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Computing as sugar? The sweet and the bitter of social histories of computing. 计算机是糖？计算机社会史的甜与苦

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1017/s0007087424000591

Jonnie Penn

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Susanne Schmidt, Midlife Crisis: The Feminist Origins of a Chauvanist Cliché Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. Pp. 280. ISBN 978-0-226-63714-3. $89.00 (cloth). 苏珊娜-施密特，《中年危机》：芝加哥大学出版社，2020 年：芝加哥大学出版社，2020 年。第 280 页。ISBN978-0-226-63714-3。89.00 美元（布）。

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI: 10.1017/s0007087424000360

Kevin Matthew Jones

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Stig S. Frøland, Duel without End: Mankind's Battle with Microbes (trans. John Irons) London: Reaktion Books, 2022. Pp. 632. ISBN: 978-1-78914-505-2. £30.00 GBP (paperback). Stig S. Frøland，《无休止的决斗》：人类与微生物之战》（约翰-欧伦斯译），伦敦：Reaktion Books，2022 年。Pp.632.ISBN：978-1-78914-505-2。30.00 英镑（平装本）。

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0007087424000396

Emily Webster

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Martin Korenjak, Latin Scientific Literature, 1450–1850 Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. 544. ISBN 978-0-19-886605-3. £120.00 (hardback). Martin Korenjak，《拉丁科学文献，1450-1850 年》，牛津大学出版社，2023 年：牛津大学出版社，2023 年。Pp.544.ISBN 978-0-19-886605-3. 120.00 英镑（精装本）。

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1017/s0007087424000256

Yasmin Haskell

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Colin Webster, Tools and Organisms: Technology and the Body in Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. Pp. 320. ISBN 978-0-226-82877-0. $45.00 (cloth). 科林-韦伯斯特，《工具与有机体》：古希腊和古罗马医学中的技术与身体》，芝加哥：芝加哥大学出版社，2023 年。Pp.320.ISBN978-0-226-82877-0。45.00 美元（布）。

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.1017/s000708742400027x

Vivian Nutton

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Roland Jackson, Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023. Pp. 464. ISBN 978-0-8229-4790-5. $65.00 (hardcover). 罗兰-杰克逊：《给十九世纪英国国家的科学建议》，匹兹堡：匹兹堡大学出版社，2023 年。Pp.464.ISBN978-0-8229-4790-5。65.00美元（精装）。

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1017/s0007087424000232

Tom Crook

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Samuel J.M.M. Alberti, Curious Devices and Mighty Machines: Exploring Science Museums London: Reaktion Books, 2022. Pp. 272. ISBN 978-1-789-14639-4. £20.00 (hardback). 塞缪尔-J.M.M. 阿尔贝蒂，《奇妙的装置和强大的机器》：探索伦敦科学博物馆：Reaktion Books，2022 年。第 272 页。ISBN978-1-789-14639-4。20.00 英镑（精装本）。

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-03-07 DOI: 10.1017/s0007087423001000

Robert G. W. Anderson

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David Zimmerman, Ensnared between Hitler and Stalin: Refugee Scientists in the USSR Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2023. Pp. 376. ISBN 978-1-4875-4365-5. $85.00 (hardcover). David Zimmerman, Ensnared between Hitler and Stalin：多伦多大学出版社，2023 年：多伦多大学出版社，2023 年。Pp.376.ISBN 978-1-4875-4365-5. 85.00 美元（精装）。

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-03-07 DOI: 10.1017/s0007087424000189

Karl Hall

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Rebecca Whiteley, Birth Figures: Early Modern Prints and the Pregnant Body Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2023. Pp. 312. ISBN 978-0-226-82312-6. $49.00 (cloth). 丽贝卡-怀特莉，《出生人物》：芝加哥大学出版社，2023 年：芝加哥大学出版社，2023 年。页码312.ISBN978-0-226-82312-6。49.00美元（布）。

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0007087424000177

M. Cooley

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The ‘Courant Hilton’: building the mathematical sciences at New York University 库兰特希尔顿"：在纽约大学建立数学科学体系

The British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-02-26 DOI: 10.1017/s000708742300105x

Brit Shields

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