2009Books in the History and Philosophy of Science, Medicine, and Technology for the specialist, neophyte, and avid reader...Just published: The Brokered World, Go-Betweens and Global Intelligence, 1770—1820, Simon Schaffer, Lissa Roberts, Kapil Raj, and James Delbourgo, editors; The Alchemy of Glass, Counterfeit, Imitation, and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking by Marco Beretta; Oliver Wendell Holmes, Physician and Man of Letters, Scott H. Podofsky and Charles S. Bryan, editors. Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius or A Sidereal Message, translated from the Latin by William R. Shea, Introduction and Notes by William R. Shea and Tiziana Bascelli; The Academia del Cimento and its European Context, Marco Beretta, Antonio Clericuzio, and Lawrence M. Principe, editors; Æmula Lauri: The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, 1760—2010, Håkon With Andersen, Brita Brenna, Magne Njåstad, Astrid Wale. We are pleased to announce the publication of the second volume (2002—2009) of From the Pulpit of Saint James School, Further Thoughts of a Priest Headmaster by D. Stuart Dunnan. 2008Recent and noteworthy, The Migration of Ideas, edited by Roberto Scazzieri and Raffaella Simili; Aurora Torealis: Studies in the History of Science and Ideas in Honor of Tore Frängsmyr, edited by Marco Beretta, Karl Grandin, Svante Lindqvist; and Alfred Nobel: Networks of Innovation, by Ulf Larsson. Remembered as the inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prizes, many aspects of the career of Alfred Nobel remain a mystery; Papers of Joseph Henry, (volume twelve—Cumulative Index), compiled by Kathleen W. Dorman. This series, started four decades ago and recipient of the Eugene Ferguson Prize from the Society for the History of Technology (2008) and the Thomas Jefferson Prize (2009), provides essential resources for historians of 19th century American science, technology, and culture. New in paperback, Designing Experiments and Games of Chance: The Unconventional Science of Blaise Pascal by William R. Shea. Individuals, trade customers, and librarians will find updated ordering information and an orderform in PDF format under Contact Us. |
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