Isis – A Journal of the History of Science Society
Editors: Alexandra Hui and Matthew Lavine
Publication of the History of Science Society
Cooking Niter, Prototyping Nature: Saltpeter and Artisanal Experiment in Korea, 1592–1635 Hyeok Hweon Kangpp. 1–21
Surgery, Success, and the Role of the Patient in Cleft Palate Operations, circa 1800–1930 Claire Brockpp. 22–44
Botany and the Science of History: Nature, Culture, and the Origins of Civilization, circa 1850–1900 Fabian Kraemer, Kärin Nickelsen, and Dana von Suffrinpp. 45–62
John Augustus Abayomi Cole and the Search for an African Science, 1885–1898 Colin Bospp. 63–84
An Okapi Hypothesis: Non-Euclidean Geometry and the Professional Expert in American Mathematics Jemma Lorenatpp. 85–107
Introduction: What Is a Field? Transformations in Fields, Fieldwork, and Field Sciences since the Mid-Twentieth Century Cameron Brinitzer and Etienne Bensonpp. 108–113
The Post-Heroic Field Etienne Bensonpp. 114–120
Making Place in the Field Erika Lorraine Milampp. 121–127
Reservations Laura Starkpp. 128–136
Whose Home Is the Field? Rosanna Dentpp. 137–143
Generating Fields Cameron Brinitzerpp. 144–150
Flipping the Field Stefan Helmreichpp. 151–156
Henry R. Frankel (1944–2019) Mott T. Greene and George Galepp. 157–159
To the Editors Kristie Macrakispp. 160–160
In Reply
Karin Bijsterveldpp. 161–161
Werner Herzog; Clive Oppenheimer (Directors). Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds. Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh and Dániel Margócsypp. 162–164
Nick Hopwood; Rebecca Flemming; Lauren Kassell, eds. Reproduction: Antiquity to the Present Day. Lara Freidenfeldspp. 165–166
Rebekah Lee. Health, Healing, and Illness in African History. Luke Messacpp. 166–167
Stephen Cave; Kanta Dihal; Sarah Dillon, eds. AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines. Sam Schirvarpp. 167–169
A. Joan Saab. Objects of Vision: Making Sense of What We See. Rachael Z. DeLuepp. 169–170
Rocío G. Sumillera; Jan Surman; Katharina Kühn, eds. Translation in Knowledge, Knowledge in Translation. pp. 170–172
Dipesh Chakrabarty. The Climate of History in a Planetary Age.; Carolyn Merchant. The Anthropocene and the Humanities: From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability. David Sepkoskipp. 172–175
Sajjad Nikfahm; Fateme Savadi, eds. Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī’s al-Risāla al-Muʿīniyya (The Muʿīniyya Treatise) and Its Supplement. Amir-Mohammad Gaminipp. 175–177
Diana Luft. Medieval Welsh Medical Texts. Volume 1: The Recipes. Nicole Archambeaupp. 177–178
Jennifer M. Rampling. The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300–1700. Megan Piorkopp. 178–179
Rienk Vermij. Thinking on Earthquakes in Early Modern Europe: Firm Beliefs on Shaky Ground. Fa-ti Fanpp. 180–181
Philip Beeley; Yelda Nasifoglu; Benjamin Wardhaugh, eds. Reading Mathematics in Early Modern Europe: Studies in the Production, Collection, and Use of Mathematical Books. Lisa Wildepp. 181–182
Phillip Reid. The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600–1800: Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology. Lena Moserpp. 183–184
Susan Wells. Robert Burton’s Rhetoric: An Anatomy of Early Modern Knowledge. Mary Ann Lundpp. 184–185
Lawrence M. Principe. The Transmutations of Chymistry: Wilhelm Homberg and the Academie Royal des Sciences. Anna Marie Roospp. 185–186
Stefanie Gänger. A Singular Remedy: Cinchona across the Atlantic World, 1750–1820. Anna Simmonspp. 186–187
Ursula Klein. Technoscience in History: Prussia, 1750–1850. pp. 187–189
Dániel Bárth. The Exorcist of Sombor: The Mentality of an Eighteenth-Century Franciscan Friar. pp. 189–190
C. Pierce Salguero, ed. Buddhism and Medicine: An Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Sources. Geoffrey Samuelpp. 190–191
Elizabeth A. Williams. Appetite and Its Discontents: Science, Medicine, and the Urge to Eat, 1750–1950. Nadja Durbachpp. 192–193
Nanna Katrine Lüders Kaalund. Explorations in the Icy North: How Travel Narratives Shaped Arctic Science in the Nineteenth Century. Vanessa Heggiepp. 193–194
Christa Jungnickel; Russell McCormmach. The Second Physicist: On the History of Theoretical Physics in Germany. Lewis Pyensonpp. 194–196
Henry M. Cowles. The Scientific Method: An Evolution of Thinking from Darwin to Dewey. Alisa Bokulich and Federica Bocchipp. 196–197
Elliott Bowen. In Search of Sexual Health: Diagnosing and Treating Syphilis in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1890–1940 Deborah Doroshowpp. 197–199
Mary Anne Andrei. Nature’s Mirror: How Taxidermists Shaped America’s Natural History Museums and Saved Endangered Species. Helen Cowiepp. 199–200
Jonathan Rees. The Chemistry of Fear: Harvey Wiley’s Fight for Pure Food. Deborah Fitzgeraldpp. 200–201
Ilaria Scaglia. The Emotions of Internationalism: Feeling International Cooperation in the Alps in the Interwar Period. Geert Somsenpp. 202–203
Nara B. Milanich. Paternity: The Elusive Quest for the Father. Jenna Tonnpp. 203–204
Daniel A. Barber. Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning. Anna-Maria Meisterpp. 204–205
Jacqueline Mitton; Simon Mitton. Vera Rubin: A Life. Jörg Matthias Determannpp. 206–207
Joachim Schummer; Tom Børsen, eds. Ethics of Chemistry: From Poison Gas to Climate Engineering. Howard G. Barthpp. 207–208
Morris Low. Visualizing Nuclear Power in Japan: A Trip to the Reactor. Ruselle Meadepp. 209–210
Jinee Lokaneeta. The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India. Garret J. McDonaldpp. 210–211
Naomi Oreskes. Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean. Greg Whitesidespp. 211–213
Ido Hartogsohn. American Trip: Set, Setting, and the Psychedelic Experience in the Twentieth Century. Alex Moldpp. 213–214
Kenny Cupers; Catharina Gabrielsson; Helena Mattsson, eds. Neoliberalism on the Ground: Architecture and Transformation from the 1960s to the Present. Paul Walkerpp. 214–215
Pankaj Sekhsaria. Nanoscale: Society’s Deep Impact on Science, Technology, and Innovation in India. John B. Lourdusamypp. 216–217
Judith Farquhar; Lili Lai. Gathering Medicines: Nation and Knowledge in China’s Mountain South. Emily Baumpp. 217–218
Leonardo Ambasciano. An Unnatural History of Religions, Academia, Post-Truth, and the Quest for Scientific Knowledge. James C. Ungureanupp. 219–220