Introduction
The art of gathering: histories of international scientific conferences Charlotte Bigg, Jessica Reinisch, Geert Somsen, Sven Widmalm pp 423 - 433 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000638 Published Online on 30 October 2023
Research article
Negotiating the norms of an international science: standardization work at the International Geological Congress, 1878–1891 Thomas Mougey pp 435 - 451 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000304 Published Online on 5 September 2023
‘The goddess that we serve’: projecting international community at the first serial chemistry conferences, 1893–1914 Geert Somsen pp 453 - 467 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000341 Published Online on 7 November 2023
Sex, science and curated community at the World League for Sexual Reform 1929 conference Laura C. Forster pp 469 - 484 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000535 Published Online on 31 October 2023
Technical conferences as a technique of internationalism Jessica Reinisch pp 485 - 502 doi: 10.1017/S000708742300033X Published Online on 12 September 2023
The Pugwash scientists’ conferences, Cyrus Eaton and the clash of internationalisms, 1954–1961 Waqar H. Zaidi pp 503 - 517 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000377 Published Online on 16 October 2023
Functional informality: crafting social interaction toward scientific productivity at the Gordon Research Conferences, 1950–1980 Georgiana Kotsou pp 519 - 534 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000389 Published Online on 2 October 2023
‘Super Bowl of the world conference circuit’? A network approach to high-level science and policy conferencing Sven Widmalm pp 535 - 551 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000559 Published Online on 13 October 2023
Niche development: the International Foundation for Science and the road to Sweden Jenny Beckman pp 553 - 566 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000547 Published Online on 20 October 2023
Communicating science, mediating presence: reflections on the present, past and future of conferencing Charlotte Bigg pp 567 - 577 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000365 Published Online on 25 September 2023
Book review
Frederico Freitas, Nationalizing Nature: Iguazu Falls and National Parks at the Brazil–Argentina Border Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. 333. ISBN 978-1-1088-4483-3. $103.00 (hardcover). Maria Amuchastegui pp 579 - 582 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000560 Published Online on 16 October 2023
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Grant Ramsey and Andreas De Block (eds), The Dynamics of Science: Computational Frontiers in History and Philosophy of Science Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2022. Pp. 308. ISBN 978-0-8229-4737-0. $60.00 (hardcover). Tim Boon pp 584 - 585 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000493 Published Online on 31 October 2023
Claire G. Jones, Alison E. Martin and Alexis Wolf (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Women and Science since 1660 London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. Pp. 658. ISBN 978-3-0307-8972-5. £149.99 (hardcover). Grace Exley pp 586 - 587 doi: 10.1017/S000708742300050X Published Online on 16 October 2023
Michel Morange, The Black Box of Biology: A History of the Molecular Revolution Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020. Pp. 528. ISBN 978-0-6742-8136-3. £40.95 (hardcover). Jean-Baptiste Grodwohl pp 588 - 589 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000572 Published Online on 27 October 2023
Johan Alfredo Linthorst, Research between Science, Society and Politics: The History and Scientific Development of Green Chemistry Utrecht: Eburon, 2023. Pp. 268. ISBN 978-9-4630-1434-2. €36.00 (paperback). Matthew Holmes pp 589 - 591 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000511 Published Online on 20 October 2023
Marco Tamborini, The Architecture of Evolution: The Science of Form in Twentieth-Century Evolutionary Biology Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2022. Pp. 283. ISBN: 978-0-8229-4735-6. $455.00 (hardcover). Tim Horder pp 591 - 593 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000754 Published Online on 27 October 2023
Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Rebecca Martin and Farrah Lawrence-Mackey (eds.), Women in the History of Science: A Sourcebook London: UCL Press, 2023. Pp. xxviii + 446. ISBN 978-1-8000-8415-5. £50.00 (hardback); £30.00 (paperback); £0.00 (open-access PDF). Sally Gregory Kohlstedt pp 593 - 595 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000420 Published Online on 4 September 2023
Michelle DiMeo, Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle's Sister Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. Pp. 296. ISBN 978-0-226-73160-5. $45.00 (cloth). Odile Manon Lehnen pp 595 - 596 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000717 Published Online on 31 October 2023
Alida C. Metcalf, Mapping an Atlantic World, circa 1500 Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. Pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-4214-3852-8. $57.00 (hardback). Benjamin B. Olshin pp 597 - 598 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000432 Published Online on 13 September 2023
Nancy Rose Marshall (ed.), Victorian Science and Imagery: Representation and Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021, Pp. 365, ISBN 978-0-8229-4653-3. $55.00 (hardcover). Greg Priest pp 598 - 600 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000584 Published Online on 16 October 2023
Raf de Bont, Nature's Diplomats: Science, Internationalism, and Preservation, 1920–1960 Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. Pp. x + 373. ISBN 978-0-8229-4661-8. $55.00 (cloth). Peder Roberts pp 600 - 601 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000596 Published Online on 25 October 2023
Ian M. Miller, Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2020. Pp. 265. ISBN 978-0-2957-4733-0. $40.00 (hardback). Hiroki Shin pp 602 - 603 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000602 Published Online on 16 October 2023
Arie Rip, Nanotechnology and Its Governance London: Routledge, 2019. Pp. 158. ISBN 978-1-1386-1053-8. £130.00 (hardback). Massimiliano Simons pp 604 - 605 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000523 Published Online on 16 October 2023
Simon Jarrett, Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day London: Reaktion Books, 2020. Pp. 352. ISBN 978-1-78914-301-0. £25.00 (hardback). Svein Atle Skålevåg pp 605 - 607 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000663 Published Online on 31 October 2023
Nina R. Gelbart, Minerva's French Sisters: Women of Science in Enlightenment France New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021. Pp. 360. ISBN 978-0-3002-5256-9. $40.00 (hardcover). Tom Stammers pp 607 - 609 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000468 Published Online on 1 September 2023
Christoph Irmscher, The Poetics of Natural History, 2nd edn New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2019. Pp. 403. ISBN 978-1-9788-0586-6. $43.95 (paperback). Lisa Winters pp 609 - 610 doi: 10.1017/S0007087423000699 Published Online on 31 October 2023