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Science 30 September 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5744, pp. 2167 - 2168
DOI: 10.1126/science.1118059
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HISTORY OF SCIENCE:
Mapping the Roads to Current Science

John Tresch

Making Modern Science
A Historical Survey
by Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005. 537 pp. $65, £45.50. ISBN 0-226-06860-9. Paper, $25, £17.50. ISBN 0-226-06861-7.
In a survey intended for interested readers and introductory courses, the authors examine historical episodes (from the scientific revolution to "the emergence of the human sciences") and then discuss selected themes (from "organization of science" through "science and technology" to "science and gender").
The reviewer is in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, and currently at the Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. E-mail: jtresch{at}uchicago.edu

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