Annals of Science, Volume 66, Issue 3 (2009)

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Annals of Science, Volume 66, Issue 3 (2009)

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José María Albareda (1902–1966) and the formation of the Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Antoni Malet
Pages: 307-332
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Sydney Chapman on the Layering of the Atmosphere: Conceptual Unity and the Modelling of the Ionosphere
Aitor Anduaga
Pages: 333-344
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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The International Association of Refrigeration through the correspondence of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Charles-Édouard Guillaume, 1908–1914
Faidra Papanelopoulou
Pages: 345-370
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Uses and Forms of Instruments: Resonator and Tuning Fork in Rayleigh's Acoustical Experiments
Ja Hyon Ku
Pages: 371-395
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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How to Fix an Election Honestly! Ivan Petrov Salabashev's Novel Voting Procedure in Bulgaria, 1879–1880
Martina Bečvářová
Pages: 397-406
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Essay Review

Review Article
The Grand Banks
Christopher Lawrence
Pages: 407-417
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Reviews: History of Chemistry and Alchemy

Book Review
Fermentation: Vital or Chemical Process?
Mark R. Finlay
Pages: 419-421
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Materials in Eighteenth-Century Science. A Historical Ontology
Maurice Crosland
Pages: 421-422
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Review: Earth Sciences

Book Review
Modernizing Nature. Forestry and Imperial Eco-Development 1800–1950
Andrew Wear
Pages: 423-424
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Review: Medicine and Health

Book Review
The Correspondence of Dr. William Hunter, 1740–1783
L. Schiebinger
Pages: 424-426
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Reviews: Life Sciences

Book Review
La fabrique d'une nouvelle science. La biologie moléculaire à l’âge atomique (1945–1964)
A. Cambrosio
Pages: 426-429
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons: Evolution and Christianity from Darwin to Intelligent Design
Raymond E. Fancher
Pages: 429-431
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Reviews: Biographies

Book Review
Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life
L. S. Jacyna
Pages: 431-433
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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The End of the Certain World: The Life and Science of Max Born, the Nobel Scientist who Ignited the Quantum Revolution
Robert J. Deltete
Pages: 433-436
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Review: The Nineteenth Century

Book Review
Nature Exposed: Photography as Eyewitness in Victorian Science
Elizabeth Edwards
Pages: 436-439
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Review: Scientific Revolution

Book Review
The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
William R. Shea
Pages: 439-441
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Review: Institutions: Universities

Book Review
Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism
A. J. Meadows
Pages: 441-444
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Review: Ancient Science and Medicine

Book Review
Explaining the Cosmos: The Ionian Tradition of Scientific Philosophy
John M. Steele
Pages: 444-445
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Review: Mathematics and Logic

Book Review
Leonhard Euler: Life, Work and Legacy. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, 5
J. Caramalho Domingues
Pages: 446-448
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Book Review: Social Aspects of Science

Book Review
Indian Ink: Script and Print in the Making of the English East India Company
David Arnold
Pages: 448-451
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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Announcement

Article
On the inventory of Antonio Vallisneri's correspondence
Ivano Dal Prete & Dario Generali
Pages: 453-454
Published online: 13 Aug 2009
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