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The ‘absolute existence’ of phlogiston: the losing party's point of view The ‘absolute existence’ of phlogiston: the losing party's point of view

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VICTOR D. BOANTZA and OFER GAL

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 317 - 342

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708741000155X (About DOI), Published online: 02 February 2011

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From political economy to sociology: Francis Galton and the social-scientific origins of eugenics From political economy to sociology: Francis Galton and the social-scientific origins of eugenics

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CHRIS RENWICK

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 343 - 369

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087410001524 (About DOI), Published online: 23 March 2011

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A debate on magnetic current: the troubled Einstein–Ehrenhaft correspondence A debate on magnetic current: the troubled Einstein–Ehrenhaft correspondence

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GILDO MAGALHÃES SANTOS

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 371 - 400

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087410001299 (About DOI), Published online: 08 October 2010

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The social nature of the mother's tie to her child: John Bowlby's theory of attachment in post-war America The social nature of the mother's tie to her child: John Bowlby's theory of attachment in post-war America

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MARGA VICEDO

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 401 - 426

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000318 (About DOI), Published online: 06 June 2011

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Knowledge, money and data: an integrated account of the evolution of eight types of laboratory Knowledge, money and data: an integrated account of the evolution of eight types of laboratory

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ARJAN VAN ROOIJ

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 427 - 448

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087410001330 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2011

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What needs to be explained about modern science? What needs to be explained about modern science?

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Diederick Raven

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 449 - 454

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000677 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Ahmad Dallal, Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010. Pp. xii+239. ISBN 978-0-300-15911-0. £18.99 (hardback). Ahmad Dallal, Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010. Pp. xii+239. ISBN 978-0-300-15911-0. £18.99 (hardback).

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Emilie Savage-Smith

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 455 - 456

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000689 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Benjamin Wardhaugh, How to Read Historical Mathematics. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. xii+116. ISBN 978-0-691-14014-8. $22.95 (hardback). Benjamin Wardhaugh, How to Read Historical Mathematics. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. xii+116. ISBN 978-0-691-14014-8. \$22.95 (hardback).

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Amir Alexander

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 456 - 458

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000690 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift, Shaping the Day: A History of Timekeeping in England and Wales 1300–1800. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. xiv+456. ISBN 978-0-19-927820-6. £41.00 (hardback). Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift, Shaping the Day: A History of Timekeeping in England and Wales 1300–1800. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. xiv+456. ISBN 978-0-19-927820-6. £41.00 (hardback).

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Garry J. Tee

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 458 - 459

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000707 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Andrew Cunningham and Sachiko Kusukawa (eds.), Natural Philosophy Epitomised: Books 8–11 of Gregor Reisch's Philosophical Pearl (1503). Farnham: Ashgate, 2010. Pp. lxxiv+346. ISBN 978-0-7546-0612-3. £65.00 (hardback). Andrew Cunningham and Sachiko Kusukawa (eds.), Natural Philosophy Epitomised: Books 8–11 of Gregor Reisch's Philosophical Pearl (1503). Farnham: Ashgate, 2010. Pp. lxxiv+346. ISBN 978-0-7546-0612-3. £65.00 (hardback).

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Gwyndaf Garbutt

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 459 - 461

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000719 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Alexander Marr (ed.), The Worlds of Oronce Fine: Mathematics, Instruments and Print in Renaissance France. Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2009. Pp. xv+224. ISBN 978-1-900289-96-2. £40.00 (hardback). Alexander Marr (ed.), The Worlds of Oronce Fine: Mathematics, Instruments and Print in Renaissance France. Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2009. Pp. xv+224. ISBN 978-1-900289-96-2. £40.00 (hardback).

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Stephen Johnston

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 461 - 462

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000720 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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María Portuondo, Secret Science: Spanish Cosmography and the New World. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. xiv+335. ISBN 978-0-226-67534-3. £31.00 (hardback). María Portuondo, Secret Science: Spanish Cosmography and the New World. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. xiv+335. ISBN 978-0-226-67534-3. £31.00 (hardback).

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Dario Tessicini

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 462 - 463

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000732 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Alan Chalmers, The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone: How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms. Heidelberg, London and New York: Springer, 2009. Pp xii+287. ISBN 978-90-481-2361-2. £90.00 (hardback). Alan Chalmers, The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone: How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms. Heidelberg, London and New York: Springer, 2009. Pp xii+287. ISBN 978-90-481-2361-2. £90.00 (hardback).

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Seth Suman

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 463 - 465

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000744 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Paul A. Elliott, Enlightenment, Modernity and Science: Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2010. Pp. xii+363. ISBN 987-1-84885-366-9. £65.00 (hardback). Paul A. Elliott, Enlightenment, Modernity and Science: Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2010. Pp. xii+363. ISBN 987-1-84885-366-9. £65.00 (hardback).

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Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 465 - 467

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000756 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Andrew Pattison, The Darwins of Shrewsbury. Stroud: The History Press, 2009. Pp. 127. ISBN 978-0-7524-4867-1. £14.99 (paperback).

Mike Dixon and Gregory Radick, Darwin in Ilkley. Stroud: The History Press, 2009. Pp. 126. ISBN 978-0-7524-5283-8. £12.99 (paperback). Andrew Pattison, The Darwins of Shrewsbury. Stroud: The History Press, 2009. Pp. 127. ISBN 978-0-7524-4867-1. £14.99 (paperback).

Mike Dixon and Gregory Radick, Darwin in Ilkley. Stroud: The History Press, 2009. Pp. 126. ISBN 978-0-7524-5283-8. £12.99 (paperback).

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John van Wyhe

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 467 - 468

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000768 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Paul D. Brinkman, The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush: Museums and Paleontology in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Pp. xiv+345. ISBN 978-0-226-07472-6. $49.00 (hardback). Paul D. Brinkman, The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush: Museums and Paleontology in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Pp. xiv+345. ISBN 978-0-226-07472-6. \$49.00 (hardback).

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Caitlin Donahue Wylie

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 469 - 470

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708741100077X (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Helmuth Trischler and Mark Walker (eds.), Physics and Politics: Research Support in Twentieth Century Germany in International Perspective. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010. Pp. 285. ISBN 978-3-515-09601-0. €44.00 (paperback). Helmuth Trischler and Mark Walker (eds.), Physics and Politics: Research Support in Twentieth Century Germany in International Perspective. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010. Pp. 285. ISBN 978-3-515-09601-0. €44.00 (paperback).

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Christoph Mick

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 470 - 472

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000781 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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Alison Bashford and Philippa Levine (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xxi+586. ISBN 978-0-19-537314-1. £85.00 (hardback). Alison Bashford and Philippa Levine (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xxi+586. ISBN 978-0-19-537314-1. £85.00 (hardback).

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Maria Björkman

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 472 - 473

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000793 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp 475 - 478

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000811 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp f1 - f2

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000823 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 44 / Issue 03 / September 2011, pp b1 - b7

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087411000835 (About DOI), Published online: 08 September 2011

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