Archiv für Januar 2013

McLaren, Reproduction by Design: Sex, Robots, Trees, and Test-Tube Babies . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Pp. viii + 235. ISBN 978-0-226-56069-4. $55.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Jane Maienschein, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 697-699Abstract

Derry, Art and Science in Breeding: Creating Better Chickens . Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 2012. Pp. viii + 281. ISBN 978-1-4426-4395-6. $65.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Dominic Berry, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 695-697Abstract

Sloan and Fogel (eds.), Creating a Physical Biology: The Three-Man Paper and Early Molecular Biology . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. ix + 319. ISBN 978-0-226-76783-3. £22.50 (paperback).

Book Reviews Neeraja Sankaran, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 694-695Abstract

Maria Lane, Geographies of Mars: Seeing and Knowing the Red Planet . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. xiv + 266. ISBN 978-0-226-47078-8. $45.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Joshua Nall, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 692-694Abstract

Abt, American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. xix + 510. ISBN 978-0-226-00110-4. £29.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews William Carruthers, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 691-692Abstract

Qureshi, Peoples on Parade: Exhibitions, Empire, and Anthropology in Nineteenth-Century Britain . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. vii + 382 ISBN 978-0-266-70096-0. £29.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Efram Sera-Shriar, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 690-691Abstract

Russell and Hudson, Early Railway Chemistry and Its Legacy . Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012. Pp. xiii + 193. ISBN 978-1-84973-326-7. £29.99 (paperback).

Book Reviews Robert G.W. Anderson, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 688-690Abstract

Fyfe, Steam-Powered Knowledge: William Chambers and the Business of Publishing, 1820–1860 . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Pp. xvi + 313. ISBN 978-0-226-27651-9. £32.50 (hardback).

Book Reviews Gowan Dawson, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 687-688Abstract

Kutzinski and Ette (eds.), Alexander von Humboldt. Political Essay on the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. xxvi + 519. ISBN 978-0-226-46568-5. £45.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Alison E. Martin, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 686-687Abstract

Ferreiro, Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World . New York: Basic Books, 2011. Pp. xix + 353. ISBN 978-0-465-01723-2. $28.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Patricia Fara, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 45 Special Issue 04, pp 685-686Abstract