Science and Society: The Public Life of a Biological Technique in Twentieth Century Britain.
Review: Tissue Culture in Science and Society: The Public Life of a Biological Technique in Twentieth Century Britain by Duncan Wilson
Review by: Karin Tybjerg and Adam Bencard
DOI: 10.1086/670906
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 187-188.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670906>

Sociology and Philosophy of Science

David Bloor. The Enigma of the Aerofoil: Rival Theories in Aerodynamics, 1909–1930.
Review: The Enigma of the Aerofoil: Rival Theories in Aerodynamics, 1909–1930 by David Bloor
Review by: Alex Roland
DOI: 10.1086/670907
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 188-189.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670907>

William L. Harper. Isaac Newton's Scientific Method: Turning Data into Evidence about Gravity and Cosmology.
Review: Isaac Newton's Scientific Method: Turning Data into Evidence about Gravity and Cosmology by William L. Harper
Review by: Ori Belkind
DOI: 10.1086/670908
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 189-190.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670908>

Joel Isaac. Working Knowledge: Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to Kuhn.
Review: Working Knowledge: Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to Kuhn by Joel Isaac
Review by: Michael Pettit
DOI: 10.1086/670909
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 190-191.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670909>

Notes on Contributors
DOI: 10.1086/669897
Isis
Vol. 104, No. 1: 192-195.
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