Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society
Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society
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Bi<strong>of</strong>luorescence. (xii + 263 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.)<br />
Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press <strong>of</strong> Harvard Univ.<br />
Press, 2005. ISBN: 0674019210.<br />
Story <strong>of</strong> the discovery <strong>of</strong> bi<strong>of</strong>luorescence by Osamu Shimomura<br />
and its subsequent use in several fields <strong>of</strong> biology.<br />
3589. SANTOS, Gildo Magalhães dos. “A pesquisa<br />
científica paulista em biociências: à margem das<br />
instituições.” Translated title: [Scientific research in<br />
the biosciences in São Paulo: Beyond institutions.] In<br />
Portuguese. Manguinhos 12 (2005): 51–67.<br />
3590. WENIGER, Wolfgang J., Olivier TASSY,<br />
Sébastien DARRAS, Stefan H. GEYER, and Denis<br />
THIEFFRY. “From Experimental Imaging Techniques<br />
to Virtual Embryology.” Hist. Phil. Life Sci. 26<br />
(2004): 355–375.<br />
375-131. BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCE<br />
3591. KÖSSLER, Franz, and Ekkehard HÖXTER-<br />
MANN. (Eds.) Zur Geschichte der Botanik in Berlin<br />
und Potsdam: Wandel und Neubeginn nach 1945.<br />
Studien und Quellen zur Geschichte der Biologie,<br />
2. (438 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Berlin: Verlag für<br />
Wissenschafts- und Regionalgeschichte Dr. Michael<br />
Engel, 1999. ISBN: 3929134284.<br />
3592. TAN Hongjiao. “Correction <strong>of</strong> The Reading<br />
Notes on Interpretation <strong>of</strong> Plant-Naming Written by<br />
Xia Wei-Ying.” [Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran<br />
Kexueshi Yanjiu 24 (2005): 364–371.<br />
375-133. HEREDITY, GENETICS, AND EVOLUTION<br />
3593. DE CHADAREVIAN, Soraya. “Relics, Replicas,<br />
and Commemorations.” Endeavour 27 (2003):<br />
75–79.<br />
On replicas <strong>of</strong> Watson and Crick’s model <strong>of</strong> DNA.<br />
3594. FORREST, Barbara, and Paul R. GROSS. “The<br />
Wedge <strong>of</strong> Intelligent Design: Retrograde <strong>Science</strong>,<br />
Schooling, and <strong>Society</strong>.” In KOERTGE [ref. 230],<br />
191–214.<br />
3595. POUDRIER, Jennifer D. “Decolonizing Genetic<br />
<strong>Science</strong>: The Thrifty Gene Theory, Aboriginal<br />
Health and Empowering Knowledges.” Diss. Abstr.<br />
Int. A 65/05 (2004): 1991.<br />
Dissertation at Queen’s University at Kingston (Canada),<br />
2004. Adviser: Burfoot, Annette. UMI pub. no. NQ92410.<br />
204 pp. On “the thrifty gene theory, and its relationship<br />
to current Canadian research in the genetics <strong>of</strong> non-insulin<br />
diabetes among Aboriginal peoples.” (from the abstract)<br />
3596. ROSS, Don. “Dennett and the Darwin Wars.”<br />
In BROOK and ROSS [ref. 126], 271–293.<br />
35<strong>97</strong>. RUDGE, David W. “Myths about Moths: A<br />
Study in Constrasts.” Endeavour 30 (<strong>2006</strong>): 19–23.<br />
On differences between the scientific and public perceptions<br />
<strong>of</strong> the well-known Kettlewell studies <strong>of</strong> industrial melanism.<br />
3598. WILSON, Edward O. “Kin Selection as the<br />
Key to Altruism: Its Rise and Fall.” Special Issue:<br />
Errors: Consequences <strong>of</strong> Big Mistakes in the Natural<br />
and Social <strong>Science</strong>s [ref. 13]. Soc. Res. 72 (2005):<br />
159–166.<br />
On errors in William D. Hamilton’s kin selection theory <strong>of</strong><br />
1964.<br />
375-134. MICROBIOLOGY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY<br />
3599. ALLENDER-HAGEDORN, Susan. “Arguing the<br />
Genome: A Topology <strong>of</strong> the Argumentation behind<br />
375. Twentieth century after 1950 163<br />
the Construction <strong>of</strong> the Human Genome Project.”<br />
Diss. Abstr. Int. A 65/12 (2005): 4695.<br />
Dissertation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,<br />
2001. Adviser: Zallen, Doris T. UMI pub. no.<br />
3157769. 280 pp.<br />
3600. ANKENY, Rachel A. “Sequencing the Genome<br />
from Nematode to Human: Changing Methods,<br />
Changing <strong>Science</strong>.” Endeavour 27 (2003): 87–92.<br />
3601. BRANDT, Christina. “Genetic Code, Text,<br />
and Scripture: Metaphors and Narration in German<br />
Molecular Biology.” Special Issue: <strong>Science</strong> and<br />
Literature [ref. 240]. Sci. Context 18 (2005): 629–<br />
648.<br />
3602. DRONAMRAJU, Krishna R. “James Watson<br />
and DNA.” Endeavour 29 (2005): 11–13.<br />
Essay review <strong>of</strong> John R. INGLIS, Joseph SAMBROOK, and Jan<br />
A. WITKOWSKI (eds.), Inspiring <strong>Science</strong> (2003); WATSON<br />
and BERRY [ref. 486]; FRIEDBERG [ref. 3020].<br />
3603. GAUDILLIÈRE, Jean-Paul. “Globalization<br />
and Regulation in the Biotech World: The Transatlantic<br />
Debates over Cancer Genes and Genetically<br />
Modified Crops.” <strong>Vol</strong>ume title: Global Power Knowledge:<br />
<strong>Science</strong> and Technology in International Affairs<br />
[ref. 2680]. Osiris 21 (<strong>2006</strong>): 251–272.<br />
3604. GROS, François. Mémoires scientifiques : un<br />
demi-siècle de biologie. <strong>Science</strong>s. (393 pp.; bibl.;<br />
index.) Paris: Odile Jacob, 2003. ISBN: 2738112390.<br />
Recollections <strong>of</strong> this molecular biologist.<br />
3605. HINDMARSH, Richard, and Herbert GOT-<br />
TWEIS. “Recombinant Regulation: The Asilomar<br />
Legacy 30 Years On.” Introduction to a special issue.<br />
Sci. Cult. 14 (2005): 299–307.<br />
Contents: Sheldon KRIMSKY, “From Asilomar to Industrial<br />
Biotechnology: Risks, Reductionism and Regulation,” 309–<br />
323; Herbert GOTTWEIS, “Transnationalizing Recombinant-<br />
DNA Regulation: Between Asilomar, EMBO, the OECD,<br />
and the European Community,” 325–338; Gabriele ABELS,<br />
“The Long and Winding Road from Asilomar to Brussels:<br />
<strong>Science</strong>, Politics and the Public in Biotechnology Regulation,”<br />
339–353; Ofer FIRESTINE and Barbara PRAINSACK,<br />
“Genetically Modified Survival: Red and Green Biotechnology<br />
in Israel,” 355–372; Richard HINDMARSH, “Genetic<br />
Engineering Regulation in Australia: An ‘Archaeology’ <strong>of</strong><br />
Expertise and Power,” 373–392; Tee ROGERS-HAYDEN,<br />
“Asilomar’s Legacy in Aotearoa New Zealand,” 393–410.<br />
3606. HOLMBERG, Tora. “Questioning ‘the Number<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Beast’: Constructions <strong>of</strong> Humanness in a<br />
Human Genome Project (HGP) Narrative.” Sci. Cult.<br />
14 (2005): 23–37.<br />
3607. JASANOFF, Sheila. “Biotechnology and Empire:<br />
The Global Power <strong>of</strong> Seeds and <strong>Science</strong>.” <strong>Vol</strong>ume<br />
title: Global Power Knowledge: <strong>Science</strong> and<br />
Technology in International Affairs [ref. 2680]. Osiris<br />
21 (<strong>2006</strong>): 273–292.<br />
3608. JONES, Mark Peter. “Biotech’s Perfect Climate:<br />
The Hybritech Story.” Diss. Abstr. Int. A 66/01<br />
(2005): 370.<br />
Dissertation at the University <strong>of</strong> California, San Diego, 2005.<br />
Adviser: Epstein, Steven. UMI pub. no. 3160338. 899<br />
pp. “Shows how academic scientists, venture capitalists, and<br />
managers from the pharmaceutical industry worked together<br />
to create a new social space for conducting scientific work.”<br />
(from the abstract)<br />
3609. KLEINMAN, Daniel Lee, and Abby J.<br />
KINCHY. “Why Ban Bovine Growth Hormone?