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Introduction ‘Small beginnings in a disturbed world’ Introduction ‘Small beginnings in a disturbed world’

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JOHN BROOKE

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 1 - 4

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002853 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Charles Singer and the early years of the British Society for the History of Science PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Charles Singer and the early years of the British Society for the History of Science

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GEOFFREY CANTOR

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 5 - 23

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002865 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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History of science at University College London: 1919–47 History of science at University College London: 1919–47

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WILLIAM A. SMEATON

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 25 - 28

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002877 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Museums and the establishment of the history of science at Oxford and Cambridge Museums and the establishment of the history of science at Oxford and Cambridge

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J. A. BENNETT

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 29 - 46

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002889 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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History of science and the Science Museum History of science and the Science Museum

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ROBERT BUD

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 47 - 50

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002907 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Moralizing science: the uses of science's past in national education in the 1920s Moralizing science: the uses of science's past in national education in the 1920s

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ANNA-KATHERINA MAYER

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 51 - 70

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002890 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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The role of the history of science The role of the history of science

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CHARLES SINGER

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 71 - 73

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002932 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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A note on the archives of the British Society for the History of Science, 1947–97 A note on the archives of the British Society for the History of Science, 1947–97

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JONATHAN R. TOPHAM

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 75 - 76

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002944 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Miscellaneous

Officers and council members of the British Society for the History of Science, 1947–97 Officers and council members of the British Society for the History of Science, 1947–97

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JANET BROWNE

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 77 - 89

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002919 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Foundation members and members of the British Society for the History of Science on 1 June 1948 Foundation members and members of the British Society for the History of Science on 1 June 1948

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 91 - 94

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002920 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Obituaries

Joseph Needham (1900–95) Joseph Needham (1900–95)

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Mansel Davies

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 95 - 100

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496002956 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Book Reviews

Daniel Crevier, AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence. London and New York: Basic Books, 1993. Pp. xiv+386. ISBN 0-465-02997-3. £17.99, $27.50. Daniel Crevier, AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence. London and New York: Basic Books, 1993. Pp. xiv+386. ISBN 0-465-02997-3. £17.99, \$27.50.

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Paul McKevitt

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496302963 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Georges Canguilhem, A Vital Rationalist: Selected Writings from Georges Canguilhem, edited by François Delaporte and translated by Arthur Goldhammer. New York: Zone Books, 1994. Pp. 481. ISBN 0-942299-72-8. £24.25, $36.25. Georges Canguilhem, A Vital Rationalist: Selected Writings from Georges Canguilhem, edited by François Delaporte and translated by Arthur Goldhammer. New York: Zone Books, 1994. Pp. 481. ISBN 0-942299-72-8. £24.25, \$36.25.

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John Sutton

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496212968 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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David E. Leary (ed.), Metaphors in the History of Psychology. Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv+383. ISBN 0-521-42152-7. £12.95, $17.95 (paperback edition). David E. Leary (ed.), Metaphors in the History of Psychology. Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv+383. ISBN 0-521-42152-7. £12.95, \$17.95 (paperback edition).

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Martin Kusch

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496222964 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Annibale Fantoli, Galileo: For Copernicanism and for the Church, translated by George V. Coyne, SJ. Studi Galileiani, 3. Rome: Vatican Observatory Publications, 1994 (distributed outside Italy by University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IN). First edition: pp. xix+540. ISBN 0-268-01029-3. Second edition, revised and corrected, 1996, pp. xx+567. ISBN 0-268-01032-3. $21.95. Rivka Feldhay, Galileo and the Church: Political Inquisition or Critical Dialogue? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. viii+303. ISBN 0-521-34468-8. £35.00, $54.95. Annibale Fantoli, Galileo: For Copernicanism and for the Church, translated by George V. Coyne, SJ. Studi Galileiani, 3. Rome: Vatican Observatory Publications, 1994 (distributed outside Italy by University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IN). First edition: pp. xix+540. ISBN 0-268-01029-3. Second edition, revised and corrected, 1996, pp. xx+567. ISBN 0-268-01032-3. \$21.95. Rivka Feldhay, Galileo and the Church: Political Inquisition or Critical Dialogue? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. viii+303. ISBN 0-521-34468-8. £35.00, \$54.95.

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Michael H. Shank

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496232960 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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William R. Newman, Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp. xvi+348, illus. ISBN 0-674-34171-6. £39.95. William R. Newman, Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp. xvi+348, illus. ISBN 0-674-34171-6. £39.95.

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Scott Mandelbrote

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496242967 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Rene Taton and Curtis Wilson (eds.), The General History of Astronomy, Volume 2. Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics. Part B: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xiii+281. ISBN 0-521-35168-5. £45.00, $69.95. Rene Taton and Curtis Wilson (eds.), The General History of Astronomy, Volume 2. Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics. Part B: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xiii+281. ISBN 0-521-35168-5. £45.00, \$69.95.

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Mari Williams

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496252963 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Gordon L. Herries Davies, North from the Hook: 150 Years of the Geological Survey of Ireland. Dublin: Geological Survey of Ireland, 1995. Pp. xi+342, illus. ISBN 1-899702-00-8. £34.00, $57.00. Gordon L. Herries Davies, North from the Hook: 150 Years of the Geological Survey of Ireland. Dublin: Geological Survey of Ireland, 1995. Pp. xi+342, illus. ISBN 1-899702-00-8. £34.00, \$57.00.

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David R. Oldroyd

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708749626296X (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Deepak Kumar, Science and the Raj, 1857–1905. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp. xv+273. ISBN 0-19-563562-0. 425 Rupees. Deepak Kumar, Science and the Raj, 1857–1905. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp. xv+273. ISBN 0-19-563562-0. 425 Rupees.

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Mark Harrison

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496272966 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Alan E. H. Emery and Marcia L. H. Emery, The History of a Genetic Disease: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or Meryon's Disease. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 1995. Pp. xviii+248, illus. ISBN 1-85315-249-8. £20.00, $40.00. Alan E. H. Emery and Marcia L. H. Emery, The History of a Genetic Disease: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or Meryon's Disease. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 1995. Pp. xviii+248, illus. ISBN 1-85315-249-8. £20.00, \$40.00.

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Paolo Palladino

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496282962 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Frederik Nebeker, Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995. Pp. vii+255, illus. ISBN 0-12-515175-6. $64.95. Frederik Nebeker, Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995. Pp. vii+255, illus. ISBN 0-12-515175-6. \$64.95.

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Jon Agar

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 101 - 121

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087496292969 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 123 - 125

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708749600297X (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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