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Peter J. Bowler. The Invention of Progress: The Victorians and the Past. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. xi + 231. ISBN 0-631-16107-4. £25.00.
Roger Smith
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Nicolaas A. Rupke (ed.). Science, Politics and the Public Good: Essays in Honour of Margaret Gowing. London: Macmillan, 1988. Pp. xiv + 260. ISBN 0-333-44159-1. £33.00.
Peter J. Bowler
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05 January 2009, pp. 493-494
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Georges Canguilhem. Ideology and Rationality in the History of the Life Sciences, translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1988, Pp. xi + 160. ISBN 0-262-03137-X.
Robert Olby
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Annabella Kitson (ed.). History and Astrology: Clio and Urania Confer. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1989. Pp. ix + 272. ISBN 0-04-440522-7. £8.99.
J. Bruce Brackenridge
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05 January 2009, p. 123
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Robert A. Stafford. Scientist of Empire: Sir Roderick Murchison, Scientific Exploration and Victorian Imperialism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xii + 293. ISBN 0-521-33537-X. £30.00, $49.50.
Crosbie Smith
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05 January 2009, pp. 267-269
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Shirley Roberts. Sir James Paget: The Rise of Clinical Surgery. London: Royal Society of Medicine Services Limited, 1989. Pp. xii + 223. ISBN 0-905958-91-8. £12.95. - Selwyn Taylor. Robert Graves: The Golden Years of Irish Medicine. London: Royal Society of Medicine Services Limited, 1989. Pp. x + 160. ISBN 0-905958-98-5. £12.95.
Christopher Lawrence
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05 January 2009, p. 269
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Richard Davenport-Hines. Sex, Death and Punishment: Attitudes to Sex and Sexuality in Britain since the Renaissance. London: Collins, 1990. Pp. xv + 439. ISBN 0-00-217956-3. £20.
Deborah Brunton
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Stuart Peterfreund (ed.). Literature and Science: Theory and Practice. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1990. Pp. vi + 248. ISBN 1-55553-058-3. £33.65.
Paul K. Hoch
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John Earman. World Enough and Space-Time: Absolute versus Relational Theories of Space and Time. Cambridge, Mass, and London: MIT Press, 1990. Pp. xiv + 223. ISBN 0-262-05040-4. £22.50.
Jeremy Gray
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05 January 2009, p. 497
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Peter Rowlands. Oliver Lodge and the Liverpool Physical Society, Liverpool Historical Studies, 4. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-85323-027-7. £15.00.
A. Rupert Hall
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05 January 2009, pp. 269-270
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Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty and Lorenz Kruger. The Empire of Chance. How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xviii + 340. ISBN 0-521-33115-3. £32.50.
M. J. S. Hodge
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Gary Gutting. Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Scientific Reason. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xiii + 306. ISBN 0-521-36619-4, £27.50, $39.50 (hardback); ISBN 0-521-36698-4, £9.95, $12.95 (paperback).
Tim Jordan
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On p. 123 of our March issue it was stated that Nick Kollerstrom is a ‘former president of the Astrological Lodge of London’. Mr Kollerstrom has drawn our attention to the fact that he has never been a member, let alone president of that organization. We wish to apologize for this error.

J. C. Smith (ed.). Historical Foundations of Cognitive Science. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990. Pp. xxiii + 303. ISBN 0-7923-045109.
Alison M. Turtle
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David I. Grove. A History of Human Helminthology. Wallingford, Oxon: CAB International, 1990. Pp. viii + 848. ISBN 0-85198-689-7. £55.00, $96.25.
Michael Warboys
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Alan Chalmers. Science and its Fabrication. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1990. Pp. xii + 142. ISBN 0-335-09318-3, £22.50 (hardback); ISBN 0-335-09317-5, £6.99 (paperback).
Stephen Sturdy
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Henry Petroski. The Pencil – a History. London: Faber and Faber, 1990. Pp. xi + 434. ISBN 0-571-16182-0. £14.99.
Nicholas Oddy
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Peter J. Bowler. The Invention of Progress: The Victorians and the Past. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. xi + 231. ISBN 0-631-16107-4. £25.00.

Nicolaas A. Rupke (ed.). Science, Politics and the Public Good: Essays in Honour of Margaret Gowing. London: Macmillan, 1988. Pp. xiv + 260. ISBN 0-333-44159-1. £33.00.

Georges Canguilhem. Ideology and Rationality in the History of the Life Sciences, translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1988, Pp. xi + 160. ISBN 0-262-03137-X.

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Annabella Kitson (ed.). History and Astrology: Clio and Urania Confer. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1989. Pp. ix + 272. ISBN 0-04-440522-7. £8.99.

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Robert A. Stafford. Scientist of Empire: Sir Roderick Murchison, Scientific Exploration and Victorian Imperialism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xii + 293. ISBN 0-521-33537-X. £30.00, $49.50.

Richard Davenport-Hines. Sex, Death and Punishment: Attitudes to Sex and Sexuality in Britain since the Renaissance. London: Collins, 1990. Pp. xv + 439. ISBN 0-00-217956-3. £20.

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Stuart Peterfreund (ed.). Literature and Science: Theory and Practice. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1990. Pp. vi + 248. ISBN 1-55553-058-3. £33.65.

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John Earman. World Enough and Space-Time: Absolute versus Relational Theories of Space and Time. Cambridge, Mass, and London: MIT Press, 1990. Pp. xiv + 223. ISBN 0-262-05040-4. £22.50.

Peter Rowlands. Oliver Lodge and the Liverpool Physical Society, Liverpool Historical Studies, 4. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-85323-027-7. £15.00.

Book Reviews

Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty and Lorenz Kruger. The Empire of Chance. How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xviii + 340. ISBN 0-521-33115-3. £32.50.

Gary Gutting. Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Scientific Reason. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xiii + 306. ISBN 0-521-36619-4, £27.50, $39.50 (hardback); ISBN 0-521-36698-4, £9.95, $12.95 (paperback).

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J. C. Smith (ed.). Historical Foundations of Cognitive Science. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990. Pp. xxiii + 303. ISBN 0-7923-045109.

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David I. Grove. A History of Human Helminthology. Wallingford, Oxon: CAB International, 1990. Pp. viii + 848. ISBN 0-85198-689-7. £55.00, $96.25.

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Alan Chalmers. Science and its Fabrication. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1990. Pp. xii + 142. ISBN 0-335-09318-3, £22.50 (hardback); ISBN 0-335-09317-5, £6.99 (paperback).

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Henry Petroski. The Pencil – a History. London: Faber and Faber, 1990. Pp. xi + 434. ISBN 0-571-16182-0. £14.99.

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