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

lamic Science Newsletter available online at
http://www.ou.edu/islamsci/. The Scientific
Instrument Commission has an online
bibliography of over 3,000 works at http://
www.sic.iuhps.org/in_bibrm.htm. There
are also two serially published bibliographies
of note: The “Abstracts” section in each issue of
Historia Mathematica by Glen Van Brummelen
is an excellent annotated bibliography for the
history of mathematics.
Also, the “Bibliography of the History of
Australian Science” compiled by J. Horacek
in each volume of Historical Records of Australian
Science provides important references
to Australian scientific history. In addition,
readers should be aware of the Bright Sparcs
website (http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.
au/bsparcs/), which includes biographical
information as well as references to archival
and bibliographical materials for Australians
involved in the development of the sciences,
technology, and medicine. An especially large
bibliography on American science can be downloaded
from http://home.earthlink.net/
˜claelliott/index.html which is maintained
by Clark Elliott.
Finally, there is an important list of internet
links to resources in the history of
science worldwide from the World History
of Science Online website (see both
http://www.dhs-whso.org/WHSO/link_
to_existing_online.htm and http://
www.dhs-whso.org/WHSO/links_to%20_
similar_projects.htm). This site is maintained
by the International Union of History
and Philosophy of Science/Division of History
of Science (IUHPS/DHS).
The Isis Bibliography website (http:
//www.ou.edu/cas/hsci/isis/website/
index.html) has links to these online resources
and provides general information about the bibliography,
its purpose, history, and ways of
contributing to the project. The bibliographer
Information for Contributors
Introduction ix
welcomes comments and suggestions as well
as notice of new publications for inclusion in
future issues.
Acknowledgements
I want to thank those individuals who have
corresponded with me over the past year. If you
don’t see all of the citations that you sent to me,
it may be that we have not yet had a chance
to fully proofread the entries. In most cases,
these entries will appear next year. Emanuela
Appetiti and Lawrence S. Larsen helped with
foreign language proofing. Steven Livesey has
annually provided help with locating hard-tofind
medieval citations, and this year, Baudouin
Van Den Abeele sent me an extensive bibliography.
I am fortunate to have an active panel of
contributors and an extremely helpful advisory
board. The graduate students in the History of
Science Department at the University of Oklahoma
provide the daily support for this project.
One of the most enjoyable parts of my job as
bibliographer is my weekly interaction with
these new historians of science who bring a
fresh perspective and great enthusiasm to the
field. This year my assistants have been Kate
Sheppard, Julie Grissom, Sylwester Ratowt,
and Lisa Torres. I also much appreciate Stella
Stuart’s periodic help on small projects and
cleaning up odds and ends as needed.
This bibliography would not be possible
without the twin support of the History of Science
Society and the University of Oklahoma.
Especially important to mention are the people
who have given generously to financially support
this project, and their contributions are
recognized in the HSS Bibliographer’s Fund
announcement at the front of this volume.
Stephen P. Weldon
Norman, Oklahoma
Scholars publishing or knowing of articles pertinent to the scope of the CB should notify the Isis
Current Bibliography office: Send all contributions to Stephen P. Weldon, Department of History of
Science, 601 Elm St., Room 618, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019–3106; email:
isiscb@ou.edu; web page: http://www.ou.edu/cas/hsci/isis/website/index.html. For
those wishing to contribute an entry or entries, please send as much information about the items as
possible. Use the entries in this bibliography to guide you. Descriptive remarks are encouraged but
should be kept to about fifty words.