Annals of Science, Volume 70, Issue 4 (2013)

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‘La Guerre aux Insectes’: Pest Control and Agricultural Reform in the French Enlightenment
Etienne Stockland
Pages: 435-460
Published online: 02 Sep 2013
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Observing Human Difference: James Hunt, Thomas Huxley and Competing Disciplinary Strategies in the 1860s
Efram Sera-Shriar
Pages: 461-491
Published online: 05 Oct 2012
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Sur L'origine du ‘Principe Général’ de Jean Le Rond D'Alembert
Christophe Schmit
Pages: 493-530
Published online: 21 Feb 2013
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Solution to a 440-year-old Zoological Mystery: The Case of Aldrovandi's Dragon
Phil Senter, LaRhonda C. Hill & Brandon J. Moton
Pages: 531-537
Published online: 01 May 2013
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Theories of Life in the Renaissance
Paul Richard Blum
Pages: 539-543
Published online: 04 Mar 2013
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Book Reviews: Earth Sciences

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Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820–1890
Philip K. Wilson
Pages: 545-547
Published online: 03 Nov 2011
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Geography and Science in Britain, 1831–1939: A Study of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
David M. Knight
Pages: 548-550
Published online: 03 Oct 2011
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Knowing Global Environments. New Historical Perspectives on the Field Sciences
Anita Guerrini
Pages: 550-551
Published online: 04 Oct 2011
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Book Reviews: Life Sciences

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The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush: Museums and Paleontology in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Keynyn Brysse
Pages: 552-554
Published online: 03 Oct 2011
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Life Explained
Daniel J. Nicholson
Pages: 554-557
Published online: 10 Oct 2011
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Book Reviews: Historiography of Science

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The Dialogue of Civilizations in the Birth of Modern Science
Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim
Pages: 557-559
Published online: 03 Oct 2011
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Book Reviews: Scientific Revolution

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Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe. Between Market and Laboratory
Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis
Pages: 559-562
Published online: 03 Oct 2011
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Sojourners in a Strange Land: Jesuits and their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China
Pingyi Chu
Pages: 562-564
Published online: 29 Sep 2011
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Book Reviews: History of Chemistry and Alchemy

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Aux origines de la chimie organique: Méthodes et pratiques des pharmaciens et des chimistes (1785–1835)
Jonathan Simon
Pages: 564-566
Published online: 28 Oct 2011
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Collected Papers on the Philosophy of Chemistry
Arie Leegwater
Pages: 567-568
Published online: 03 Oct 2011
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Book Reviews: Astronomy and Cosmology, Space and Time

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Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters
Barbara J. Becker
Pages: 569-570
Published online: 04 Oct 2011
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An Observer of Observatories: The Journal of Thomas Bugge's Tour of Germany, Holland and England in 1777
Barbara J. Becker
Pages: 570-573
Published online: 29 Sep 2011
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Book Reviews: Mathematics and Logic

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Mathématiques et connaissance du monde réel avant Galilée . Series : Histoire des savoirs
Steffen Ducheyne
Pages: 574-575
Published online: 04 Oct 2011
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Book Reviews: The Enlightenment

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Science, libertinage et clandestinité à l'aube des Lumières: Le transformisme de Telliamed
Michael R. Lynn
Pages: 575-577
Published online: 04 Oct 2011
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Book Reviews: Medicine and Health

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Death Defied. The Anatomy Lessons of Frederik Ruysch
William Schupbach
Pages: 577-580
Published online: 29 Sep 2011
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Medicine in the Remote and Rural North, 1800–2000
Morrice McCrae
Pages: 580-582
Published online: 04 Oct 2011
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Book Reviews: General

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Histories of Scientific Observation
Bradford Bouley
Pages: 582-585
Published online: 29 Sep 2011
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Book Reviews: Physical Sciences: Mechanics

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The English Galileo: Thomas Harriot's Work on Motion as an Example of Preclassical Mechanics. Volume 1: The interpretation. Volume 2: Sources
Raffaele Pisano
Pages: 585-588
Published online: 29 Sep 2011
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Book Reviews: Social Sciences

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Considering Animals: Contemporary Studies in Human-Animal Relations
Etienne Benson
Pages: 588-590
Published online: 29 Sep 2011
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Book Reviews: Social Aspects of Science

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Popularizing Science and Technology in the European Periphery, 1800–2000
Rachel Dunn
Pages: 590-593
Published online: 04 Nov 2011
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Erratum

Correction
Erratum
Book Review
Page: 594
Published online: 22 Oct 2013
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online cover 70:4
Page: e1
Published online: 21 Oct 2013
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