Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

Introduction
The Isis Current Bibliography of the History
of Science was begun in 1913 by the historian of
science George Sarton as part of his new journal
Isis. It seeks to provide, each year, a comprehensive
survey of the most recent work done in
the history of science and allied fields. It covers
all time periods and all disciplines and strives to
be truly international in scope. Below, readers
will find information on the use and structure of
the bibliography as well as directions for access
to the HSTM database, which includes this bibliography,
and to other bibliographic sources in
the history of science.
As with all such projects, there are limitations,
and certain fields of study are not fully
covered. In addition, the many journals that are
peripheral to our field cannot be surveyed each
year. There is sometimes a longer lag time for
works published in those forums, as well as for
works published by presses outside of North
America because access is often more difficult.
Individual contributions are always welcome.
Usage Notes
Naming conventions. Family names are in
small caps throughout the bibliography. Articles
such as von, de, and della are usually not
considered to be part of the last name, but this
varies by country and language. Asian names
are given in reverse Western order. Alphabetization
is by last name of the individual with
primary responsibility for the text.
Cross-referencing. Cross-references are
indicated with [ref.] throughout. Crossreferences
to book reviews are identified by an
R before the number, and refer to items in the
book review section that follows the classified
listing.
Indexing of author names. In some instances
an item will appear twice, once alone and once
as part of an encompassing work (such as a
chapter in an edited volume). In those instances,
the author index lists only the the independent
citation.
Subject index. The terminology used in the
subject index corresponds as closely as possible
to terminology already in use either in the
old Isis classification system or in one of the
companion bibliographies in the History of Sci-
ence, Technology, and Medicine database (see
below). New subject index terms are drawn
from the Library of Congress where possible.
Entirely new terminology is added at the discretion
of the bibliographer.
Book reviews. In the book review section,
reviews are listed alphabetically by author or
editor of the book. In the author index, they are
listed under the author of the review, but not
author of the book.
Dissertations. Dissertations cited from Dissertation
Abstracts International have been entered
from the information in the electronic
database UMI ProQuest Dissertation and Theses,
which is a subscription database accessible
through Proquest at the following website:
http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/
gateway.
Source notes. In book records, some descriptions
or contents lists are marked as “from
WorldCat.” This means that the information
came directly from the OCLC World-
Cat database (see http://www.oclc.org/
worldcat/) and not from the book itself.
Where a description states “from the publisher,”
this means that it was taken from the publisher’s
website or from its printed catalog.
Electronic publication conventions. Where
there are both electronic and print forms of a
journal record, the entry does not indicate which
version was used to check the citation. Where
only an electronic form exists, electronic access
information is given for the article. In some
cases, the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number
of an the item is listed. DOI numbers are
unique for all digitally published works. Works
with a DOI can be located through the internet
at the following url: http://www.doi.org/.
Readers should note that access to e-published
articles often requires a subscription or a fee.
Many libraries will have such subscriptions but
this varies widely.
General Note on Classification
The Isis classification system for works in
the history of science is a two-level hierarchy.
It emphasizes time period and discipline, and
the bulk of the bibliography is found in section
G. Section F deals with geographically based