Archiv für August 2013

Geoffrey C. Bunn, The Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie Detector . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Pp. ix+246. ISBN 978-1-4214-0530-8. £18.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Sean Johnston, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 540-541Abstract

Arwen P. Mohun, Risk: Negotiating Safety in American Society . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Pp. viii+329. ISBN 978-1-4214-0790-6. £28.50 (hardback).

Book Reviews Claas Kirchhelle, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 538-540Abstract

Mark Jackson, The Age of Stress: Science and the Search for Stability . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. iv+311. ISBN: 978-0-19-9588626. £35.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Ian Miller, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 537-538Abstract

Lothar Spillmann (ed.), Max Wertheimer: On Perceived Motion and Figural Organization . Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2012. Pp. xvi+296. ISBN 978-0-262-01746-6. £27.95 (hardback).

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Chris Renwick, British Sociology’s Lost Biological Roots: A History of Futures Past . Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Pp. xviii+240. ISBN 978-0-230-35616-0. £55.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Steffan John, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 534-535Abstract

Don O’Leary, Irish Catholicism and Science: From ‘Godless Colleges’ to the ‘Celtic Tiger’ . Cork: Cork University Press, 2012. Pp. 343. ISBN 979-185918-497-4. €39.00, £35.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Clara Cullen, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 532-534Abstract

Erik Mueggler, The Paper Road: Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet . Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+361. ISBN 978-0-520-26903-3. £20.95 (paperback).

Book Reviews Thomas S. Mullaney, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 530-532Abstract

Margaret Bradley, Charles Dupin (1784–1873) and His Influence on France: The Contributions of a Mathematician, Educator, Engineer, and Statesman . Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2012. Pp. xx+368. ISBN 978-1-60497-751-6. £71.99 (hardback).

Book Reviews Robert Bud, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 529-530Abstract

Daniela Bleichmar, Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visible Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Pp. xii+286. ISBN 978-0-226-05853-5. £33.50 (hardback).

Book Reviews Efram Sera-Shriar, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 527-529Abstract

R.G.W. Anderson and Jean Jones (eds.), The Correspondence of Joseph Black . 2 vols. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. Pp. xiv+1564. ISBN 978-0-7546-0131-0. £300.00 (hardback).

Book Reviews Frank A.J.L. James, The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 46 Issue 03, pp 526-527Abstract