Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society
Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society
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2 2. National contexts<br />
Jürgen Kuczynski und Fritz Behrens,” 466-482; BROCKE<br />
[ref. 62].<br />
18. KWA, Chunglin. De ontdekking van het weten:<br />
Een andere geschiedenis van de wetenschap. (384<br />
pp.; ill.; index.) Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Boom, 2005.<br />
ISBN: 9085061415.<br />
19. LINKER, Maureen. “Why Should Ideal Reasoners<br />
Become Evil Computers?” Sci. Cult. 12 (2003):<br />
547–555.<br />
On the history <strong>of</strong> reason from Plato to Kant and about<br />
artificial intelligence.<br />
20. MILLER, David Philip. “Absolutely Fabulous<br />
<strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Science</strong>?” Soc. Stud. Sci. 34 (2004):<br />
453–459.<br />
Essay review <strong>of</strong> John WALLER, Fabulous <strong>Science</strong> (2002).<br />
21. MORELON, Régis, and Ahmad HASNAWI. (Eds.)<br />
De Zénon d’Elée à Poincaré : recueil d’études en<br />
hommage à Roshdi Rashed. Cahiers du MIDEO, 1.<br />
(xl + 909 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Louvain: Peeters<br />
Publishers, 2004. ISBN: 9042914955.<br />
Primarily in French with some contributions in English,<br />
Italian, and Arabic. Contents: HASNAWI et al. [ref. 93];<br />
Publications de Roshdi Rashed [ref. 108]; VUILLEMIN<br />
[ref. 1004]; BEN MILED [ref. 687]; VAHABZADEH [ref. 694];<br />
BELLOSTA [ref. 686]; ABGRALL [ref. 685]; CROZET<br />
[ref. 688]; KNOBLOCH [ref. 1541]; CHEMLA [ref. 747];<br />
KAPLAN [ref. 2099]; HOUZEL [ref. 2789]; MORELON<br />
[ref. 701]; SALIBA [ref. 702]; OBRIST [ref. 1144]; FED-<br />
ERICI VESCOVINI [ref. 1336]; BANCEL [ref. 705]; SIMON<br />
[ref. 710]; KATOUZIAN-SAFADI [ref. 718]; PATY [ref. 1778];<br />
DECORPS-FOULQUIER [ref. 1010]; GALONNIER [ref. 1134];<br />
FREUDENTHAL and LÉVY [ref. 689]; ELAMRANI-JAMAL<br />
[ref. 713]; BESNIER [ref. <strong>97</strong>8]; HASNAWI [ref. 1119];<br />
HIGASHI [ref. 1291]; PELLEGRIN [ref. 1070]; JOLIVET<br />
[ref. 679]; ZGHAL [ref. 684]; DAVIDSON [ref. 677]; BIARD<br />
[ref. 1340]; FRANK [ref. 678]; Anca VASILIU, “Eikôn<br />
præter imaginem. Notes sur le vocabulaire de l’image à<br />
la fin de l’antiquité,” 779-817; OKI [ref. 1714]; SASAKI<br />
[ref. 337]; PYENSON [ref. 2663]; GRANGER [ref. 69]; JO-<br />
LIVET [ref. <strong>97</strong>].<br />
22. NETZ, Reviel, and Serafina CUOMO. “Early<br />
<strong>Science</strong>: A Universal <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Particulars.” Special<br />
Issue: Early <strong>Science</strong>. Sci. Context 18 (2005): 1–6.<br />
Contents: HSU [ref. 820]; BURNYEAT [ref. 1009]; VAL-<br />
LANCE [ref. 1003]; WARDY [ref. 1047]; SHARPLES<br />
[ref. 9<strong>97</strong>]; NUTTON [ref. 1069]; CHEMLA [ref. 748]; LLOYD<br />
[ref. 52].<br />
23. ORDÓÑEZ, Javier, Víctor NAVARRO, and José<br />
Manuel SÁNCHEZ RON. Historia de la ciencia.<br />
Ciencias/Humanidades. (639 pp.; bibl.) Madrid:<br />
Espasa, 2004. ISBN: 8467016698.<br />
24. PESIC, Peter. Sky in a Bottle. (262 pp.; ill.; bibl.;<br />
index.) Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN:<br />
0262162342.<br />
Considers how scientists from Aristotle to the present have<br />
answered the question “why is the sky blue?”<br />
25. PICCOLINO, Marco. Lo zufolo e la cicala: divagazioni<br />
galileiane tra la scienza e la sua storia.<br />
Saggi scienze. (359 pp.; ill.; bibl.) Torino: Bollati<br />
Boringhieri, 2005. ISBN: 883391612X.<br />
Reviews: [ref. R719]<br />
26. RICHARDS, Joan L. “Introduction: Fragmented<br />
Lives.” Focus: Biography in the <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Science</strong>.<br />
<strong>Isis</strong> <strong>97</strong> (<strong>2006</strong>): 302–305.<br />
Contents: TERRALL [ref. 57]; PORTER [ref. 55]; NYE<br />
[ref. 54].<br />
27. SABADELL, Miguel Ángel. El Hombre que<br />
Calumnió a los monos y Otras Curiosidades de la<br />
Ciencia. Acento Circunflejo. (349 pp.; bibl.) Madrid:<br />
Acento Editorial, 2003. ISBN: 8448307429.<br />
Deals broadly with science, exploring situations from the<br />
early modern period to the present.<br />
28. STENGERS, Isabelle. A invenção das ciências<br />
modernas. Translated from the English by Max<br />
ALTMAN. (208 p.) São Paulo: Editora 34, 2002.<br />
ISBN: 8573262494.<br />
Portuguese translation <strong>of</strong> Isabelle STENGERS, The Invention<br />
<strong>of</strong> Modern <strong>Science</strong> (2000).<br />
29. TATON, René. Études d’histoire des sciences.<br />
Recueilles pour son 85 e anniversaire par Danielle<br />
FAUQUE, Myriana ILIC et Robert HALLEUX. De<br />
Diversis Artibus, 47 (N. S. 10). (544 pp.; ill.;<br />
bibl.) Turnhout [Belgium]: Brepols, 2000. ISBN:<br />
2503510078.<br />
30. VESELY, Dalibor. Architecture in the Age <strong>of</strong><br />
Divided Representation: The Question <strong>of</strong> Creativity<br />
in the Shadow <strong>of</strong> Production. (xviii + 506 pp.; ill.;<br />
bibl.; index.) Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2004.<br />
ISBN: 0262220679.<br />
Explores the nature <strong>of</strong> architecture and its representational<br />
nature as it is related to worldviews, especially to the changing<br />
scientific understanding at the rise <strong>of</strong> the early modern<br />
period.<br />
31. WALLER, John. Einstein’s Luck: The Truth<br />
Behind Some <strong>of</strong> the Greatest Scientific Discoveries.<br />
(xi + 308 pp.; ill.; index; bibl.) Oxford/New York:<br />
Oxford Univ. Press, 2002. ISBN: 0198607199.<br />
Each chapter describes a different episode from 19th and 20th<br />
centuries.<br />
32. WRAY, K. Brad. “Is <strong>Science</strong> Really a Young<br />
Man’s Game?” Soc. Stud. Sci. 33 (2003): 137–149.<br />
Studies 24 scientists mentioned in Kuhn’s Structure “to determine<br />
if young scientists are more likely to make revolutionary<br />
discoveries than older scientists.” (from the abstract)<br />
2. NATIONAL CONTEXTS<br />
33. CHAKRABARTI, Pratik. Western <strong>Science</strong> in Modern<br />
India: Metropolitan Methods, Colonial Practices.<br />
The Opus 1 Series. (xi + 328 pp.; bibl.; index.) Delhi:<br />
Permanent Black, 2004. ISBN: 8178240785.<br />
34. CORRY, Leo. “Introduction: <strong>Science</strong> in Latin-<br />
American Contexts – Historical Studies.” Special<br />
Issue: <strong>Science</strong> in Latin-American Contexts – Historical<br />
Studies. Sci. Context 18 (2005): 173–178.<br />
Contents: DENIS [ref. 1892]; LOPES et al. [ref. 1803];<br />
SANTANA [ref. 2658]; PODGORNY [ref. 2306]; MENDOZA<br />
[ref. 2871]; Miguel de ASÚA and Diego Hurtado de MEN-<br />
DOZA, “The Poetry <strong>of</strong> Relativity: Leopoldo Lugones’ The<br />
Size <strong>of</strong> Space,” 309–315.