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Books in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Einstein’s Berlin In the Footsteps of a Genius Dieter Hoffmann “This is a wonderful guidebook for the intellectual tourist deeply interested in Einstein.” —Catherine Westfall, Michigan State University
SCIENCE
2013 192 pp., 75 halftones, 2 line drawings 978-1-4214-1040-1 $45.00 pb
Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion Mechanical Philosophy in the Making Klaas van Berkel
Spark from the Deep How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery William J. Turkel “Turkel is able to bounce around among piscine evolution, plate tectonics, electromagnetism, the history of science, and much else with ease and aplomb.” —John R. McNeill, Georgetown University 2013 304 pp. 978-1-4214-0981-8 $34.95 hc
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Competing with the Soviets Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America Audra J. Wolfe “It is a reminder of how valuable a clear, wellresearched synthesisone sophisticated, holistic take on all those little case studies—can be.”
—AmericanScience 2013 176 pp., 15 halftones 978-1-4214-0771-5 $19.95 pb Also available as an e-book
“Helps shed new light on the nature of European science on the eve of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century.” —Mordechai Feingold, California Institute of Technology 2013 280 pp., 9 line drawings 978-1-4214-0936-8 $39.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Entertaining Elephants Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus Susan Nance “An important contribution to the history of entertainment, advertising, management, and consumption as well as to the history of humananimal relations.”
—Etienne Benson, author of Wired Wilderness 2013 304 pp., 20 halftones 978-1-4214-0829-3 $55.00 hc Also available as an e-book
Experimental Life Vitalism in Romantic Science and Literature Robert Mitchell
On cover: In 1964, Kelvinator promised that “Hollow Legs Love Foodarama Living,” as a means to emphasize the huge capacity of its Foodarama refrigerator for families with growing children. Author’s collection. From Refrigeration Nation. See page 3.
Establishes the multiple ways in which Romantic authors appropriated the notion of experimentation from the natural sciences. 2013 320 pp., 2 line drawings 978-1-4214-1088-3 $55.00 hc Also available as an e-book
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A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America Jonathan Rees “A solid, comprehensive account of the technological creation of cold chains in the United States.” —Mansel G. Blackford, author of Making Seafood Sustainable: American Experiences in Global Perspective
TECHNOLOGY
2013 248 pp., 12 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-1106-4 $45.00 hc Also available as an e-book
Chasing Sound Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP Susan Schmidt Horning
Information at Sea Shipboard Command and Control in the U.S. Navy, from Mobile Bay to Okinawa Timothy S. Wolters
“A rich account of the development of recording studio technology and musical culture. It offers “An extremely well-researched and well-written captivating new material and is a valuable con- history of the U.S. Navy’s efforts to develop the technology and technological systems nectribution to scholarship in sound studies.” essary to manage operations at sea, especially —Emily Thompson, Princeton University during war.” 2013 304 pp., 16 b&w photos 978-1-4214-1022-7 $45.00 hc Also available as an e-book —William M. McBride, United States Naval Academy 2013 336 pp., 16 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-1026-5 $54.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Risk Negotiating Safety in American Society Arwen P. Mohun “Writing in a lucid style, Mohun gives an impressive overview of the American transition from vernacular to expert-centered or state-driven risk regimes.” —British Journal for the History of Science 2013 344 pp., 21 halftones 978-1-4214-0790-6 $55.00 hc Also available as an e-book
To Touch the Face of God The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Space Program, 1957–1975 Kendrick Oliver “Oliver engages histories of theology and religious practice in a broad conversation of motivations, implications, transformations, and reinforcements of religion in the history of spaceflight.” —Times Higher Education 2013 248 pp., 12 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-0788-3 $39.95 hc Also available as an e-book
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Licensed to Practice The Supreme Court Defines the American Medical Profession James C. Mohr How did American doctors come to be licensed on the terms we now take for granted? 2013 224 pp., 13 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-1142-2 $21.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Anxiety A Short History Allan V. Horwitz “A wise guide through the historical path of anxiety conceptualizations.” —Peter Conrad, Brandeis University 2013 208 pp. 978-1-4214-1080-7 $24.95 pb
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The PKU Paradox A Short History of a Genetic Disease Diane B. Paul and Jeffrey P. Brosco “A highly compelling story about a successful medical intervention—literally life changing—that has also had unintended consequences.” —M. Susan Lindee, University of Pennsylvania 2013 320 pp., 12 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-1131-6 $24.95 pb Also available as an e-book
MEDICINE
The Story Within Personal Essays on Genetics and Identity edited by Amy Boesky A thought-provoking collection of personal essays explores complex issues surrounding genetic identity. 2013 280 pp. 978-1-4214-1096-8 $24.95 pb
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On Depression Drugs, Diagnosis, and Despair in the Modern World Nassir Ghaemi “An informed, challenging, and readable approach to a vital subject. Despair is in the title, but readers will
—Library Journal
rejoice in the reading.” 2013 232 pp. 978-1-4214-0933-7 $24.95 hc
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The Placebo A Reader edited by Franklin G. Miller, Luana Colloca, Robert A. Crouch, and Ted J. Kaptchuk A thorough collection of classic and contemporary resources about the placebo effect. 2013 352 pp., 95 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-0866-8 $49.95 pb
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Marrow of Tragedy The Health Crisis of the American Civil War Margaret Humphreys “A consistently engaging overview of Civil War medicine in its every aspect.” —Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University 2013 400 pp., 19 halftones 978-1-4214-0999-3 $34.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Broken Hearts The Tangled History of Cardiac Care David S. Jones “The light Jones shines on the interventional cardiovascular enterprise illuminates numerous, sometimes fatal, and always costly flaws that every patient and society at large ignores at great peril.” —Scientists’ Bookshelf 2013 336 pp., 25 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-0801-9 $34.95 hc Also available as an e-book
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The Inevitable Hour A History of Caring for Dying Patients in America Emily K. Abel “With the immediacy of a novelist and the critical insights of a historian, Abel offers a sobering reinterpretation of medical history from the perspective of the dying.”—Alice Wexler, author of The Woman Who Walked into the Sea: Huntington’s and the Making of a Genetic Disease
MEDICINE
2013 240 pp., 3 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-0919-1 $32.95 hc Also available as an e-book
The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal Marian Moser Jones “Jones skillfully dissects the origins, principles, and practices shaping the contemporary ARC.” —Journal of the History of Medicine 2013 404 pp., 19 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-0738-8 $39.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Imaging and Imagining the Fetus The Development of Obstetric Ultrasound Malcolm Nicolson and John E. E. Fleming “An excellent historical account and celebration of one of the unsung heroes of modern obstetrics.” —Obs Gynae & Midwifery News 2013 336 pp., 15 halftones, 2 line drawings 978-1-4214-0793-7 $50.00 hc Also available as an e-book
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Trees of Life A Visual History of Evolution Theodore W. Pietsch
Honorable Mention, Biological Sciences, PROSE Awards “With the concept of evolution now often iconified to the point of misrepresentation, Trees of Life reminds us that both the idea and its representation were—and are—fluid, debated, and reconstructed.”
—Science
2012 376 pp., 5 halftones, 226 line drawings 978-1-4214-1185-9 $34.95 pb
Einstein’s Jewish Science Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion Steven Gimbel “Gimbel is an engaging writer . . . he takes readers on enlightening excursions through the nature of Judaism, Hegelian philosophy, wherever his curiosity leads.” —New York Times 2012 256 pp. 978-1-4214-1182-8 $22.95 pb
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The Practical Einstein Experiments, Patents, Inventions József Illy
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine “With a lean and matter-of-fact prose, [Illy] takes us through a long history of such things as Einstein’s many expert opinions on everything from gyrocompasses and pile drivers to an ‘electrophonic piano’ and a makeup mirror.” —Physics Today 2012 216 pp., 66 halftones, 6 line drawings 978-1-4214-1171-2 $35.00 pb Also available as an e-book
Nature Exposed Photography as Eyewitness in Victorian Science Jennifer Tucker “The strength of the book lies in Tucker’s analysis of the broad historical context in which scientific photography emerged in Victorian Britain.” 2006 312 pp., 68 halftones 978-1-4214-1093-7 $34.95 pb
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The Electric Vehicle Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age Gijs Mom
Winner, Engineer-Historian Award, International History and Heritage Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Winner, Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award, Society of Automotive Historians 2004 440 pp., 42 halftones, 15 line drawings 978-1-4214-0970-2 $34.95 pb Also available as an e-book
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Grand Central Terminal Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City Kurt C. Schlichting
Winner, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award in Architecture, Association of American Publishers “Grand Central Terminal is celebrated for its Beaux-Arts style, but Schlichting looks behind the facade to see the hidden engineering marvels.” —New York Times Book Review 2001 264 pp., 82 b&w photos, 6 b&w illus., 82 halftones, 6 line drawings 978-1-4214-1192-7 $29.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Grand Central’s Engineer William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan Kurt C. Schlichting “The single best analysis we have of freight transportation in an early twentieth-century U.S. city.” —Journal of American History 2012 296 pp., 31 b&w illus., 21 maps 978-1-4214-1193-4 $29.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Every Home a Distillery Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake Sarah Hand Meacham “A well-composed, clearly written, highly informative study that significantly contributes to our understanding of how alcohol was brewed, distributed, and consumed in the colonial Chesapeake area.” —Journal of American History 2009 208 pp., 9 halftones 978-1-4214-0963-4 $24.95 pb Also available as an e-book
The Anatomy of Blackness Science and Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment Andrew S. Curran
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“A definitive statement on the complex, painful, and richly revealing topic of how the major figures of the French Enlightenment reacted to the enslavement of black Africans, often to their discredit.” —Symposium 2011 328 pp., 29 b&w photos 978-1-4214-0965-8 $29.95 pb Also available as an e-book
The Evolution of Obesity Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin “Power and Schulkin argue that our present-day obesity crisis is the consequence of a ‘mismatch’ between our biology and the environment in which we live.” —Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2009 408 pp., 16 halftones, 46 line drawings 978-1-4214-0960-3 $29.95 pb Also available as an e-book
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