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

Includes discussion of eugenics as part of the context of
the controversy stemming from efforts in Ohio and Iowa to
legalize euthenasia.
2667. MÜLLER-HILL, Benno. “Erinnerung und
Ausblendung: Ein kritischer Blick in den Briefwechsel
Adolf Butenandts, MPG Präsident 1960–1972.”
Hist. Phil. Life Sci. 24 (2002): 493–521.
On the nature of the ethical compromises Butenandt had to
make as a leading biochemist during the Third Reich.
2668. ROTHSCHILD, Joan. The Dream of the Perfect
Child. Bioethics and the Humanities. (x + 343 pp.;
ill.; bibl.; index.) Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ.
Press, 2005. ISBN: 0253345650.
Focuses on the ethical issues surrounding prenatal testing of
fetuses.
370-22. SCIENCE AND POLITICS, LAW, AND
ECONOMICS
2669. ABRAHAM, Itty. “The Ambivalence of Nuclear
Histories.” Volume title: Global Power Knowledge:
Science and Technology in International Affairs
[ref. 2680]. Osiris 21 (2006): 49–65.
“Concerns the tendency to see nuclear histories as, above
all, national histories and to privilege concerns about the
development of nuclear weapons” over a more nuanced
understanding. (from the abstract)
2670. BEYLER, Richard, Alexei KOJEVNIKOV, and
Jessica WANG. “Purges in Comparative Perspective:
Rules for Exclusion and Inclusion in the Scientific
Community under Political Pressure.” Volume title:
Politics and Science in Wartime: Comparative International
Perspectives on the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
[ref. 2690]. Osiris 20 (2005): 23–48.
2671. CHAVES PALACIOS, Julián. (Ed.) Política
Científica y Exilio en la España de Franco. (217 pp.)
Badajoz: Universidad de Extremadura, 2002. ISBN:
84600975011.
On the exodus of intellectuals from Spain during Franco’s
time and its repercussions on science.
2672. CHERONI, Alción. “El caso Lisenko: Una
relectura.” Llull 27 (2004): 609–629.
2673. DAHAN DALMÉDICO, Amy. “Early Developments
of Nonlinear Science in Soviet Russia: The
Andronov School at Gor’kiy.” Volume Title: New
Questions and Approaches in the History of Mathematics,
Part II: Modern Mathematics. Sci. Context 17
(2004): 235–265.
Article written in collaboration with Irina GOUZEVITCH.
Article explores how international uniformity in Cold War
science was achieved through political exigencies.
2674. DOERN, Bruce G., and Ted REED. (Eds.)
Risky Business: Canada’s Changing Science-Based
Policy and Regulatory Regime. Studies in Comparative
Political Economy and Public Policy, 10. (xiii +
385 pp.; ill.; bibl.) Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press,
2000. ISBN: 0802044816.
2675. FARA, Patricia. “Looking at J.B.S. Haldane.”
Endeavour 28 (2004): 12–13.
On Haldane’s politics and photographs of him.
2676. GORELIK, Gennady E., and Antonina W.
BOUIS. The World of Andrei Sakharov: A Russian
Physicist’s Path to Freedom. (xviii + 406 pp.;
ill.; bibl.; index.) Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
ISBN: 019515620X.
370. Twentieth century 125
2677. GREENE, Benjamin Patrick. “Crucified on
a Cross of Atoms: Eisenhower, Science, and the
Nuclear Test Ban Debate, 1945–1963.” Diss. Abstr.
Int. A 65/04 (2004): 1507.
Dissertation at Stanford University, 2004. Adviser: Bernstein,
Barton J. UMI pub. no. 3128394. 435 pp.
2678. HESS, David J. “Health, the Environment and
Social Movements.” Introduction to a special issue.
Sci. Cult. 13 (2004): 421–427.
Contents: ALLEN [ref. 3557]; FRICKEL [ref. 3427]; HARPER
[ref. 3783]; HESS [ref. 3785]; REID [ref. 3716]; SHOSTAK
[ref. 3721]; ZAVESTOSKI et al. [ref. 3684].
2679. KARALLUS, Christine. “Zwischen Kriminalistik
und Justiz. Zur Konjunktur der Fotografie als
Evindenzstrategie.” Part of a special issue: Fotografie
und Wissenschaft [ref. 2602]. Ber. Wissenschaftsgesch.
28 (2005): 215–226.
2680. KRIGE, John, and Kai-Henrik BARTH. “Introduction:
Science, Technology, and International
Affairs.” Introduction to the Osiris volume “Global
Power Knowledge: Science and Technology in International
Affairs.” Osiris 21 (2006): 1–24.
Contents: HECHT [ref. 3428]; ABRAHAM [ref. 2669]; DOEL
and HARPER [ref. 3426]; GREIFF [ref. 3520]; LESLIE
and KARGON [ref. 3501]; MILLER [ref. 2686]; KRIGE
[ref. 3430]; BARTH [ref. 3481]; HAMBLIN [ref. 3568]; ED-
WARDS [ref. 2206]; GAUDILLIÈRE [ref. 3603]; JASANOFF
[ref. 3607].
2681. KRIGE, John. “The Politics of Phosphorus-32:
A Cold War Fable Based on Fact.” Hist. Stud. Phys.
Biol. Sci. 36 (2005): 71–91.
2682. KURIHARA Takeshi. “Non Military Character
of the National Science Foundation and the Movement
of the Federation of American Scientists: Debate
on the Support System of Scientific Research and
Development Activities in the United States, 1945–
1950.” [Translated title.] In Japanese. Kagakusi Ken.
(Hist. Sci.) 42 (2003): 140–148.
2683. MAIO, Marcos Chor. (Ed.) Ciência, política
e relações internacionais: ensaios sobre Paulo Carneiro.
(339 pp.; ill.; bibl.) Rio de Janeiro: Editora
Fiocruz, 2004. ISBN: 8575410490.
Contents (from WorldCat): Angela ALONSO, “Raízes positivistas
do reformismo dos anos 1930: o caso Paulo Carneiro”;
Ana Maria Ribeiro de ANDRADE, “Os raios cósmicos entre
a ciência e as relações internacionais”; Heloisa Maria Bertol
DOMINGUES and Patrick PETITJEAN, “Paulo Carneiro: um
cientista brasileiro na diplomacia da Unesco (1946–1950)”;
Aant ELZINGA, “A Unesco e a política de cooperação internacional
no campo da ciência”; Priscila FRAIZ and Eduardo
Queiroz REIS, “Paulo Carneiro e a Casa de Augusto Comte”;
Marcos Chor MAIO, “Demandas globais, respostas locais:
a experiência da Unesco na periferia no pós-guerra (1946–
1952)”; Magali Romero SÁ, “Paulo Carneiro e o curare: em
busca do princípio ativo”.
2684. MAIOCCHI, Roberto. “La scienza italiana e
l’autarchia.” Part of a Special Issue: Giovanni Giorgi
nella realtà del suo tempo [ref. 1948]. Physis 41
(2004): 339–344.
2685. METLAY, Grischa. “Reconsidering Renormalization:
Stability and Change in 20th-Century Views
on University Patents.” Soc. Stud. Sci. 36 (2006):
565–597.
2686. MILLER, Clark A. “ ‘An Effective Instrument
of Peace’: Scientific Cooperation as an Instrument