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Isis Vol. 105, No. 2, June 2014 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676566>
Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History of Science Society
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Articles
An Assemblage of Science and Home: The Gendered Lifestyle of Svante Arrhenius and Early Twentieth-Century Physical Chemistry Staffan Bergwik Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 265–291. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676567>
“Being the World Eternal …”: The Age of the Earth in Renaissance Italy Ivano Dal Prete Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 292–317. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676568>
Critiques and Contentions
Why Isn't Exploration a Science? Vanessa Heggie Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 318–334. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676569>
Focus: Knowing the Ocean: A Role for the History of Science
Introduction Helen M. Rozwadowski Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 335–337. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676570>
The Spaces In Between: Science, Ocean, Empire Michael S. Reidy and Helen M. Rozwadowski Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 338–351. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676571>
Seeing the Oceans in the Shadow of Bergen Values Jacob Darwin Hamblin Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 352–363. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676573>
In the Wake of Politics: The Political and Economic Construction of Fisheries Biology, 1860–1970 Jennifer Hubbard Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 364–378. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676572>
Scaling Up Our Vision Naomi Oreskes Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 379–391. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676574>
News of the Profession
HSS 2013 Prize Citations Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 392–397. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677205>
Letter to the Editor Gennady Gorelik Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 398–399. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676575>
In Reply Jonardon Ganeri Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 399–400. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676587>
Letter to the Editor H. Floris Cohen Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 401. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677658>
In Reply Ofer Gal Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 401. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677659>
Errata Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 402. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677204>
Essay Reviews
Digitizing Isaac Newton Review: The Newton Project The Chymistry of Isaac Newton The Newton Project Canada by Robert Iliffe; William R. Newman; Stephen SnobelenReview by: Niccolò Guicciardini Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 403–409. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676577>
The Great Revolution in the Earth Sciences in the Mid-Twentieth Century Review: The Continental Drift Controversy by Henry R. FrankelReview by: Tony Hallam Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 410–412. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676580>
Book Reviews General
Roger Cooter; Claudia Stein. Writing History in the Age of Biomedicine. Review: Writing History in the Age of Biomedicine by Roger Cooter; Claudia SteinReview by: Warwick Anderson Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 413–414. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677980>
François Delaporte; Nils F. Schott. Figures of Medicine: Blood, Face Transplants, Parasites. Review: Figures of Medicine: Blood, Face Transplants, Parasites by François Delaporte; Nils F. SchottReview by: Michael A. Osborne Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 414. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677981>
Graham Farmelo. Churchill's Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race. Review: Churchill's Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race by Graham FarmeloReview by: Richard Moore Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 415. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677982>
Andrew F. Jones. Developmental Fairy Tales: Evolutionary Thinking and Modern Chinese Culture. Review: Developmental Fairy Tales: Evolutionary Thinking and Modern Chinese Culture by Andrew F. JonesReview by: Grace Yen Shen Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 416. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677983>
Tobias Krüger; Ann M. Hentschel. Discovering the Ice Ages: International Reception and Consequences for a Historical Understanding of Climate. Review: Discovering the Ice Ages: International Reception and Consequences for a Historical Understanding of Climate by Tobias Krüger; Ann M. HentschelReview by: Geir Hestmark Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 416–417. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677984>
Sharon M. Leon. An Image of God: The Catholic Struggle with Eugenics. Review: An Image of God: The Catholic Struggle with Eugenics by Sharon M. LeonReview by: Ian Dowbiggin Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 417–418. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677985>
Peter Meusburger; Thomas Schuch, eds. Wissenschaftsatlas of Heidelberg University: Spatio-Temporal Relations of Academic Knowledge Production. Review: Wissenschaftsatlas of Heidelberg University: Spatio-Temporal Relations of Academic Knowledge Production by Peter Meusburger; Thomas SchuchReview by: Gabriel Finkelstein Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 418–419. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677986>
Piers Mitchell, ed. Anatomical Dissection in Enlightenment England and Beyond: Autopsy, Pathology, and Display. Review: Anatomical Dissection in Enlightenment England and Beyond: Autopsy, Pathology, and Display by Piers Mitchell Review by: Elizabeth Stephens Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 419–420. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677987>
Andrés I. Prieto. Missionary Scientists: Jesuit Science in Spanish South America, 1570–1810. Review: Missionary Scientists: Jesuit Science in Spanish South America, 1570–1810 by Andrés I. Prieto Review by: Antonio Barrera-Osorio Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 420–421. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677988>
Lawrence M. Principe. The Secrets of Alchemy. Review: The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe Review by: Marco Beretta Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 421–422. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677989>
Thomas K. Simpson. Newton, Maxwell, Marx: Spirit, Freedom, and the Scientific Vision. Review: Newton, Maxwell, Marx: Spirit, Freedom, and the Scientific Vision by Thomas K. Simpson Review by: Diane Greco Josefowicz Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 422–423. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677990>
William J. Turkel. Spark from the Deep: How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery. Review: Spark from the Deep: How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery by William J. Turkel Review by: Patricia Fara Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 423–424. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677991>
Alison Winter. Memory: Fragments of a Modern History. Review: Memory: Fragments of a Modern History by Alison Winter Review by: Jamie Cohen-Cole Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 424–425. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677992>
Book Reviews Middle Ages and Renaissance
Jacopo Aconcio; Paola Giacomoni; Giovanni Maria Fara; Renato Giacomelli; Omar Khalaf, eds. Trattato sulle fortificazioni. Review: Trattato sulle fortificazioni by Jacopo Aconcio; Paola Giacomoni; Giovanni Maria Fara; Renato Giacomelli; Omar Khalaf Review by: Simon Pepper Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 426. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677993>
Wendy Beth Hyman, ed. The Automaton in English Renaissance Literature. Review: The Automaton in English Renaissance Literature by Wendy Beth Hyman Review by: Koen Vermeir Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 426–427. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677994>
Sarah Blake McHam. Pliny and the Artistic Culture of the Italian Renaissance. Review: Pliny and the Artistic Culture of the Italian Renaissance by Sarah Blake McHam Review by: Pamela H. Smith Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 427–429. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677995>
Nicholas Popper. Walter Ralegh's History of the World and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance. Review: Walter Ralegh's History of the World and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance by Nicholas Popper Review by: Benjamin B. Olshin Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 429–430. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677996>
Alisha Rankin. Panaceia's Daughters: Noblewomen as Healers in Early Modern Germany. Review: Panaceia's Daughters: Noblewomen as Healers in Early Modern Germany by Alisha Rankin Review by: Ole Peter Grell Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 430–431. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677997>
Book Reviews Early Modern (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries)
Massimo Bucciantini; Michele Camerota; Franco Giudice, eds. Il telescopio di Galileo: Una storia europea. Review: Il telescopio di Galileo: Una storia europea by Massimo Bucciantini; Michele Camerota; Franco Giudice Review by: Matteo Valleriani Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 431–432. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677998>
Sean Cocco. Watching Vesuvius: A History of Science and Culture in Early Modern Italy. Review: Watching Vesuvius: A History of Science and Culture in Early Modern Italy by Sean Cocco Review by: Maria Conforti Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 432–433. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677999>
Michael Friedman. Kant's Construction of Nature: A Reading of the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science. Review: Kant's Construction of Nature: A Reading of the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science by Michael Friedman Review by: David Hyder Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 433–435. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678000>
Ofer Gal; Raz Chen-Morris. Baroque Science. Review: Baroque Science by Ofer Gal; Raz Chen-Morris Review by: José Ramón Marcaida Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 435–436. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678001>
Daniel Garber; Sophie Roux, eds. The Mechanization of Natural Philosophy. Review: The Mechanization of Natural Philosophy by Daniel Garber; Sophie Roux Review by: Jane Jenkins Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 436–437. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678002>
Roger Hahn, ed. Correspondance de Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827). Review: Correspondance de Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827) by Roger Hahn Review by: Craig Fraser Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 437–438. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678003>
Eric Jorink; Ad Maas, eds. Newton and the Netherlands: How Isaac Newton Was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic. Review: Newton and the Netherlands: How Isaac Newton Was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic by Eric Jorink; Ad Maas Review by: Stephen Gaukroger Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 438–439. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678004>
Rhodri Lewis. William Petty on the Order of Nature: An Unpublished Manuscript Treatise. Review: William Petty on the Order of Nature: An Unpublished Manuscript Treatise by Rhodri Lewis Review by: Andrea Rusnock Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 439–440. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678005>
Alain Mothu. La pensée en cornue: Matérialisme, alchimie et saviors secrets à l'âge classique. Review: La pensée en cornue: Matérialisme, alchimie et saviors secrets à l'âge classique by Alain Mothu Review by: Luc Peterschmitt Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 440–441. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678006>
Janice Neri. The Insect and the Image: Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500–1700. Review: The Insect and the Image: Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500–1700 by Janice Neri Review by: Eric Jorink Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 441–442. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678007>
Anna Marie Roos. Web of Nature: Martin Lister (1639–1712), the First Arachnologist. Review: Web of Nature: Martin Lister (1639–1712), the First Arachnologist by Anna Marie Roos Review by: Mary Pickard Winsor Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 442–443. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678008>
Daniel Stolzenberg. Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity. Review: Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity by Daniel Stolzenberg Review by: Mark A. Waddell Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 443–444. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678009>
Klaas van Berkel. Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion: Mechanical Philosophy in the Making. Review: Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion: Mechanical Philosophy in the Making by Klaas van Berkel Review by: John A. Schuster Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 444–445. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678010>
Book Reviews Modern (Nineteenth Century to 1950)
David Arnold. Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India's Modernity. Review: Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India's Modernity by David Arnold Review by: Gyan Prakash Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 445–446. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678011>
Peter G. Ayres. Shaping Ecology: The Life of Arthur Tansley. Review: Shaping Ecology: The Life of Arthur Tansley by Peter G. Ayres Review by: Peder Anker Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 446–447. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678012>
On Barak. On Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt. Review: On Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt by On Barak Review by: David Arnold Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 447–448. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678013>
Alexander R. Bay. Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease. Review: Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease by Alexander R. Bay Review by: Sumiko Otsubo Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 448–449. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678014>
Barbara J. Becker. Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy. Review: Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy by Barbara J. Becker Review by: Jessica Ratcliff Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 449–450. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678015>
Peter J. Bowler. Darwin Deleted: Imagining a World without Darwin. Review: Darwin Deleted: Imagining a World without Darwin by Peter J. Bowler Review by: Piers J. Hale Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 450–451. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678016>
Adelene Buckland. Novel Science: Fiction and the Invention of Nineteenth-Century Geology. Review: Novel Science: Fiction and the Invention of Nineteenth-Century Geology by Adelene Buckland Review by: David Oldroyd Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 451–453. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678017>
Michael Hagner. Der Hauslehrer: Die Geschichte eines Kriminalfalls: Erziehung, Sexualität und Medien um 1900. Review: Der Hauslehrer: Die Geschichte eines Kriminalfalls: Erziehung, Sexualität und Medien um 1900 by Michael Hagner Review by: Lutz Sauerteig Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 453–454. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678018>
Dieter Hoffmann; Mark Walker; Ann M. Hentschel, eds. The German Physical Society in the Third Reich: Physicists between Autonomy and Accommodation. Review: The German Physical Society in the Third Reich: Physicists between Autonomy and Accommodation by Dieter Hoffmann; Mark Walker; Ann M. Hentschel Review by: Alexei Kojevnikov Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 454–455. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678019>
Christian Holtorf. Der erste Draht zur Neuen Welt: Die Verlegung des transatlantischen Telegrafenkabels. Review: Der erste Draht zur Neuen Welt: Die Verlegung des transatlantischen Telegrafenkabels by Christian Holtorf Review by: Simone Müller-Pohl Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 455–456. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678020>
Tong Lam. A Passion for Facts: Social Surveys and the Construction of the Chinese Nation-State, 1900–1949. Review: A Passion for Facts: Social Surveys and the Construction of the Chinese Nation-State, 1900–1949 by Tong Lam Review by: Howard Chiang Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 456–457. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678021>
Elaine McKinnon Riehm; Frances Hoffman. Turbulent Times in Mathematics: The Life of J. C. Fields and the History of the Fields Medal. Review: Turbulent Times in Mathematics: The Life of J. C. Fields and the History of the Fields Medal by Elaine McKinnon Riehm; Frances Hoffman Review by: Deborah Kent Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 457–458. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678022>
David G. Schuster. Neurasthenic Nation: America's Search for Health, Happiness, and Comfort, 1869–1920. Review: Neurasthenic Nation: America's Search for Health, Happiness, and Comfort, 1869–1920 by David G. Schuster Review by: Greg Eghigian Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 458–459. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678023>
Marli F. Weiner; Mazie Hough. Sex, Sickness, and Slavery: Illness in the Antebellum South. Review: Sex, Sickness, and Slavery: Illness in the Antebellum South by Marli F. Weiner; Mazie Hough Review by: Katherine Bankole-Medina Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 459–460. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678024>
Book Reviews Recent (1950–)
Finn Brunton. Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet. Review: Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet by Finn Brunton Review by: Janet Abbate Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 460–461. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678025>
Hannah Gay. The Silwood Circle: A History of Ecology and the Making of Scientific Careers in Late Twentieth-Century Britain. Review: The Silwood Circle: A History of Ecology and the Making of Scientific Careers in Late Twentieth-Century Britain by Hannah Gay Review by: Stephen Bocking Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 461–462. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678026>
Rolf-Jürgen Gleitsmann; Günther Oetzel. Fortschrittsfeinde im Atomzeitalter? Protest und Innovationsmanagement am Beispiel der frühen Kernenergiepläne der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Review: Fortschrittsfeinde im Atomzeitalter? Protest und Innovationsmanagement am Beispiel der frühen Kernenergiepläne der Bundesrepublik Deutschland by Rolf-Jürgen Gleitsmann; Günther Oetzel Review by: Michael Schüring Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 462–463. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678027>
Sheldon Krimsky; Jeremy Gruber, eds. Genetic Explanations: Sense and Nonsense. Review: Genetic Explanations: Sense and Nonsense by Sheldon Krimsky; Jeremy Gruber Review by: Garland E. Allen Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 463–465. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678028>
Stefan Sperling. Reasons of Conscience: The Bioethics Debate in Germany. Review: Reasons of Conscience: The Bioethics Debate in Germany by Stefan Sperling Review by: Frank W. Stahnisch Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 465–466. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678029>
Marga Vicedo. The Nature and Nurture of Love: From Imprinting to Attachment in Cold War America. Review: The Nature and Nurture of Love: From Imprinting to Attachment in Cold War America by Marga Vicedo Review by: Frank van der Horst Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 466–467. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678030>
Chunjuan Nancy Wei; Darryl E. Brock, eds. Mr. Science and Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution: Science and Technology in Modern China. Review: Mr. Science and Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution: Science and Technology in Modern China by Chunjuan Nancy Wei; Darryl E. Brock Review by: Leon Antonio Rocha Isis Vol. 105, No. 2: 467–468. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678031>
Notes on Contributors
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