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Descartes the doctor: rationalism and its therapies Descartes the doctor: rationalism and its therapies

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STEVEN SHAPIN

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 131 - 154

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BJHS special section: book history and the sciences Introduction BJHS special section: book history and the sciences Introduction

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JONATHAN R. TOPHAM

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 155 - 158

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087499003921 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Miscellaneous methods: authors, societies and journals in early modern England Miscellaneous methods: authors, societies and journals in early modern England

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ADRIAN JOHNS

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 159 - 186

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087499003933 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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An experiment with science for the nineteenth- century book trade: the International Scientific Series An experiment with science for the nineteenth- century book trade: the International Scientific Series

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LESLIE HOWSAM

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 187 - 207

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087499003945 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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Translation studies in the history of science: the example of Vestiges Translation studies in the history of science: the example of Vestiges

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NICOLAAS RUPKE

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 209 - 222

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Derek Howse (1919–98) Derek Howse (1919–98)

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D. W. Waters

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 223 - 225

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Casper Hakfoort (1955–99) Casper Hakfoort (1955–99)

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Geoffrey Cantor

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 227 - 229

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DEEPAK KUMAR. Science and the Raj, 1857–1905. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. xv+273. ISBN 0-19-564194-9. £4.50, $10.95. DEEPAK KUMAR. Science and the Raj, 1857–1905. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. xv+273. ISBN 0-19-564194-9. £4.50, \$10.95.

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John M. MacKenzie

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 231 - 254

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KLAAS VAN BERKEL, Dijksterhuis: een biografie. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1996. Pp. 639. ISBN 90-351-16941. HFL75. KLAAS VAN BERKEL, Dijksterhuis: een biografie. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1996. Pp. 639. ISBN 90-351-16941. HFL75.

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Diederick Raven

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MASAO WATANABE, Science and Cultural Exchange in Modern History: Japan and the West. Tokyo: Hokusen-Sha, 1997. Pp. xi+406. ISBN 4-938424-73-8. No price given. MASAO WATANABE, Science and Cultural Exchange in Modern History: Japan and the West. Tokyo: Hokusen-Sha, 1997. Pp. xi+406. ISBN 4-938424-73-8. No price given.

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Fa-ti Fan

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 231 - 254

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JOSÉ M^a LÓPEZ PIÑERO et al. (eds.), Bibliographia Medica Hispanica, 1475–1950, Volumen V, Libros y Folletos, 1851–1900, Caudemos Valencianos de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia, L. Valencia, Instituto de Estudios Documentales e Históricos sobre la Clencia Valencia: Universitat de València-C.S.I.C., 1996. Pp. 956. ISBN 84-370-2349-1. No price given. JOSÉ M^a LÓPEZ PIÑERO et al. (eds.), Bibliographia Medica Hispanica, 1475–1950, Volumen V, Libros y Folletos, 1851–1900, Caudemos Valencianos de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia, L. Valencia, Instituto de Estudios Documentales e Históricos sobre la Clencia Valencia: Universitat de València-C.S.I.C., 1996. Pp. 956. ISBN 84-370-2349-1. No price given.

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Rosa Medina

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 231 - 254

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087499233985 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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FRANCIS BACON, Philosophical Studies, c. 1611–c. 1619, edited by Graham Rees. The Oxford Francis Bacon, VI. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. cxvi+503. ISBN 0-19-812290-X. £80.00. FRANCIS BACON, Philosophical Studies, c. 1611–c. 1619, edited by Graham Rees. The Oxford Francis Bacon, VI. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. cxvi+503. ISBN 0-19-812290-X. £80.00.

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Silvia Manzo

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CHARLOTTE METHUEN, Kepler's Tübingen: Stimulus to a Theological Mathematics. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. Pp. 288+xi. ISBN 1-85928-397-7. £45.00. CHARLOTTE METHUEN, Kepler's Tübingen: Stimulus to a Theological Mathematics. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. Pp. 288+xi. ISBN 1-85928-397-7. £45.00.

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Sachiko Kusukawa

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 231 - 254

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087499253988 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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CHARLES COULSTON GILLISPIE, with the collaboration of ROBERT FOX and IVOR GRATTAN-GUINNESS. Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749–1827. A Life in Exact Science. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey, 1998. Pp. xii+322. ISBN 0-691-10850-0. $49.50, £35.00. CHARLES COULSTON GILLISPIE, with the collaboration of ROBERT FOX and IVOR GRATTAN-GUINNESS. Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749–1827. A Life in Exact Science. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey, 1998. Pp. xii+322. ISBN 0-691-10850-0. \$49.50, £35.00.

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P. M. Harman

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 231 - 254

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I. S. GLASS, Victorian Telescope Makers: The Lives and Letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb. Bristol and Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1997. Pp. xiii+279. ISBN 0-7503-0454-5. £30.00, $50.00. I. S. GLASS, Victorian Telescope Makers: The Lives and Letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb. Bristol and Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1997. Pp. xiii+279. ISBN 0-7503-0454-5. £30.00, \$50.00.

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Jim Bennett

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087499273980 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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ALEKSANDR YAKOVLEVICH KIPNIS, BORIS EFIMOVICH YAVELOV and JOHN SHIPLEY ROWLINSON, Van der Waals and Molecular Science. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. ix+313. ISBN 0-19-855210-6. £60.00. ALEKSANDR YAKOVLEVICH KIPNIS, BORIS EFIMOVICH YAVELOV and JOHN SHIPLEY ROWLINSON, Van der Waals and Molecular Science. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. ix+313. ISBN 0-19-855210-6. £60.00.

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Maria Yamalidou

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LEILA ZENDERLAND, Measuring Minds: Henry Herbert Goddard and the Origins of American Intelligence Testing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. vii+466. ISBN 0-521-44373-3. £45.00, $64.95. LEILA ZENDERLAND, Measuring Minds: Henry Herbert Goddard and the Origins of American Intelligence Testing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. vii+466. ISBN 0-521-44373-3. £45.00, \$64.95.

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Alan Collins

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V. Y. FRENKEL, Yakov Ilich Frenkel. His Work, Life and Letters. Basel, Boston and Berlin: Birkhauser, 1996. Pp. viii+323. ISBN 3-7643-2741-3 (Basel); ISBN 0-8176-2741-3 (Boston). DM198 (no sterling price given). V. Y. FRENKEL, Yakov Ilich Frenkel. His Work, Life and Letters. Basel, Boston and Berlin: Birkhauser, 1996. Pp. viii+323. ISBN 3-7643-2741-3 (Basel); ISBN 0-8176-2741-3 (Boston). DM198 (no sterling price given).

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Jeff Hughes

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MICHAEL RIORDAN and LILLIAN HODDESON, Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Pp. x+352. ISBN 0-393-04124-7. £27.50, $56.95. MICHAEL RIORDAN and LILLIAN HODDESON, Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Pp. x+352. ISBN 0-393-04124-7. £27.50, \$56.95.

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Jon Agar

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PAUL THAGARD. How Scientists Explain Disease. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pp. xviii+263. ISBN 0-691-00261-4, £18.95 (hardback). PAUL THAGARD. How Scientists Explain Disease. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pp. xviii+263. ISBN 0-691-00261-4, £18.95 (hardback).

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Paolo Palladino

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ISAAC NEWTON. The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 3rd edition (1726). Newly translated by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman. With a supplement by I. Bernard Cohen. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Pp. 1025. ISBN 0-520-08816-6. £60.00, $75.00 (cloth); 0-520-08817-4, £24.95, $35.00 (paperback). ISAAC NEWTON. The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 3rd edition (1726). Newly translated by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman. With a supplement by I. Bernard Cohen. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Pp. 1025. ISBN 0-520-08816-6. £60.00, \$75.00 (cloth); 0-520-08817-4, £24.95, \$35.00 (paperback).

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J. Bruce Brackenridge

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ANDREA CARLINO (Translated by John Tedeschi and Anne C. Tedeschi). Books of the Body: Anatomical Ritual and Renaissance Learning. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. ANDREA CARLINO (Translated by John Tedeschi and Anne C. Tedeschi). Books of the Body: Anatomical Ritual and Renaissance Learning. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

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Frances Dawbarn

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 33 / Issue 02 / June 2000, pp 255 - 256

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087499003994 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2000

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