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Vol. 101, No. 2, June 2010
Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History of Science Society
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/652684
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  1. No Access
    Frontispiece(p. vi)  
    DOI: 10.1086/655748
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655748
  2. Articles
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      Pure Science with a Practical Aim: The Meanings of Fundamental Research in Britain, circa 1916–1950(pp. 285-311)  
      By Sabine Clarke
      DOI: 10.1086/653094
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653094
    2. No Access
      An Alarming Solution: Bedwetting, Medicine, and Behavioral Conditioning in Mid-Twentieth-Century America(pp. 312-337)  
      By Deborah Blythe Doroshow
      DOI: 10.1086/653095
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653095
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      Fabricating Authenticity: Modeling a Whale at the American Museum of Natural History, 1906–1974(pp. 338-361)  
      By Michael Rossi
      DOI: 10.1086/653096
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653096
  3. Focus: New Perspectives on Science and the Cold War
    1. Free Access
      Hunter Heyck and David Kaiser: Introduction(pp. 362-366)  Free Content
      By Hunter Heyck, David Kaiser
      DOI: 10.1086/653097
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653097
      Full TextPDFSummary
    2. Free Access
      Transnational Science during the Cold War: The Case of Chinese/American Scientists(pp. 367-377)  Free Content
      By Zuoyue Wang
      DOI: 10.1086/653098
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653098
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    3. Free Access
      Technophilic Hubris and Espionage Styles during the Cold War(pp. 378-385)  Free Content
      By Kristie Macrakis
      DOI: 10.1086/653104
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653104
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    4. Free Access
      Mathematical Models, Rational Choice, and the Search for Cold War Culture(pp. 386-392)  Free Content
      By Paul Erickson
      DOI: 10.1086/653105
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653105
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    5. Free Access
      Social Science in the Cold War(pp. 393-400)  Free Content
      By David C. Engerman
      DOI: 10.1086/653106
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653106
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    6. Free Access
      “Hypothetical Machines”: The Science Fiction Dreams of Cold War Social Science(pp. 401-411)  Free Content
      By Rebecca Lemov
      DOI: 10.1086/653107
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653107
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  4. News of the Profession
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      Eloge: Olga Amsterdamska, 1953–2009(pp. 412-415)  
      By Ilana Löwy
      DOI: 10.1086/653108
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653108
  5. Book Reviews
    1. GENERAL
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        John C. Burnham. Accident Prone: A History of Technology, Psychology, and Misfits of the Machine Age.(pp. 416-417)  
        Accident Prone: A History of Technology, Psychology, and Misfits of the Machine Age  by John C. Burnham
        Review by: By Robert W. Seidel
        DOI: 10.1086/655702
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655702
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        Anthony Grafton. Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West.(pp. 417-418)  
        Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West  by Anthony Grafton
        Review by: By Laurence Brockliss
        DOI: 10.1086/655703
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655703
      3. No Access
        Harry Nussbaumer; Lydia Bieri. Discovering the Expanding Universe.(p. 418)  
        Discovering the Expanding Universe  by Harry Nussbaumer; Lydia Bieri
        Review by: By Matthew Stanley
        DOI: 10.1086/655704
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655704
      4. No Access
        Patricia Radelet-de Grave (Editor). Liber Amicorum Jean Dhombres.(pp. 418-420)  
        Liber Amicorum Jean Dhombres  by Patricia Radelet‐de Grave
        Review by: By Giovanni Ferraro
        DOI: 10.1086/655705
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655705
    2. ANTIQUITY
      1. No Access
        John Mouracade (Editor). Aristotle on Life.(pp. 420-421)  
        Aristotle on Life  by John Mouracade
        Review by: By James G. Lennox
        DOI: 10.1086/655706
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655706
      2. No Access
        Katharina Volk. Manilius and His Intellectual Background.(pp. 421-422)  
        Manilius and His Intellectual Background  by Katharina Volk
        Review by: By David E. Hahm
        DOI: 10.1086/655707
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655707
      3. No Access
        Bronwen L. Wickkiser. Asklepios, Medicine, and the Politics of Healing in Fifth-Century Greece: Between Craft and Cult.(pp. 422-423)  
        Asklepios, Medicine, and the Politics of Healing in Fifth‐Century Greece: Between Craft and Cult  by Bronwen L. Wickkiser
        Review by: By Philip van der Eijk
        DOI: 10.1086/655708
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655708
    3. MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
      1. No Access
        Michèle Goyens; Pieter De Leemans; An Smets (Editors). Science Translated: Latin and Vernacular Translations of Scientific Treatises in Medieval Europe.(pp. 423-424)  
        Science Translated: Latin and Vernacular Translations of Scientific Treatises in Medieval Europe  by Michèle Goyens; Pieter De Leemans; An Smets
        Review by: By Joan Cadden
        DOI: 10.1086/655709
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655709
      2. No Access
        Christophe Grellard; Aurélien Robert (Editors). Atomism in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology.(pp. 424-425)  
        Atomism in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology  by Christophe Grellard; Aurélien Robert
        Review by: By Edith Sylla
        DOI: 10.1086/655710
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655710
      3. No Access
        Gerd Mentgen. Astrologie und Öffentlichkeit im Mittelalter.(pp. 425-426)  
        Astrologie und Öffentlichkeit im Mittelalter  by Gerd Mentgen
        Review by: By Darin Hayton
        DOI: 10.1086/655711
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655711
      4. No Access
        Charles Webster. Paracelsus: Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time.(pp. 426-427)  
        Paracelsus: Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time  by Charles Webster
        Review by: By Amy Eisen Cislo
        DOI: 10.1086/655712
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655712
    4. EARLY MODERN (SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES)
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        C. Demeulenaere-Douyère; D. J. Sturdy. L'enquête du Régent 1716–1718: Sciences, techniques et politique dans la France pré-industrielle.(pp. 427-428)  
        L'enquête du Régent 1716–1718: Sciences, techniques et politique dans la France pré‐industrielle  by C. Demeulenaere‐Douyère; D. J. Sturdy
        Review by: By Roger Hahn
        DOI: 10.1086/655713
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655713
      2. No Access
        Roger L. Emerson. Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment: “Industry, Knowledge and Humanity.”(pp. 428-429)  
        Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment: “Industry, Knowledge and Humanity.”  by Roger L. Emerson
        Review by: By M. E. Eddy
        DOI: 10.1086/655714
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655714
      3. No Access
        Karin Hartbecke (Editor). Zwischen Fürstenwillkür und Menschheitswohl: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz als Bibliothekar.(pp. 429-430)  
        Zwischen Fürstenwillkür und Menschheitswohl: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz als Bibliothekar  by Karin Hartbecke
        Review by: By Andre Wakefield
        DOI: 10.1086/655715
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655715
      4. No Access
        Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Sämtliche Schriften und Briefe(pp. 430-431)  
        Sämtliche Schriften und Briefe  by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
        Review by: By Patricia Radelet-de Grave
        DOI: 10.1086/655716
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655716
      5. No Access
        Marc J. Ratcliff. The Quest for the Invisible: Microscopy in the Enlightenment.(pp. 431-432)  
        The Quest for the Invisible: Microscopy in the Enlightenment  by Marc J. Ratcliff
        Review by: By Thomas L. Hankins
        DOI: 10.1086/655717
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655717
      6. No Access
        Dieter Suisky. Euler as Physicist.(pp. 432-433)  
        Euler as Physicist  by Dieter Suisky
        Review by: By Sandro Caparrini
        DOI: 10.1086/655718
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655718
      7. No Access
        Andre Wakefield. The Disordered Police State: German Cameralism as Science and Practice.(pp. 433-434)  
        The Disordered Police State: German Cameralism as Science and Practice  by Andre Wakefield
        Review by: By Theodore M. Porter
        DOI: 10.1086/655719
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655719
    5. MODERN (NINETEENTH CENTURY TO 1950)
      1. No Access
        Tuska Benes. In Babel's Shadow: Language, Philology and the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Germany.(pp. 434-436)  
        In Babel's Shadow: Language, Philology and the Nation in Nineteenth‐Century Germany  by Tuska Benes
        Review by: By Michael C. Carhart
        DOI: 10.1086/655720
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655720
      2. No Access
        Matthew Biro. The Dada Cyborg: Visions of the New Human in Weimar Berlin.(pp. 436-437)  
        The Dada Cyborg: Visions of the New Human in Weimar Berlin  by Matthew Biro
        Review by: By Robert Brain
        DOI: 10.1086/655721
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655721
      3. No Access
        Peter J. Bowler. Science For All: The Popularization of Science in Early Twentieth-Century Britain.(pp. 437-438)  
        Science For All: The Popularization of Science in Early Twentieth‐Century Britain  by Peter J. Bowler
        Review by: By David Knight
        DOI: 10.1086/655722
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655722
      4. No Access
        Joseph Bradley. Voluntary Associations in Tsarist Russia: Science, Patriotism, and Civil Society.(pp. 438-439)  
        Voluntary Associations in Tsarist Russia: Science, Patriotism, and Civil Society  by Joseph Bradley
        Review by: By Michael D. Gordin
        DOI: 10.1086/655723
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655723
      5. No Access
        Martijn Eickhoff. In the Name of Science? P. J. W. Debye and his Career in Nazi Germany.(pp. 439-440)  
        In the Name of Science? P. J. W. Debye and his Career in Nazi Germany  by Martijn Eickhoff
        Review by: By Klaus Hentschel
        DOI: 10.1086/655724
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655724
      6. No Access
        Mark R. Finlay. Growing American Rubber: Strategic Plants and the Politics of National Security.(p. 440)  
        Growing American Rubber: Strategic Plants and the Politics of National Security  by Mark R. Finlay
        Review by: By Christopher R. Henke
        DOI: 10.1086/655725
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655725
      7. No Access
        Bernard Finn; Daqing Yang (Editors). Communications Under the Sea: The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications.(pp. 440-441)  
        Communications Under the Sea: The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications  by Bernard Finn; Daqing Yang
        Review by: By Colin A. Hempstead
        DOI: 10.1086/655726
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655726
      8. No Access
        Pedro M. Pruna Goodgall. La Real Academia de Ciencias de la Habana, 1861–1898.(pp. 441-442)  
        La Real Academia de Ciencias de la Habana, 1861–1898  by Pedro M. Pruna Goodgall
        Review by: By Pedro Ruiz-Castell
        DOI: 10.1086/655727
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655727
      9. No Access
        Rudolf P. Heubener; Heinz Luebbig. A Focus of Discoveries.(pp. 442-443)  
        A Focus of Discoveries  by Rudolf P. Heubener; Heinz Luebbig
        Review by: By William H. Brock
        DOI: 10.1086/655728
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655728
      10. No Access
        Jeanette Hoorn (Editor). Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia.(pp. 443-444)  
        Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia  by Jeanette Hoorn
        Review by: By Barbara T. Gates
        DOI: 10.1086/655729
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655729
      11. No Access
        Iain McCalman. Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution.(pp. 444-445)  
        Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution  by Iain McCalman
        Review by: By Martin Fichman
        DOI: 10.1086/655730
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655730
      12. No Access
        Florian Mildenberger. Umwelt als Vision: Leben und Werk Jakob von Uexkülls (1864–1944).(pp. 445-446)  
        Umwelt als Vision: Leben und Werk Jakob von Uexkülls (1864–1944)  by Florian Mildenberger
        Review by: By Katja Guenther
        DOI: 10.1086/655731
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655731
      13. No Access
        Lynn M. Morgan. Icons of Life: A Cultural History of Human Embryos.(pp. 446-447)  
        Icons of Life: A Cultural History of Human Embryos  by Lynn M. Morgan
        Review by: By Lianne McTavish
        DOI: 10.1086/655732
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655732
      14. No Access
        Leo B. Slater. War and Disease: Biomedical Research on Malaria in the Twentieth Century.(pp. 447-448)  
        War and Disease: Biomedical Research on Malaria in the Twentieth Century  by Leo B. Slater
        Review by: By Hamilton Cravens
        DOI: 10.1086/655733
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655733
    6. RECENT (1950–)
      1. No Access
        Kurt W. Beyer. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age.(pp. 448-449)  
        Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age  by Kurt W. Beyer
        Review by: By Thomas J. Misa
        DOI: 10.1086/655734
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655734
      2. No Access
        Joseph C. Hermanowicz. Lives in Science: How Institutions Affect Academic Careers.(pp. 449-450)  
        Lives in Science: How Institutions Affect Academic Careers  by Joseph C. Hermanowicz
        Review by: By Sue V. Rosser
        DOI: 10.1086/655735
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655735
      3. No Access
        Judith Walzer Leavitt. Make Room for Daddy: The Journey from Waiting Room to Birthing Room.(pp. 450-451)  
        Make Room for Daddy: The Journey from Waiting Room to Birthing Room  by Judith Walzer Leavitt
        Review by: By Heather Stanley
        DOI: 10.1086/655736
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655736
      4. No Access
        Nancy C. Lutkehaus. Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon.(pp. 451-452)  
        Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon  by Nancy C. Lutkehaus
        Review by: By Virginia Yans
        DOI: 10.1086/655737
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655737
      5. No Access
        Allan J. McDonald; James R. Hansen. Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster.(pp. 452-453)  
        Truth, Lies, and O‐Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster  by Allan J. McDonald; James R. Hansen
        Review by: By Michael J. Neufeld
        DOI: 10.1086/655738
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655738
      6. No Access
        Colin Milburn. Nanovision: Engineering the Future.(pp. 453-454)  
        Nanovision: Engineering the Future  by Colin Milburn
        Review by: By Daniel Patrick Thurs
        DOI: 10.1086/655739
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655739
      7. No Access
        Ruth Oldenziel; Karin Zachmann (Editors). Cold War Kitchen: Americanization, Technology, and European Users.(pp. 454-455)  
        Cold War Kitchen: Americanization, Technology, and European Users  by Ruth Oldenziel; Karin Zachmann
        Review by: By Eric Schatzberg
        DOI: 10.1086/655740
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655740
      8. No Access
        David F. Prindle. Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution.(pp. 455-456)  
        Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution  by David F. Prindle
        Review by: By David Sepkoski
        DOI: 10.1086/655741
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655741
      9. No Access
        Sigrid Schmalzer. The People's Peking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth-Century China.(pp. 456-457)  
        The People's Peking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth‐Century China  by Sigrid Schmalzer
        Review by: By Grace Shen
        DOI: 10.1086/655742
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655742
      10. No Access
        Nicole Shukin. Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times.(pp. 457-458)  
        Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times  by Nicole Shukin
        Review by: By Ruthann Dyer
        DOI: 10.1086/655743
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655743
    7. SOCIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
      1. No Access
        Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent. Les vertiges de la technoscience: Façonner le monde atome par atome.(pp. 458-459)  
        Les vertiges de la technoscience: Façonner le monde atome par atome  by Bernadette Bensaude‐Vincent
        Review by: By Vincent K. Bontems
        DOI: 10.1086/655744
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655744
      2. No Access
        David L. Hull; Michael Ruse (Editors). The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology.(pp. 459-460)  
        The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology  by David L. Hull; Michael Ruse
        Review by: By Brian Garvey
        DOI: 10.1086/655745
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655745
      3. No Access
        Andrew Pickering; Keith Guzik (Editors). The Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming.(pp. 460-462)  
        The Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming  by Andrew Pickering; Keith Guzik
        Review by: By Trevor Pinch
        DOI: 10.1086/655746
        Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655746
  6. No Access
    Notes on Contributors(pp. 463-466)  
    DOI: 10.1086/655747
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655747
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