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

286. HOLLAND, Julian. “Scientific Instrument Makers
in an Institutional Context.” Rittenhouse 17
(2003): 1–8.
Looks at the roles of technicians and instrument makers for
research laboratories with needs for special equipment.
287. LÜTHY, Christoph. “Museum Spaces and
Spaces of Science. Reflections on the Explanatory
Possibilities of History of Science Collections.” Nuncius
20 (2005): 415–429.
On the difficulty museums face in displaying scientific instruments
in context; in particular, on the problem posed by
the discontinuity in the shift from the early modern to the
modern period.
288. MCCONNELL, Anita, and Philip COLLINS.
“Will the True Originator of the Storm Glass Please
Own Up.” Ambix 53 (2006): 67–75.
289. RUDD, Eugene. “Three Books for Collectors
of Scientific Instruments.” Rittenhouse 16 (2002):
121–124.
Essay review of Ronald PEARSALL, Collecting and Restoring
Scientific Instruments (1974); Gerard L’E. TURNER,
Antique Scientific Instruments (1980); Gerard L’E. TURNER,
Collecting Microscopes (1981).
290. RUSSO, Thomas A. Antique Office Machines:
600 Years of Calculating Devices. (218 pp.; ill.; bibl.;
index.) Atglen, Penn.: Schiffer Publishers, 2001.
ISBN: 0764313460.
291. “Scientific Instrument Collections in the University:
An International Symposium at Dartmouth
College.” Rittenhouse 17 (2003): 119.
292. “Special Issue: Artisans and Instruments, 1300–
1800.” Hist. Sci. 44 (2006): 123–278.
Contents: CHARETTE [ref. 699]; BIAGIOLI [ref. 1443];
GAUVIN [ref. 1487]; SCHAFFER [ref. 1691]; BENNETT
[ref. 1720].
293. “Subject Index, Volumes 1–12.” Rittenhouse 13
(1999): 36–72.
42. SCIENCE EDUCATION; THE HISTORY
OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
294. CAMPBELL, Robert A. “Preparing the Next
Generation of Scientists: The Social Process of Managing
Students.” Soc. Stud. Sci. 33 (2003): 897–927.
Seeks “to demonstrate how the social process of managing
students is integral to our understanding of the day-to-day
activities of scientists.” (from the abstract)
295. CLARK, William. Academic Charisma and the
Origins of the Research University. (662 pp.; ill.;
bibl.; index.) Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2006.
ISBN: 0226109216.
296. GOUZÉVITCH, Irina, André GRELON, and
Anouchet KARVAR. (Eds.) La formation des
ingénieurs en perspective. Modèles de référence et
résaux de médiation, XVIII e –XX e siècles. Translated
title: [Putting the Training of Engineers into Perspective.
Reference Models and Mediation Networks
43. Professional activities of scientists 17
from the 18th to the 20th Century.] In French. Collection
Carnot. (175 pp.) Rennes: Presses Universitaires
de Rennes, 2004. ISBN: 2868479960.
Reviews: [ref. R362]
297. HARWOOD, Jonathan. “Engineering Education
between Science and Practice: Rethinking the
Historiography.” Hist. & Tech. 22 (2006): 53–79.
298. HOODBHOY, Pervez. “When Science Teaching
Becomes a Subversive Activity.” In KOERTGE
[ref. 230], 215–219.
299. HOWE, Eric M. “Using the History of Research
on Sickle-Cell Anemia to Affect Preservice Teachers’
Conceptions of the Nature of Science.” Diss. Abstr.
Int. A 65/03 (2004): 881.
Dissertation at Western Michigan University, 2004. Adviser:
Rudge, David W. UMI pub. no. 3124534. 353 pp.
300. MELLADO, Vicente, Constantino RUIZ, María
Luisa BERMEJO, and Roque JIMÉNEZ. “Contributions
from the Philosophy of Science to the Education
of Science Teachers.” Sci. and Educ. 15 (2006):
419–445.
301. SEKER, Hayati. “The Effect of Using the History
of Science in Science Lessons on Meaningful
Learning.” Diss. Abstr. Int. A 66/01 (2005): 134.
Dissertation at the Ohio State University, 2004. Adviser:
White, Arthur L. UMI pub. no. 3159936. 253 pp.
302. SEKER, Hayati, and Laura C. WELSH. “The
Use of History of Mechanics in Teaching Motion and
Force Units.” Sci. and Educ. 15 (2006): 55–89.
303. SINGER, Sandra L. Adventures Abroad: North
American Women at German-Speaking Universities,
1868–1915. (xvi + 268 pp.; bibl.; index.) Westport,
Conn.: Praeger, 2003. ISBN: 0313323712.
Includes chapters on women in mathematics, the social
sciences, psychology, and the natural sciences (physics,
biology, chemistry, botany, geography, and geology).
43. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF
SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING
CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLICATION
304. BARTHOLOMEW, James R. “One Hundred
Years of Nobel Science Prizes.” Isis 96 (2005):
625–632.
Essay review of George Thomas KURIAN, The Nobel Scientists
(2002); István HARGITTAI, The Road to Stockholm
(2002); Robert Marc FRIEDMAN, The politics of excellence
(2001); Mauro DARDO, Nobel Laureates and Twentieth-
Century Physics (2004); E. CRAWFORD, The Nobel Population
1901–1950 (2002); Elisabeth T. CRAWFORD (ed.),
Historical Studies in the Nobel Archives (2002).
305. GUNNARSDÓTTIR, Kristrún. “Scientific Journal
Publications: On the Role of Electronic Preprint
Exchange in the Distribution of Scientific Literature.”
Soc. Stud. Sci. 35 (2005): 549–579.
306. HACKETT, Edward J. “Introduction to the Special
Guest-Edited Issue on Scientific Collaboration.”
Special Issue: Scientific Collaboration. Soc. Stud.
Sci. 35 (2005): 667–671.