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Is There a Concept of Experimental Error in Greek Astronomy? Is There a Concept of Experimental Error in Greek Astronomy?

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Giora Hon

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 129 - 150

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400025978 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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The ‘Beame of Diuinity’: Animal suffering in the Early Thought of Robert Boyle The ‘Beame of Diuinity’: Animal suffering in the Early Thought of Robert Boyle

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Malcolm R. Oster

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 151 - 180

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708740002598X (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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‘O tempera, O magnes!’: A sociological analysis of the discovery of secular magnetic variation in 1634 ‘O tempera, O magnes!’: A sociological analysis of the discovery of secular magnetic variation in 1634

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Stephen Pumfrey

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 181 - 214

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400025991 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Darwin's Ambiguity: The Secularization of Biological Meaning Darwin's Ambiguity: The Secularization of Biological Meaning

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David Kohn

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 215 - 239

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026005 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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A Note on Bechmann's approximate construction of π, suggested by a deleted sketch in Villard de Honnecourt's manuscript A Note on Bechmann's approximate construction of π, suggested by a deleted sketch in Villard de Honnecourt's manuscript

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Garry J. Tee

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 241 - 242

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026017 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Book Reviews

Roberto Maiocchi, La Belle Époque dell'atomo. Milano: Franco Angeli, 1988. Pp. ii + 315. Lire 28 000 (paperback). Roberto Maiocchi, La Belle Époque dell'atomo. Milano: Franco Angeli, 1988. Pp. ii + 315. Lire 28 000 (paperback).

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Mario A. Morselli

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 243 - 245

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026029 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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David C. Goodman. Power and Penury: Government, Technology and Science in Philip II's Spain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xii + 275. ISBN 0-521-3053-2. £30.00, $44.50. David C. Goodman. Power and Penury: Government, Technology and Science in Philip II's Spain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xii + 275. ISBN 0-521-3053-2. £30.00, \$44.50.

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Harold J. Cook

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 245 - 246

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026030 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Nicholas Maxwell, From Knowledge to Wisdom. A Revolution in the Aims and Methods of Science (Basil Blackwell, 1987). Pp. vi + 298. ISBN 0-631-15641-0. (paper: original hardback 1984). No price given. Nicholas Maxwell, From Knowledge to Wisdom. A Revolution in the Aims and Methods of Science (Basil Blackwell, 1987). Pp. vi + 298. ISBN 0-631-15641-0. (paper: original hardback 1984). No price given.

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John Hendry

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 246 - 247

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026042 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Robert Chadwell Williams, Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. x + 267. ISBN 0-674-50507-7. $25.00. Robert Chadwell Williams, Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. x + 267. ISBN 0-674-50507-7. \$25.00.

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Lawrence Badash

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 247 - 248

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026054 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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J. Liebenau (ed.). The Challenge of New Technology: Innovation in British Business since 1850. Aldershot: Gower, 1988. Pp. x + 155. ISBN 0-566-05147-8. £23.50. J. Liebenau (ed.). The Challenge of New Technology: Innovation in British Business since 1850. Aldershot: Gower, 1988. Pp. x + 155. ISBN 0-566-05147-8. £23.50.

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J. F. Wilson

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 248 - 249

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026066 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Whitney R. D. Jones, William Turner: Tudor Naturalist, Physician and Divine. London and New York: Routledge, 1988. Pp. iii + 223. ISBN 0-415-00359-8. £35.00. Whitney R. D. Jones, William Turner: Tudor Naturalist, Physician and Divine. London and New York: Routledge, 1988. Pp. iii + 223. ISBN 0-415-00359-8. £35.00.

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Julian Martin

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 249 - 250

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026078 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Goulven Laurent, Paléontologie et évolution en France de 1800 à 1860: Une histoire des idées de Cuvier et Lamarck à Darwin. Paris: Editions du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, 1987. Pp. xiv + 554. ISBN 2-7355-0126-4. 350 FF. Goulven Laurent, Paléontologie et évolution en France de 1800 à 1860: Une histoire des idées de Cuvier et Lamarck à Darwin. Paris: Editions du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, 1987. Pp. xiv + 554. ISBN 2-7355-0126-4. 350 FF.

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Michael A. Osborne

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 250 - 252

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708740002608X (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Rowland F. Pocock, The Early British Radio Industry. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1988. Pp: viii + 184. ISBN 0-7190-2621-0. £27.50. Rowland F. Pocock, The Early British Radio Industry. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1988. Pp: viii + 184. ISBN 0-7190-2621-0. £27.50.

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Brian Bowers

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 252 - 252

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026091 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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S. Warren Carey. Theories of the Earth and Universe. A History of Dogma in the Earth Sciences. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. Pp. xviii + 413. ISBN 0-8047-1364-2. $45.00. S. Warren Carey. Theories of the Earth and Universe. A History of Dogma in the Earth Sciences. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. Pp. xviii + 413. ISBN 0-8047-1364-2. \$45.00.

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N. A. Rupke

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 253 - 253

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400026108 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp 254 - 256

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708740002611X (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp f1 - f2

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400025954 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / July 1989, pp b1 - b2

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400025966 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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