Science History Publications/USA

“... Crawford has written an exceedingly readable biography, despite the array of technical materials that form the core of the book. Instead of describing the content of each of her subject’s scientific works as a whole, in the manner of conventional intellectual histories, Crawford summarizes the major objectives of the work and then cross-references it to the works and opinions of other scientists, thus placing it in the nexus of the scientific community...This technique could serve as a powerful tool for the historiography of twentieth-century sciences in which one cannot reasonably deal with the ‘content’ of the science.” --Isis

“This biography is a major contribution to the literature of the history of science. Its total value is, however, much broader. There is fascinating reading about a remarkable man and his accomplishments. I highly recommend Crawford’s latest book not only to the historian but also to any reader who enjoys a well-told story.” --Chemical Heritage

“...a book that accomplishes the difficult task of combining a lucid treatment of scientific ideas and a sensitive reconstruction of their historical circumstances. Crawford is a sociologist whom historians would gladly claim as one of their own.” --SCIENCE

“...brings home the message that scientists are human beings who may possess sometimes profound insight into the complex processes of nature but also many shortcomings which, after all, are part of human nature.” --Physics Today

“...reveals the diversity of Arrhenius’s contributions to science but also opens a window on the international scientific community of a century ago. Her book does more than fill a biographical gap.” --Nature

“...Elisabeth Crawford is to be congratulated on a tour de force of scholarly writing, in the course of which she has coped extremely well with a problem she pointed out in the preface, that of needing to explain scientific concepts to the uninitiated as well as to scientists not familiar with all the fields embraced by Arrhenius... The book is highly recommended.” --World Meteorological Organization Bulletin

“...Crawford's treatment is thorough, nuanced, and well documented. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates through professionals in chemistry, physics, and the history of science.” --CHOICE

1996, 320pp, Illus., ISBN 0-88135-166-0
L/C 96-6025, $49.95

Other books in the Uppsala Series

Schaffer, Simon et al., editors
The Brokered World
Go-Betweens and Global Intelligence, 1770–1820
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 35
2009, ISBN 978-0-88135-374-7

Beretta, Marco, and Alessandro Tosi, editors
Linnaeus in Italy: The Spread of a Revolution in Science
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 34
2007, 0-88135-393-0
xxiii + 340 pp., $60.00

Beretta, Marco, editor
From Private to Public: Natural Collections and Museums
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 32
September 2005, 0-88135-360-4
272pp., $39.95

Beretta, Marco,
Imaging a Career in Science
The Iconography of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 29
Bologna Studies in Scientific Heritage, Volume 1
2001, ISBN 0-88135-294-2, $29.95

Beretta, M. & Frängsmyr,T. Ed.,
Sidereus Nuncius & Stella Polaris
The Scientific Relations Between Italy and Sweden in Early Modern History
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 24
1997, ISBN 0-88135-188-1, $39.95

Eriksson, Gunnar,
The Atlantic Vision
Olaus Rudbeck and Baroque Science
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 19
1994, ISBN 0-88135-158-X, $27.95

Frängsmyr, Tore,
Linnaeus
The Man and His Work
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 18
1994, ISBN 0-88135-154-7, $14.95

Lindqvist, Svante,
Center on the Periphery
Historical Aspects of 20th-Century Swedish Physics
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 17
1993, ISBN 0-88135-157-1, $49.95

Beretta, Marco,
The Enlightenment of Matter
The Definition of Chemistry from Agricola to Lavoisier
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 15
1993, ISBN 0-88135-152-0, $49.95

Lindqvist, Svante,
Technology on Trial
The Introduction of Steam Power Technology into Sweden, 1715-1736
Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Volume 1
1984, ISBN 0-88135-716-4, $54