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Robert Boyle and the early Royal Society: a reciprocal exchange in the making of Baconian science Robert Boyle and the early Royal Society: a reciprocal exchange in the making of Baconian science

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MICHAEL HUNTER

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 1 - 23

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Crisis and the construction of modern theoretical physics Crisis and the construction of modern theoretical physics

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SUMAN SETH

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 25 - 51

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So simple a thing as a star: the Eddington–Jeans debate over astrophysical phenomenology So simple a thing as a star: the Eddington–Jeans debate over astrophysical phenomenology

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MATTHEW STANLEY

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 53 - 82

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Endocrinology and expectations in 1930s America: Louis Berman's ideas on new creations in human beings Endocrinology and expectations in 1930s America: Louis Berman's ideas on new creations in human beings

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CHRISTER NORDLUND

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 83 - 104

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The two Newtons and beyond J. E. Force and S. Hutton (eds.), Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies. International Archives of the History of Ideas 188. Dordrecht, Boston and London: Kluwer, 2004. Pp. xvii+246. ISBN 1-4020-1969-6. £67.00 (hardback). Rob Iliffe, Milo Keynes and Rebekah Higgitt (eds.), Early Biographies of Isaac Newton 1660–1885. Vol. 1: Eighteenth-Century Biography of Isaac Newton: The Unpublished Manuscripts and Early Texts. Vol. 2: Nineteenth-Century Biography of Isaac Newton: Private Debate and Public Controversy. London: Pickering and Chatto, 2006. Pp. lxxii+387 and xliii+420. ISBN 1-85-196778-8. £195.00 (hardback). Milo Keynes, The Iconography of Sir Isaac Newton to 1800. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. Pp. viii+120. ISBN 1-84383-133-3. £40.00 (hardback). John Henry (ed.), Newtonianism in Eighteenth-Century Britain. 7 vols. Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004. ISBN 1-84371-113-3. £595.00 (hardback). Mordechai Feingold, The Newtonian Moment: Isaac Newton and the Making of Modern Culture. New York and Oxford: The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xv+218. ISBN 0-19-517735-5. £25.00 (hardback). Margaret C. Jacob and Larry Stewart, Practical Matter: Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire 1687–1851. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. 201. ISBN 0-674-01497-9. £22.95 (hardback). The two Newtons and beyond J. E. Force and S. Hutton (eds.), Newton and Newtonianism: New Studies. International Archives of the History of Ideas 188. Dordrecht, Boston and London: Kluwer, 2004. Pp. xvii+246. ISBN 1-4020-1969-6. £67.00 (hardback). Rob Iliffe, Milo Keynes and Rebekah Higgitt (eds.), Early Biographies of Isaac Newton 1660–1885. Vol. 1: Eighteenth-Century Biography of Isaac Newton: The Unpublished Manuscripts and Early Texts. Vol. 2: Nineteenth-Century Biography of Isaac Newton: Private Debate and Public Controversy. London: Pickering and Chatto, 2006. Pp. lxxii+387 and xliii+420. ISBN 1-85-196778-8. £195.00 (hardback). Milo Keynes, The Iconography of Sir Isaac Newton to 1800. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. Pp. viii+120. ISBN 1-84383-133-3. £40.00 (hardback). John Henry (ed.), Newtonianism in Eighteenth-Century Britain. 7 vols. Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004. ISBN 1-84371-113-3. £595.00 (hardback). Mordechai Feingold, The Newtonian Moment: Isaac Newton and the Making of Modern Culture. New York and Oxford: The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xv+218. ISBN 0-19-517735-5. £25.00 (hardback). Margaret C. Jacob and Larry Stewart, Practical Matter: Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire 1687–1851. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. 201. ISBN 0-674-01497-9. £22.95 (hardback).

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Massimo Mazzotti

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 105 - 111

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CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING, Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema. London: Reaktion Books, 2005. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. Pp. 239. ISBN 1-86189-255-1. £19.95, $35.00 (hardback). ISBN 1-8618-9285-0. £12.95, $19.95 (paperback). CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING, Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema. London: Reaktion Books, 2005. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. Pp. 239. ISBN 1-86189-255-1. £19.95, \$35.00 (hardback). ISBN 1-8618-9285-0. £12.95, \$19.95 (paperback).

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TIMOTHY BOON

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 114 - 115

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MATTHIAS DÖRRIES (ed.), Michael Frayn's Copenhagen in Debate: Historical Essays and Documents on the 1941 Meeting between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. Berkeley Papers in History of Science Vol. 20. Berkeley, CA: Office for History of Science and Technology, 2005. Pp. viii+195. ISBN 0-9672617-2-4. $12.00 (paperback). MATTHIAS DÖRRIES (ed.), Michael Frayn's Copenhagen in Debate: Historical Essays and Documents on the 1941 Meeting between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. Berkeley Papers in History of Science Vol. 20. Berkeley, CA: Office for History of Science and Technology, 2005. Pp. viii+195. ISBN 0-9672617-2-4. \$12.00 (paperback).

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HELGE KRAGH

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 115 - 116

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DONNA HARAWAY, The Haraway Reader. New York and London: Routledge, 2004. Pp. viii+352. ISBN 0-415-96688-4. £16.99 (paperback). DONNA HARAWAY, The Haraway Reader. New York and London: Routledge, 2004. Pp. viii+352. ISBN 0-415-96688-4. £16.99 (paperback).

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AMANDA REES

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 117 - 118

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PETER J. BOWLER and IWAN RHYS MORUS, Making Modern Science: A Historical Survey. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Pp. viii+464. ISBN 0-226-0681-7. £17.50, $25.00 (paperback). PETER J. BOWLER and IWAN RHYS MORUS, Making Modern Science: A Historical Survey. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Pp. viii+464. ISBN 0-226-0681-7. £17.50, \$25.00 (paperback).

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JOHN L. HEILBRON

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 118 - 119

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GEOFFREY CANTOR, Quakers, Jews, and Science: Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650–1900. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. xii+420. ISBN 0-19-927668-4. £50.00 (hardback). GEOFFREY CANTOR, Quakers, Jews, and Science: Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650–1900. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. xii+420. ISBN 0-19-927668-4. £50.00 (hardback).

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MATTHEW STANLEY

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 120 - 121

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DAVID M. KNIGHT and MATTHEW D. EDDY (eds.), Science and Beliefs: From Natural Philosophy to Natural Science, 1700–1900. Science, Technology and Culture, 1700–1945. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. xiv+272. ISBN 0-7546-3996-7. £47.50 (hardback). DAVID M. KNIGHT and MATTHEW D. EDDY (eds.), Science and Beliefs: From Natural Philosophy to Natural Science, 1700–1900. Science, Technology and Culture, 1700–1945. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. xiv+272. ISBN 0-7546-3996-7. £47.50 (hardback).

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RUTH BARTON

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 121 - 123

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ANDREA FALCON, Aristotle and the Science of Nature: Unity without Uniformity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xvii+139. ISBN 0-521-85439-3. £45.00 (hardback). ANDREA FALCON, Aristotle and the Science of Nature: Unity without Uniformity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xvii+139. ISBN 0-521-85439-3. £45.00 (hardback).

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DAVID DEPEW

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 123 - 124

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ROSHDI RASHED, Geometry and Dioptrics in Classical Islam. London: al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 2005. Pp. xii+1178. ISBN 1873992998. £50.00 (hardback). ROSHDI RASHED, Geometry and Dioptrics in Classical Islam. London: al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 2005. Pp. xii+1178. ISBN 1873992998. £50.00 (hardback).

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NADER EL-BIZRI

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 124 - 126

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GAD FREUDENTHAL, Science in the Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Traditions. Variorum Collected Studies Series CS803. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. xx+350. ISBN 0-86078-952-7. £62.50 (hardback). GAD FREUDENTHAL, Science in the Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Traditions. Variorum Collected Studies Series CS803. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. xx+350. ISBN 0-86078-952-7. £62.50 (hardback).

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NORBERT SAMUELSON

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 126 - 127

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JOHN NORTH, God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time. London and New York: Hambledon and London, 2005. Pp. xix+441. ISBN 1-85285-451-0. £25.00 (hardback). JOHN NORTH, God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time. London and New York: Hambledon and London, 2005. Pp. xix+441. ISBN 1-85285-451-0. £25.00 (hardback).

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CATHERINE EAGLETON

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 127 - 128

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GERARD L'E. TURNER, Renaissance Astrolabes and their Makers. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003. Pp. xii+294. ISBN 0-86078-903-9. £67.50, $124.95 (hardback). KOENRAAD VAN CLEEMPOEL, Astrolabes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Astrolabes in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Oxford and Greenwich: Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 2005. Pp. ix+339. ISBN 0-19-853069-2. £99.50 (hardback). GERARD L'E. TURNER, Renaissance Astrolabes and their Makers. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003. Pp. xii+294. ISBN 0-86078-903-9. £67.50, \$124.95 (hardback). KOENRAAD VAN CLEEMPOEL, Astrolabes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Astrolabes in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Oxford and Greenwich: Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 2005. Pp. ix+339. ISBN 0-19-853069-2. £99.50 (hardback).

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HESTER HIGTON

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 129 - 130

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BRUCE T. MORAN, Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2005. Pp. 210. ISBN 0-674-01495-2. £16.95 (hardback). ALLEN G. DEBUS (ed.), Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry: Papers from Ambix. Huddersfield: Jeremy Mills (for the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry), 2004. Pp. xv+543. ISBN 0-9546484-1-2. £33.00, $60.00 (paperback). BRUCE T. MORAN, Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2005. Pp. 210. ISBN 0-674-01495-2. £16.95 (hardback). ALLEN G. DEBUS (ed.), Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry: Papers from Ambix. Huddersfield: Jeremy Mills (for the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry), 2004. Pp. xv+543. ISBN 0-9546484-1-2. £33.00, \$60.00 (paperback).

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JOHN HENRY

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 130 - 132

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LAUREN KASSELL, Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London: Simon Forman: Astrologer, Alchemist, and Physician. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. Pp. xviii+281. ISBN 0-19-9279055. £50.00 (hardback). LAUREN KASSELL, Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London: Simon Forman: Astrologer, Alchemist, and Physician. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. Pp. xviii+281. ISBN 0-19-9279055. £50.00 (hardback).

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BARBARA H. TRAISTER

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 132 - 133

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WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Domingo de Soto and the Early Galileo: Essays on Intellectual History. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. Pp. xiv+340. ISBN 0-86078-964-0, $105.95 (hardback). GALILEO GALILEI, Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico et Militare. With a translation by Stillman Drake and an introduction by Filippo Camerota. Oakland, CA: Octavo, 2005. ISBN 1-891788-97-3, $35.00 (CD-ROM). WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Domingo de Soto and the Early Galileo: Essays on Intellectual History. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. Pp. xiv+340. ISBN 0-86078-964-0, \$105.95 (hardback). GALILEO GALILEI, Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico et Militare. With a translation by Stillman Drake and an introduction by Filippo Camerota. Oakland, CA: Octavo, 2005. ISBN 1-891788-97-3, \$35.00 (CD-ROM).

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JAMES HANNAM

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 133 - 135

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MARCUS HELLYER, Catholic Physics: Jesuit Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Germany. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005. Pp. xii+337. ISBN 0-268-03071-5. $50.00 (hardback). MARCUS HELLYER, Catholic Physics: Jesuit Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Germany. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005. Pp. xii+337. ISBN 0-268-03071-5. \$50.00 (hardback).

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PETER DEAR

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / March 2007, pp 135 - 137

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