Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society
Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society
Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society
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A. Tools for Historians <strong>of</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
1. GENERAL HISTORIES OF SCIENCE<br />
1. BOWLER, Peter, and Iwan Rhys MORUS. Making<br />
Modern <strong>Science</strong>: A Historical Survey. (viii + 464 pp.;<br />
ill.; index.) Chicago: Univ. <strong>of</strong> Chicago Press, 2005.<br />
ISBN: 0226068609.<br />
Reviews: [ref. R93]<br />
2. BRENNER, Anastasios. “Genèse, évolution et<br />
continuité du développement scientifique selon Pierre<br />
Duhem.” Special Issue: La Pensée Scientifique en<br />
Question: Autour de Pierre Duhem [ref. 104]. Rev.<br />
Quest. Sci. 175 (2004): 37–58.<br />
3. BRYSON, Bill. A Short <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nearly Everything.<br />
(ix + 544 pp.; bibl.; index.) New York:<br />
Broadway Books, 2003. ISBN: 0767908171.<br />
Reviews: [ref. R110]<br />
4. CHAYUT, Michael. “From the Periphery to Scientific<br />
Revolutions.” Hist. Scientiarum 15 (2005):<br />
1–22.<br />
Argues that science done on the periphery is instrumental in<br />
scientific revolutions. Examples from the 17th to the 20th<br />
centuries.<br />
5. DASTON, Lorraine. “Scientific Error and the Ethos<br />
<strong>of</strong> Belief.” Special Issue: Errors: Consequences <strong>of</strong><br />
Big Mistakes in the Natural and Social <strong>Science</strong>s<br />
[ref. 13]. Soc. Res. 72 (2005): 1–28.<br />
6. DEAR, Peter. “What Is the <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
the <strong>History</strong> Of ?” Focus: Natural Philosophy and<br />
Instrumentality. <strong>Isis</strong> 96 (2005): 390–406.<br />
7. FARA, Patricia. Scientists Anonymous: Great<br />
Stories <strong>of</strong> Women in <strong>Science</strong>. (213 pp.; ill.) Thriplow:<br />
Wizard Books, 2005. ISBN: 1840465743.<br />
Ranges from the 17th century to the present.<br />
8. FISHER, Len. Weighing the Soul: Scientific Discovery<br />
from the Brilliant to the Bizzare. (xi + 248<br />
pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) New York: Arcade Publishers,<br />
2004. ISBN: 155<strong>97</strong>07321.<br />
9. GALISON, Peter. “Author <strong>of</strong> Error.” 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 />
63–76.<br />
On the difference between how scientists and engineers deal<br />
with mistakes.<br />
10. GREEN, Adam. “Matter and Psyche: Lewis<br />
Mumford’s Appropriation <strong>of</strong> Marx and Jung in his<br />
Appraisal <strong>of</strong> the Condition <strong>of</strong> Man in Technological<br />
Civilization.” Hist. Hum. Sci. 19, no. 3 (<strong>2006</strong>):<br />
33–64.<br />
11. GUAN Hong. “<strong>Science</strong> vs. Philosophy and<br />
Philosophy <strong>of</strong> <strong>Science</strong>—Reflections on Weinberg’s<br />
Facing Up: <strong>Science</strong> and It’s Cultural Adversaries.”<br />
[In Chinese.]. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 24 (2005): 269–<br />
279.<br />
Essay review <strong>of</strong> Steven WEINBERG, Facing Up (2001).<br />
12. H ˚ARD, Mikael. Hubris and Hybrids: A Cultural<br />
<strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology and <strong>Science</strong>. (xv + 335 pp.;<br />
ill.; bibl.; index.) New York: Routledge, 2005. ISBN:<br />
0415949386.<br />
13. HOLTON, Gerald. “Guest Editor’s Introduction.”<br />
Special Issue: Errors: Consequences <strong>of</strong> Big Mistakes<br />
in the Natural and Social <strong>Science</strong>s. Soc. Res. 72<br />
(2005): vii-xi.<br />
Partial contents: DASTON [ref. 5]; BADASH [ref. 2131];<br />
GALISON [ref. 9]; GINGERICH and VOELKEL [ref. 1309];<br />
HONG [ref. 3384]; ROCKE [ref. 2182]; WILSON [ref. 3598];<br />
PREWITT [ref. 3135]; SMELSER [ref. 524].<br />
14. HOLTON, Gerald James. Victory and Vexation<br />
in <strong>Science</strong>: Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and Others.<br />
(224 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Cambridge, Mass.:<br />
Harvard Univ. Press, 2005. ISBN: 0674015193.<br />
15. ISRAEL, Giorgio. “The <strong>Science</strong> <strong>of</strong> Complexity:<br />
Epistemological Problems and Perspectives.” Sci.<br />
Context 18 (2005): 479–509.<br />
“The aim <strong>of</strong> the present article is to analyze the epistemological<br />
status attributed in the science <strong>of</strong> complexity to several<br />
fundamental ideas, such as those <strong>of</strong> scientific law, objectivity,<br />
and prediction.” (from the abstract)<br />
16. JACOB, Margaret C., and Larry STEWART. Practical<br />
Matter: Newton’s <strong>Science</strong> in the Service <strong>of</strong><br />
Industry and Empire, 1687–1851. New histories <strong>of</strong><br />
science, technology, and medicine. (201 pp.; ill.; index.)<br />
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 2004.<br />
ISBN: 0674014<strong>97</strong>9.<br />
Reviews: [ref. R456]<br />
17. KANT, Horst, and Annette VOGT. (Eds.) Aus<br />
Wissenschaftsgeschichte und -theorie: Hubert Laitko<br />
zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden, Kollegen<br />
und Schülern. (538 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Berlin:<br />
Verlag für Wissenschafts- und Regionalgeschichte,<br />
Dr. Michael Engel, 2005. ISBN: 39291344<strong>97</strong>.<br />
Contents: RICHTER and SCHMETZKE [ref. 1984]; SCHNECK<br />
[ref. 2511]; HENNING [ref. 42]; Wolfgang KÜTTLER, “Max<br />
Webers Antrittsvorlesung: Kritische Wissenschaft in der Perspektive<br />
des liberalen Imperialismus,” 75-89; KAHLOW<br />
[ref. 2601]; GUNTAU [ref. 398]; KRÜGER [ref. 2214];<br />
JANKO [ref. 1959]; FOLTA [ref. 2599]; SCHÜTT [ref. 1795];<br />
Michael ENGEL, “Die Pringsheims. Zur Geschichte einer<br />
schlesischen Familie (18. - 20. Jahrhundert),” 189-219;<br />
GIRNUS [ref. 2166]; ZOTT [ref. 2198]; ˇSTRBÁŇOVÁ<br />
[ref. 2187]; NEUBAUER [ref. 2719]; KANT [ref. 2906];<br />
VOGT [ref. 2756]; KAZEMI [ref. 3024]; PARTHEY [ref. 309];<br />
MOCEK [ref. 3437]; Bruno HARTMANN, “Wider die Losung:<br />
Freiheit statt Sozialismus! Ein exemplarisches Angebot<br />
zum Begreifen des Bildung/Politik-Zusammenhangs?” 413-<br />
440; Ekkehard HÖXTERMANN, “ ‘(pv)/T = const., d. h.<br />
Entmachtung der Politik durch die Vernunft’ (1947): Über<br />
das Wissenschaftsideal des Herrn stud. math. nat. Herbert<br />
Stachowiak und einen beispielgebenden Universitätslehrer,”<br />
441-449; HOFFMANN [ref. 2856]; Helmut STEINER, “Zu<br />
den Beziehungen zwischen den Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern