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The Architecture of Evolution

The Science of Form in Twentieth-Century Evolutionary Biology

By Marco Tamborini

How the History of Morphology Made the Advent of Evolutionary Developmental Biology Possible

The Dynamics of Science

Computational Frontiers in History and Philosophy of Science

Edited By Grant Ramsey, Andreas De Block

Provides a Fresh Perspective on What Science Is and How and Why It Changes

The Globalization of Wheat

A Critical History of the Green Revolution

By Marci Baranski

Debunks Myths of the Green Revolution with a Long-Awaited Critique of Wide Adaptation

Making Entomologists

How Periodicals Shaped Scientific Communities in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By Matthew Wale

Illuminates the Diverse Communities of Victorian Insect Collectors Who Contributed to the Study of Natural History

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 12

The Correspondence, March 1871-May 1872

Edited By Anne DeWitt, Kathleen Sheppard

Letters Showing Tyndall as an Established Man of Science

Seduced by Radium

How Industry Transformed Science in the American Marketplace

By Maria Rentetzi

Traces the Evolution of Radium from a Scientific Object to a Desirable Commodity

Technocratic Visions

Engineers, Technology, and Society in Mexico

Edited By J. Justin Castro, James A. Garza

Explores Mexico’s Long History of State-Influenced Engineering

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 9

The Correspondence, February 1865—December 1866

Edited By Michael D. Barton, Iwan Rhys Morus, James C. Ungureanu, Geoffrey Belknap

Letters Revealing the Increasing Scope of Tyndall’s Activities

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 11

The Correspondence, January 1869-February 1871

Edited By Adrian Kirwan, Elizabeth Neswald

Letters Detailing Highly Productive and Wide-Ranging Research

Imagining the Darwinian Revolution

Historical Narratives of Evolution from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

Edited By Ian Hesketh

Considers the Relationship between the Development of Evolutionary Theory and Its Historical Representations

Psychic Investigators

Anthropology, Modern Spiritualism, and Credible Witnessing in the Late Victorian Age

By Efram Sera-Shriar

Examines British Anthropology’s Engagement with the Modern Spiritualist Movement

The Atomic Archipelago

US Nuclear Submarines and Technopolitics of Risk in Cold War Italy

By Davide Orsini

The First Systematic Study of Nuclear Expertise in Italy

Ladies of Honor and Merit

Gender, Useful Knowledge, and Politics in Enlightened Spain

By Elena Serrano

Tells the Unknown Story of How Women Shaped Scientific Culture in Eighteenth-Century Spain

Beyond the Lab and the Field

Infrastructures as Places of Knowledge Production Since the Late Nineteenth Century

Edited By Eike-Christian Heine, Martin Meiske

A Much-Needed Study ofInfrastructures and How Technologies of Modernity Enriched Scientific Knowledge

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 10

The Correspondence, January 1867–December 1868

Edited By Roland Jackson, Michael D. Barton, Ken Corbett

The tenth volume of The Correspondence of John Tyndall spans from January 1867 to December 1868. It begins with Tyndall publicly enmeshed in a controversy that revealed his views on race, politics, and justifiable violence. Further pressure is exerted on him personally by the death of his mother Sarah, and the numerous ...

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