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Atomic secrets and governmental lies: nuclear science, politics and security in the Pontecorvo case Atomic secrets and governmental lies: nuclear science, politics and security in the Pontecorvo case

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SIMONE TURCHETTI

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 389 - 415

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403005120 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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The dilemmas of seditious men: the Crowther–Hessen correspondence in the 1930s The dilemmas of seditious men: the Crowther–Hessen correspondence in the 1930s

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C. A. J. CHILVERS

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 417 - 435

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403005156 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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‘Newton dépossédé!’ The British response to the Pascal forgeries of 1867 ‘Newton dépossédé!’ The British response to the Pascal forgeries of 1867

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REBEKAH HIGGITT

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 437 - 453

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403005144 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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Emerging from the museum: Joseph Dawson, mineralogist, 1740–1813 Emerging from the museum: Joseph Dawson, mineralogist, 1740–1813

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A. J. PACEY

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 455 - 469

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403005089 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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Telling stories Telling stories

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AILEEN FYFE and PAUL SMITH

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 471 - 476

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403005168 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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Book Reviews

DIDERICK RAVEN, WOLFGANG KROHN and ROBERT S. COHEN (eds.), Edgar Zilsel: The Social Origins of Modern Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 200. Dordrecht, Boston and London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. Pp. lix+267. ISBN 0-7923-6457-0. £89.00, $143.00 (hardback). DIDERICK RAVEN, WOLFGANG KROHN and ROBERT S. COHEN (eds.), Edgar Zilsel: The Social Origins of Modern Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 200. Dordrecht, Boston and London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. Pp. lix+267. ISBN 0-7923-6457-0. £89.00, \$143.00 (hardback).

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JOHN HENRY

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 477 - 478

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708740321517X (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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ANDREW C. SCOTT and DAVID FREEDBERG, Fossil Woods and Other Geological Specimens. The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Series B: Natural History, Part Three. Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2000. Pp. 424. ISBN 1-872501-91-5. €232.00 (hardback). ANDREW C. SCOTT and DAVID FREEDBERG, Fossil Woods and Other Geological Specimens. The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Series B: Natural History, Part Three. Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2000. Pp. 424. ISBN 1-872501-91-5. €232.00 (hardback).

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PAULA FINDLEN

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 478 - 480

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403225176 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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Tim Murray (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists. Santa Barbara: ABC–CLIO, 1999. Pp. xxii+950. ISBN 1-57607-199-5. $150.00 (hardback). Tim Murray (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists. Santa Barbara: ABC–CLIO, 1999. Pp. xxii+950. ISBN 1-57607-199-5. \$150.00 (hardback).

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DAVID SHOTTER

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 480 - 480

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403235172 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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ANITA GUERRINI, Obesity and Depression in the Enlightenment: The Life and Times of George Cheyne. Oklahoma Project for Discourse and Theory. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. Pp. xx+283. ISBN 0-8061-3201-9. $19.95 (paperback). ANITA GUERRINI, Obesity and Depression in the Enlightenment: The Life and Times of George Cheyne. Oklahoma Project for Discourse and Theory. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. Pp. xx+283. ISBN 0-8061-3201-9. \$19.95 (paperback).

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JOHN FRIESEN

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 481 - 482

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403245179 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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S. M. Walters and E. A. Stow, Darwin's Mentor: John Stevens Henslow 1796–1861. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp. xx+338. ISBN 0-521-59146-5. £40.00 (hardback). S. M. Walters and E. A. Stow, Darwin's Mentor: John Stevens Henslow 1796–1861. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp. xx+338. ISBN 0-521-59146-5. £40.00 (hardback).

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JACK MORRELL

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 482 - 483

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403255175 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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JOHN M. LYNCH (ed.), Creationism and Scriptural Geology, 1817–1857. Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2002. Pp. xxiv+2994. ISBN 1-85506-928-8. £595.00 (hardback). JOHN M. LYNCH (ed.), Creationism and Scriptural Geology, 1817–1857. Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2002. Pp. xxiv+2994. ISBN 1-85506-928-8. £595.00 (hardback).

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MICHAEL B. ROBERTS

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 483 - 485

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403265171 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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AGATHA C. HUGHES and THOMAS P. HUGHES (eds.), Systems, Experts, and Computers: The Systems Approach in Management and Engineering, World War II and After. Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2000. Pp. ii+513. ISBN 0-262-08285-3. £34.50 (hardback). AGATHA C. HUGHES and THOMAS P. HUGHES (eds.), Systems, Experts, and Computers: The Systems Approach in Management and Engineering, World War II and After. Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2000. Pp. ii+513. ISBN 0-262-08285-3. £34.50 (hardback).

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JON AGAR

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 485 - 487

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403275178 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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NAOMI ORESKES (ed.) with HOMER LE GRAND, Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth. Boulder and Oxford: Westview Press, 2001. Pp. xxiv+424. ISBN 0-8133-3981-2. $35.00 (hardback). NAOMI ORESKES (ed.) with HOMER LE GRAND, Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth. Boulder and Oxford: Westview Press, 2001. Pp. xxiv+424. ISBN 0-8133-3981-2. \$35.00 (hardback).

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BRIAN C. SHIPLEY

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 487 - 488

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403285174 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 36 / Issue 04 / December 2003, pp 489 - 491

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087403005181 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2004

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