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Myrna Perez, Criticizing Science: Stephen Jay Gould and the Struggle for American Democracy, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024, ISBN 9781421450155, 248pp. Myrna Perez，批判科学：斯蒂芬·杰伊·古尔德和美国民主斗争，约翰·霍普金斯大学出版社，2024,ISBN 9781421450155, 248页。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09836-5

Nadine Weidman

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Peter J. Bowler, Progress Unchained: Ideas of Evolution, Human History and the Future, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, ISBN: 978110884225-6, 314 pp. Peter J. Bowler，《解放的进步：进化、人类历史和未来的思想》，剑桥：剑桥大学出版社，2021,ISBN: 978110884225- 6,314页。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09834-7

Stewart Kreitzer, Santa Fe College

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Environment, Tropical Disease, and Scientific Networks in Argentina: Folclore and Multiscalar Mobilities. 阿根廷的环境、热带病和科学网络：民俗和多标量流动。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09830-x

Lily Balloffet

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"Helping to Bridge the Gap Between Genetics and Development:ˮ Julian Huxley, Early 20th Century Oxford Biology, and the Epigenetic Origins of Animal Characters. 《帮助弥合遗传和发育之间的差距：尤里安·赫胥黎，20世纪早期牛津生物学和动物特征的表观遗传起源》。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09829-4

Stefan Bernhardt-Radu

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Alison Bashford, The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022, ISBN 9780226720111, 576 pp. 艾莉森·巴什福德，《赫胥黎家族：进化史》，芝加哥：芝加哥大学出版社，2022年，ISBN 9780226720111, 576页。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09837-4

Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis

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The Embryo Project: A Rich Resource for the HPS Community. 胚胎项目：HPS社区的丰富资源。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09833-8

Matthew Tontonoz

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Introducing "Notes and Sources". 介绍“笔记和资料”。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09832-9

Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Nicolas Rasmussen

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Kostas Kampourakis, How We Get Mendel Wrong, and Why It Matters: Challenging the Narrative of Mendelian Genetics, Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2024, ISBN 9781032456904, 250 pp. Kostas Kampourakis，我们如何得到孟德尔的错误，为什么它很重要：挑战孟德尔遗传学的叙述，博卡拉顿：CRC出版社，2024,ISBN 9781032456904, 250页。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09835-6

Nicholas J Matzke

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The Different Career Patterns of Two Pathbreaking Women Biologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 耶路撒冷希伯来大学两位开拓性女性生物学家的不同职业模式。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09827-6

Nurit Kirsh

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Elisabeth S. Vrba, the "Three Musketeers," and the Expansion of Macroevolutionary Theory. Elisabeth S. Vrba，“三个火枪手”和宏观进化论的扩展。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-025-09828-5

João Lucas da Silva, Andrej Spiridonov

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