Annals of Science, Volume 68, Issue 1 (2011)

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A Word of the Empirics: The Ancient Concept of Observation and its Recovery in Early Modern Medicine
Gianna Pomata
Pages: 1-25
Published online: 27 Oct 2010
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The Political Economy of Discovery Stories: The Case of Dr Irving Langmuir and General Electric
David Philip Miller
Pages: 27-60
Published online: 02 Aug 2010
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From ‘Beastly Philosophy’ to Medical Genetics: Eugenics in Russia and the Soviet Union
Nikolai Krementsov
Pages: 61-92
Published online: 06 Dec 2010
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After Boyle and the Leviathan: the Second Generation of British Air Pumps
Terje Brundtland
Pages: 93-124
Published online: 15 Oct 2010
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Essay Review

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Universalism in Context
Deanne Dunbar & Howard I. Kushner
Pages: 125-132
Published online: 22 Feb 2010
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Book Reviews: Mathematics and Logic

Book Review
Mathematics Emerging. A Sourcebook 1540–1900
I. Grattan Guinness
Pages: 133-134
Published online: 14 Oct 2010
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Von der Bernoullischen Brachistochrone zum Kalibrator—Konzept
W.H. Schmidt
Pages: 134-136
Published online: 29 Jul 2010
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Book Reviews: Life Sciences

Book Review
Genesis Redux: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Artificial Life
Daniel J. Nicholson
Pages: 136-139
Published online: 29 Jul 2010
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The Microscope and the Eye: A History of Reflections, 1740–1870.
Ann F. La Berge
Pages: 139-141
Published online: 09 Jul 2010
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Book Reviews: Physical Sciences: Mechanics

Book Review
Mechanics from Aristotle to Einstein
Edward S. Slowik
Pages: 142-144
Published online: 29 Jul 2010
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Book Reviews: Medicine and Health

Book Review
Cancer in the Twentieth Century.
Katrina Gatley
Pages: 144-146
Published online: 09 Jul 2010
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Book Reviews: Instruments and Measurement

Book Review
Galileo's Glassworks. The Telescope and the Mirror.
Nick Wilding
Pages: 146-148
Published online: 29 Jul 2010
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Miscellany

Front Cover page
Page: e1
Published online: 23 Dec 2010
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