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

D. Aspects of Scientific Practice and Organization
40. SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS
271. ALBERTI, Samuel J. M. M. “Objects and the
Museum.” First essay of a focus section: Museums
and the History of Science. Isis 96 (2005): 559–571.
“Outlines a history of museums written through biographies
of objects in their collections.” (from the abstract) Contents:
FORGAN [ref. 273]; KOHLSTEDT [ref. 2020]; BENNETT
[ref. 61].
272. FARMELO, Graham, and Janet CARDING.
(Eds.) Here and Now: Contemporary Science and
Technology in Museums and Science Centres. Proceedings
of a conference held at the Science Museum,
London, 21-23 November, 1996. (294 pp.; ill.; index.)
London: Science Museum, 1997. ISBN: 0901805971.
273. FORGAN, Sophie. “Building the Museum:
Knowledge, Conflict, and the Power of Place.” Focus:
Museums and the History of Science [ref. 271]. Isis
96 (2005): 572–585.
274. HENNING, Eckart, and Marion KAZEMI.
Dahlem – Domäne der Wissenschaft: Ein Spaziergang
zu den Instituten der Kaiser-Wilhelm/Max-
Planck-Gesellschaft im “deutschen Oxford” / Dahlem
– Domain of Science. A Walking Tour of the Berlin
Institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Society
in the “German Oxford.” Veröffentlichungen aus dem
Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft,
Band 16. (254 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Berlin: Max-
Planck-Gesellschaft, 2002. ISBN: 3927579165.
275. KÖPTCKE, Luciana Sepúlveda. “Carta do editore
/ Editor’s Note.” Introduction to a special issue
on Museums and the Sciences. Manguinhos 12
(supp.) (2005): 7–10.
Partial contents: LOPES and MURRIELLO [ref. 2021]; PUPIO
[ref. 3494]; PODGORNY [ref. 2024]; MUKHOPADHYAY
[ref. 3492].
276. LAGEMANN, Ellen Condliffe. (Ed.) Philanthropic
Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities.
Philanthropic Studies. (xviii + 420 pp.; ill.;
bibl.; index.) Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press,
1999. ISBN: 0253335000.
277. UEBELE, Susanne. Institut im Bild, Teil 2:
Bauten der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung
der Wissenschaften. Veröffentlichungen aus dem
Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft,
11. (292 pp.; ill.) Berlin: MPG, 1998. ISBN:
3927579114.
278. VACKIMES, Sophia. “Of Science in Museums:
A Study of Contemporary Museology.” Diss. Abstr.
Int. A 66/01 (2005): 233.
Dissertation at New School University, 2005. Adviser:
Zolberg, Vera. UMI pub. no. 3161886. 350 pp.
41. SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS; THE
SCIENCE OF MEASUREMENT
279. BARCLAY, R., and B. ZIOMKIEWICZ. “Historic
Scientific Instruments Containing Mercury.”
Rittenhouse 15 (2001): 21–30.
280. BERETTA, Marco, Paolo GALLUZZI, and Carlo
TRIARICO. (Eds.) Musa Musaei: Studies on Scientific
Instruments and Collections in Honour of Mara
Miniati. Biblioteca di Nuncius, Studi e testi, 49. (viii
+ 486 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Firenze: Leo S. Olschki,
2003. ISBN: 8822252381.
281. BOURGUET, Marie-Noëlle, Christian LICOPPE,
and Heinz Otto SIBUM. (Eds.) Instruments, Travel
and Science: Itineraries of Precision from the Seventeenth
to the Twentieth Century. Studies in the History
of Science, Technology and Medicine. (x + 303 pp.;
ill.; bib.; index.) New York: Routledge, 2002. ISBN:
0415272955.
Contents: Simon SCHAFFER,“Golden Means: Assay Instruments
and the Geography of Precision in the Guinea Trade”;
Christian LICOPPE, “The Project for a Map of Languedoc
in Eighteenth-Century France at the Contested Intersection
between Astronomy and Geography. The Problem of
Co-ordination between Philosophers, Instruments and Observations
as a Keystone of Modernity”; Jim BENNETT, “The
Travels and Trials of Mr. Harrison’s Timekeeper”; Marie-
Noëlle BOURGUET, “Landscape With Numbers: Natural
History, Travel and Instruments (Mid-18th to Early 19th
Century)”; Giuliano PANCALDI, “Approaching Invention:
The Reception of the Voltaic Battery in Europe”; Kapil RAJ,
“When Human Travelers Become Instruments: The Indo-
British Exploration of Central Asia in the 19th Century”;
Christophe BONNEUIL, “The Manufacture of Species: Kew
Gardens, the Empire, and the Standardization of Taxonomic
Practices in Late 19th-Century Botany”; H. Otto SIBUM,
“Exploring the Margins of Precision”; Richard STALEY,
“Traveling Light”; David TURNBALL, “Traveling Knowledge:
Narratives, Assemblage and Encounters”.
282. BROOKS, Randall C. “Collection Profile: New
Metrology Collection Acquired by NMST.” Rittenhouse
13 (1999): 20–24.
At the National Museum of Science and Technology in
Ottawa, Canada.
283. FOURNIER, Marian. Early Microscopes: A
Descriptive Catalogue. Museum Boerhaave Communications,
300. (235 pp.; ill.; index.) Leiden:
Museum Boerhaave, 2003. ISBN: 9062921434.
On instruments in the Museum Boerhaave dating from 1675
to 1835. Reviews: [ref. R296]
284. FREIBURGER, Dana A. “Web Sightings and
Reviews.” Rittenhouse 13 (1999): 29–32.
First article in a regular column announcing web-based
resources for historians of scientific instruments.
285. HINE, Christine. “Databases as Scientific Instruments
and Their Role in the Ordering of Scientific
Work.” Soc. Stud. Sci. 36 (2006): 269–298.