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History of Science and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Examination Copy Policy . . . . . 10

History of Medicine . . . . . . . . . 18

Classic Titles in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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New in Spring 2009

Lighter Than AirAn Illustrated History of Balloons and AirshipsTom D. Crouch

A senior curator from the National Air and Space Museum turns his trained eye to the fascinating history of blimps and dirigibles, from the Graf Zeppelin to the luxuri-ous Hindenburg, where transatlantic passengers dined on duck with champagne cab-bage and enjoyed music played on a lightweight aluminum baby grand piano.

192 pp ., 30 color illustrations, 80 b&w illustrations 978-0-8018-9127-4 $35.00 hardcover

Modern American EnvironmentalistsA Biographical Encyclopediaedited by George A. Cevasco and Richard P. Harmond

foreword by Everett I. Mendelsohn

From towering figures such as Rachel Carson and E. O. Wilson to lesser-known persons such as Gifford Pinchot and Gaylord Nelson, Modern American Environmen-talists provides complete yet concise biographies of America’s environmental lead-ers of the last century.

A Dictionary of the Space AgePaul Dickson

Dickson has compiled the curious lingo and mystifying acronyms of NASA in this accessible dictionary of the names, words, and phrases of the Space Age. A must-own reference for space history buffs.

The Modern PeriodMenstruation in Twentieth-Century AmericaLara Freidenfelds

Explores the efforts of American women and men who collaborated with sex edu-cators, menstrual product manufacturers, physical education teachers, and physicians to create a “modern” way of thinking about and managing menstruation.

Punched Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880–1945Lars Heide

Tracing the technical and business development of punch card information systems from 1880 to 1945, Heide explores the shaping and reshaping of IT technology in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and France as the world changed and bureaucratic ambition grew.

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The Nature of CitiesEcological Visions and the American Urban Professions, �9�0–�960Jennifer S. Light

Light argues that we cannot understand cities, city planning, or the real estate indus-try in the United States without paying attention to the considerations of nature that undergird them. Why, Light asks, did so many prominent figures in the social science, city planning, and real estate professions come to understand urban landscapes as eco-logical communities and national resources in need of conservation?

TelevisionThe Life Story of a TechnologyAlexander B. Magoun

For better or worse, television has been the dominant medium of communication for 50 years. This volume covers the history of television from 19th-century European conceptions of transmitting moving images electrically to the death of TV as a dis-crete system in a digital age.

Railroads in the Old SouthPursuing Progress in a Slave SocietyAaron W. Marrs

Marrs challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America with his original study of the history of the railroad in the Old South. He clearly shows that railroads exemplify the Old South’s pursuit of progress on its own terms: developing modern transportation while retaining a conservative social order.

KinematicsThe Lost Origins of Einstein’s RelativityAlberto A. Martínez

“Anyone interested in the development of our current concepts of space, time, and motion will learn an enormous amount from this book. It combines broad scope and meticulous attention to detail, all recounted in a lively fashion. Reading it is not only instructive—it is a pleasure.” —John Stachel, Boston University

Helping the Good ShepherdPastoral Counselors in a Psychotherapeutic Culture, �9�5–�975Susan E. Myers-Shirk

A cultural history documenting the nature of liberal moral sensibility in the twentieth century, Helping the Good Shepherd traces the changing approaches taken by psycho-logically sophisticated Protestant clergy over the course of the century.

Structures of Change in the Mechanical AgeTechnological Innovation in the United States, �790–�865Ross Thomson

The transition of the United States from a relatively backward, agrarian economy in 1790 to an industrial leader in 1865 relied fundamentally on the spread of technical knowledge within and across industries. Thomson offers a meticulously researched study of this first U.S. innovation system.




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New in Fall 2008

Charles DarwinThe Concise Story of an Extraordinary ManTim M. Berra

Berra discusses Darwin’s revolutionary scientific work, its impact on modern-day biological science, and the influence of Darwin’s evolu-tionary theory on Western thought. But Berra digs deeper to reveal Darwin the man by synthesizing anecdotes with carefully selected illustrations and photographs.

2008 144 pp ., 60 halftones, 20 color illustrations 978-0-8018-9104-5 $�9.95 hardcover

William Barton Rogers and the Idea of MITA. J. Angulo

Angulo recounts the largely unknown story of one man’s ideas and how they gave way to the creation of one of America’s premier institutions of higher learning.

2008 272 pp ., 1 halftone, 3 line drawings 978-0-8018-9033-8 $55.00 hardcover

Mathematical Works Printed in the Americas, 1554–1700Bruce Stanley Burdick

This annotated bibliography of the first mathematical works to be printed in the New World challenges long-held assumptions about the earliest examples of American mathematical endeavor.

2008 264 pp ., 29 halftones, 2 line drawings 978-0-8018-8823-6 $55.00 hardcover

Eat My DustEarly Women MotoristsGeorgine Clarsen

Illuminating the relationship between women and cars with case stud-ies from across the globe, Eat My Dust challenges the received wisdom that men embraced automobile technology more naturally than did women.


Atmospheric Science at NASAA HistoryErik M. Conway

This book offers an informed and revealing account of NASA’s involve-ment in the scientific understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere.

2008 408 pp ., 8 color illustrations, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings 978-0-8018-8984-4 $55.00 hardcover

AirplanesThe Life Story of a TechnologyJeremy R. Kinney

“The author manages to do an impressive job of thoroughly discussing the details and specifics of the way that airplane technology improved and the political movements, world events, and social change that brought about these improvements.” —Choice

2008 184 pp ., 27 halftones, 4 line drawings 978-0-8018-9069-7 $�9.95 paperback



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Scientists and SwindlersConsulting on Coal and Oil in America, �8�0–�890Paul Lucier

“In a remarkable piece of historical detective work, Paul Lucier shows how the search for coal, oil, and other resources that led to the industrial transfor-mation of America also fueled the development of the modern scientific career.”

—Jim Secord, University of Cambridge


The Business of SpeedThe Hot Rod Industry in America, �9�5–�990David N. Lucsko

Lucsko offers a rich and heretofore untold ac-count of the culture and technology of the high-performance automotive aftermarket in the United States, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the automobile in America.

2008 368 pp ., 25 halftones 978-0-8018-8990-5 $50.00 hardcover

The RobotThe Life Story of a TechnologyLisa Nocks

“Concise and direct to the point, Nocks’ technog-raphy on the robot offers a rich overview of the systems we understand as robotic. It summarizes the 30-some-year-long history of a plethora of ideas, experiments, and implementations that have found their places in our everyday lives.”

—Choice

2008 224 pp ., 20 halftones 978-0-8018-9071-0 $�9.95 paperback


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The Corporate EyePhotography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, �88�–�9�9Elspeth H. Brown

Winner, Association of American Publishers’ Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award in Business, Management and Accounting

“A unique and interdisciplinary analysis of the in-tersection between visual and commercial culture in the USA.” —History of Photography

2005 348 pp ., 75 halftones 978-0-8018-8970-7 $30.00 paperback

High-Speed DreamsNASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, �9�5–�999Erik M. Conway

“A concise and thoroughly fascinating history of the train wreck that was the U.S. supersonic civil transport programs.”

—Air and Space Magazine

2005 392 pp ., 12 halftones, 10 line drawings 978-0-8018-9081-9 $30.00 paperback

The Evolution of American Ecology, 1890–2000Sharon E. Kingsland

“Kingsland does a masterful job weaving together the history of ecology in the United States.”

—Bioscience



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Useful BodiesHumans in the Service of Medical Science in the Twentieth Centuryedited by Jordan Goodman, Anthony McElligott, and Lara Marks

“Each chapter is a startling case study that examines the na-ture and degree of the state’s involvement in human experi-mentation.”—Issues in Law and Medicine

2003 240 pp . 978-0-8018-8968-4 $�5.00 paperback

Women Filmmakers in Early HollywoodKaren Ward Mahar

“With meticulous scholarship and fluid writing, Mahar tells the story of this golden era of female filmmaking . . . Not to be missed.”

— Women’s Review of Books


Savages and BeastsThe Birth of the Modern ZooNigel Rothfels

“Rothfels . . . focuses on the 19th-century origins of modern zoos and the man who made it all happen, Carl Hagenbeck . . . Savages and Beasts is a fine read, in which good use of picture archives has complemented the writer’s extensive documentary research.”

—New Scientist

2002 288 pp ., 51 halftones, 1 line drawing 978-0-8018-8975-2 $�5.00 paperback

Structuring the Information AgeLife Insurance and Technology in the Twentieth CenturyJoAnne Yates

“Brilliant volume . . . Yate’s study of the adaptation of information-processing resources in insurance has greatly widened the horizons of our understanding of the dynamics of technological develop-ment in a business setting.” —Business History Review



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California EarthquakesScience, Risk, and the Politics of Hazard MitigationCarl-Henry Geschwind

Winner, Book Prize, Forum for the History of Science in America, History of Science Society

“In a broader sense than its earthquake theme, it is an ab-sorbing account of an important component of the development of California.”

—Earth Sciences History

2001 352 pp ., 1 map 978-0-8018-8976-9 $30.00 paperback

Eddie RickenbackerAn American Hero in the Twentieth CenturyW. David Lewis

“Lewis has given us an unabash-edly individual and heroic story from the heart of our era’s pas-sion for motorized speed.”

—Technology and Culture





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The Model TA Centennial HistoryRobert Casey

Casey has crafted a book that encapsulates schol-arship on the car, its reception, and its part in the consumer revolution of the early twenti-eth century.

2008 166 pp ., 102 halftones, 8 line drawings 978-0-8018-8850-2 $��.95 hardcover

Hidden HarmonyThe Connected Worlds of Physics and ArtJ. R. Leibowitz

Most “art and science” books have focused purely on the science of perspective or the psychology of perception. Leibowitz goes beyond that. While musing broadly on the creative processes com-mon to both fields, he examines other factors that link the two disciplines, such as symmetry, color, and optics.

2008 160 pp ., 51 illustrations 978-0-8018-8866-3 $��.95 hardcover

God—or GorillaImages of Evolution in the Jazz AgeConstance Areson Clark

“A splendid study and an important contribution to our understanding of the role of science in democratic society. It shows not only how early advocates understood evolutionary theory, but also how they illustrated and explained it, pack-aging it for a popular audience.”

—Michael Lienesch, author of In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the

Antievolution Movement


Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, 1800–2000Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, and David Lindsay Roberts

From the blackboard to the graphing calcula-tor, the tools developed to teach mathematics in America have a rich history shaped by education-al reform, technological innovation, and spirited entrepreneurship. This book presents the first sys-tematic historical study of the objects used in the American mathematics classroom.


Adam’s AncestorsRace, Religion, and the Politics of Human OriginsDavid N. Livingstone

In this engaging and provocative work, Living-stone traces the history of the idea of non-Adamic humanity from the Middle Ages to the present day, examining how this alternative idea has been used for cultural, religious, and political purposes.


FirearmsThe Life Story of a TechnologyRoger Pauly

Firearms is a comprehensive history of the evolu-tion of the gun—from the hand-held weapons of ancient humans to the medieval guns of China to modern assault rifles and hunting tools.




The Mantra of EfficiencyFrom Waterwheel to Social ControlJennifer Karns Alexander

Explores the growing power of efficiency in the post-industrial West. Six historical case studies expertly illustrate the concept’s fascinating devel-opment and provide context for the meanings of, and uses for, efficiency today and in the future.

2008 256 pp ., 8 halftones, 2 line drawings 978-0-8018-8693-5 $�9.95 hardcover

Horse PeopleThoroughbred Culture in Lexington and Newmarket Rebecca Cassidy

“Combining thorough research with an excellent writing style, this volume . . . is an entertaining and enjoyable anthropological study of the rela-tionships between humans and animals.”

—Choice

2007 224 pp . 978-0-8018-8703-1 $�9.95 hardcover

Female Adolescence in American Scientific Thought, 1830–1930Crista DeLuzio

Revisiting figures like G. Stanley Hall and Margaret Mead and casting her net across the dis-ciplines of biology, psychology, and anthropology, DeLuzio examines the process by which youth-ful femininity in America became a contested cultural category.

2007 344 pp . 978-0-8018-8699-7 $55.00 hardcover

Closed CaptioningSubtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with TelevisionGregory J. Downey

Downey traces the development of closed cap-tioning—a field that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s from a decades-long intersection of cin-ematic subtitling, courtroom stenography, and education for the deaf.

2008 400 pp ., 22 line drawings 978-0-8018-8710-9 $5�.00 hardcover

When Champagne Became FrenchWine and the Making of a National IdentityKolleen M. Guy

Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for English Wine, Best Wine History Book, and Best Book on French Wine

“A fascinating study of champagne in the years before the Great War. ”

—Times Literary Supplement

2003 280 pp ., 18 halftones and 3 line drawings 978-0-8018-8747-5 $�5.00 paperback

American Military TechnologyThe Life Story of a TechnologyBarton C. Hackerwith the assistance of Margaret Vining

“An attractive primer that should prove useful to readers looking for a straightforward and jargon-free introduction to the complex relationship existing between the American military and its tools (and toolmakers) of war.”

—Journal of Military History



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Motorized ObsessionsLife, Liberty, and the Small-Bore EnginePaul R. Josephson

In the first comprehensive history of the small-bore engine and the technology it powers, Jo-sephson explores the political, environmental, and public health issues surrounding one of America’s most dangerous pastimes.

2007 280 pp . 978-0-8018-8641-6 $��.00 hardcover

Robots in SpaceTechnology, Evolution, and Interplanetary TravelRoger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy

Two leading scholars of space exploration inquire into the human fascination with manned adven-tures, raise new questions that support the near-term use of robotics, and offer a case for “human cyborgs” in a “post-biological universe.”

2008 336 pp ., 2 line drawings 978-0-8018-8708-6 $35.00 hardcover

Leonardo on FlightDomenico Laurenza

This beautifully illustrated volume reconstructs the origin of one of the most fascinating and fundamental aspects of Leonardo’s life and work: his dream of human flight.

2007 123 pp ., 200 color illustrations 978-0-8018-8766-6 $�9.95 paperback

The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of GodMassimo Mazzotti

“A welcome contribution to both an understand-ing of Maria Agnesi and life in the 1700s.”

—Choice

2007 240 pp ., 7 halftones 978-0-8018-8709-3 $�9.95 hardcover

Manufacturing RevolutionThe Intellectual Origins of Early American IndustryLawrence A. Peskin

“An exceptional study of the actors, events, and especially the ideas that laid the groundwork for industrialization in the early American republic.”

—Historical Society of Pennsylvania


Civil War IroncladsThe U.S. Navy and Industrial MobilizationWilliam H. Roberts

“The first comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious programs in the history of naval shipbuilding, the Union’s ironclad program dur-ing the Civil War.”

—Journal of Military History

2002 300 pp ., 17 line drawings, 9 halftones 978-0-8018-8751-2 $�5.00 paperback


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ElectronicsThe Life Story of a TechnologyDavid L. Morton Jr. and Joseph Gabriel

A welcome, comprehensive history of one of the late twentieth cen-tury’s greatest technologies: electronic devices.


ComputersThe Life Story of a TechnologyEric G. Swedin and David L. Ferro

Swedin and Ferro offer an accessible short history of the computer, covering its central themes from ancient times to the present day.


Rockets and MissilesThe Life Story of a TechnologyA. Bowdoin Van Riper

Beginning with the origins of rocketry in medieval and early mod-ern Asia, Van Riper traces the history of the technology that led to both the great fear of global warfare and the great excitement of the Space Age.



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Auto MechanicsTechnology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century AmericaKevin L. Borg

“In seven richly detailed chapters, theoretically so-phisticated and attentive to nuances of race, class, and gender, Borg analyzes the changing back-ground, training, and expertise of auto mechanics over the course of the twentieth century.”



Driving WomenFiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century AmericaDeborah Clarke

“By bringing her expertise in literature and wom-en’s studies to bear on automobility, Clarke adds to our understanding of both the lived and the imaginary potential of the automobile in wom-en’s lives.” —Technology and Culture


Rewiring the “Nation”The Place of Technology in American Studiesedited by Carolyn de la Peña and Siva Vaidhyanathan

This special issue of American Quarterly offers a re-reading of the narrative of U.S. technologies as we move to a more complex understanding of the opportunities and responsibilities that befall a nation that interweaves its identities, labors, and creative cultures with its machines.

2007 448 pp ., 26 b&w photographs 978-0-8018-8651-5 $�0.00 paperback

IngeniumFive Machines That Changed the WorldMark Denny

Five historical devices—bow and arrow, water-wheel, trebuchet, pendulum clock anchor escape-ment, and steam engine governor—capture the imagination of physicist Mark Denny. Here he shares not only the history of these influential machines, but how they actually work.


The Horse in the CityLiving Machines in the Nineteenth CenturyClay McShane and Joel A. Tarr

“Presents a rich and complex picture of nineteenth-century urban life. McShane and Tarr have given us a book that is simultaneously an urban social history, a social history of a technology, and an environmental history.”


2007 280 pp ., 32 halftones, 11 line illustrations 978-0-8018-8600-3 $50.00 hardcover

The Machine in AmericaA Social History of Technologysecond edition

Carroll Pursell

“It would be hard to find a better introduction to the history of American technology—or, for that matter, to American history itself.”

—American Heritage of Invention and Technology

2007 416 pp ., 40 halftone illustrations 978-0-8018-8579-2 $��.95 paperback


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Thinking with ObjectsThe Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth CenturyDomenico Bertoloni Meli

Offers a fresh view of the transformation that took place in mechanics during the 17th cen-tury. By giving center stage to objects, Bertoloni Meli provides a unique and comprehensive por-trayal of mechanics as practitioners understood it at the time.

2006 408 pp ., 100 line drawings 978-0-8018-8427-6 $�9.95 paperback

Blind LandingsLow-Visibility Operations in American Aviation, �9�8–�958Erik M. Conway

Conway recounts one of the most important sto-ries in aviation history: the evolution of aircraft landing aids that make landing safe and routine in almost all weather conditions.


How “American” Is Globalization?William H. Marling

“Intriguing analysis of the influence of American technology and culture on foreign societies.”

—Midwest Book Review

2006 248 pp ., 2 line drawings, 3 halftones 978-0-8018-8353-8 $��.95 hardcover

Science and Technology in World HistoryAn Introductionsecond edition

James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn

“This historical account achieves its basic aim of demonstrating that, with the exception of quite recent history, technology has always influenced science, not the other way round.” —Nature

2006 496 pp ., 61 halftones, 66 line drawings 978-0-8018-8360-6 $��.95 paperback

Networked MachinistsHigh-Technology Industries in Antebellum AmericaDavid R. Meyer

Meyer freshly examines the development of skilled-labor exchange systems, showing how in-dividual metalworking sectors grew and moved outward.

2006 328 pp ., 30 line drawings 978-0-8018-8471-9 $�9.95 hardcover

Sound RecordingThe Life Story of a TechnologyDavid L. Morton Jr.

“Morton skillfully blends a basic understanding of the physical principles involved in recording sound waves with an interesting chronological ac-count that examines the cultural and economic issues affecting the development of sound tech-nology.” —Choice



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Nylon and BombsDuPont and the March of Modern AmericaPap A. Ndiayetranslated by Elborg Forster

Ndiaye examines DuPont’s development of nylon, which symbolized a new way of life, and plutonium, which was synonymous with anni-hilation. Reflecting on the experiences and contributions of the com-pany’s engineers and physicists, Ndiaye traces DuPont’s transformation into one of the corporate models of American success.


Cars and CultureThe Life Story of a TechnologyRudi Volti

A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car’s development.


MotorcycleEvolution, Design, PassionMick Walker

“Charts the design and engineering developments that shaped the mod-ern motorcycles . . . Even the mechanically maladroit can enjoy the copious images.” —New Yorker

2006 224 pp ., 300 color photographs 978-0-8018-8530-3 $35.00 hardcover

The Business of Civil WarMilitary Mobilization and the State, �86�–�865Mark R. Wilson

“Wilson says something new and vital about the war by illustrating the role of war and the military in American business and politics. Nothing like it has ever been published.” —Civil War Book Review


Putting Meat on the American TableTaste, Technology, TransformationRoger Horowitz

“Horowitz covers a broad swath of food history in a short and acces-sible book.” —American Historical Review



Albert Meets AmericaHow Journalists Treated Genius during Einstein’s �9�� Travelsedited by József Illy

“Illy has assembled more than 160 press reports of the tour, forming a wonderful record of the media reception of Einstein.”

—Times Literary Supplement


Concepts of SimultaneityFrom Antiquity to Einstein and BeyondMax Jammer

“Excels at clearly explaining subtle but important issues. The book is incisive and valuable; it will appeal not only to historians and philosophers of physics but also to physicists drawn to the ele-ments of special relativity.” —Physics Today

2006 320 pp ., 16 line drawings 978-0-8018-8422-1 $�9.95 hardcover

Science RulesA Historical Introduction to Scientific Methodsedited by Peter Achinstein

Bringing together key primary sources span-ning almost four centuries, Science Rules intro-duces readers to scientific methods that have played a prominent role in the history of scien-tific practice.


The Einstein AlmanacAlice Calaprice

“A surprisingly complete summary of [Einstein’s] publications, all framed by interesting sidelights on the other scientific and world events of the times.” —American Scholar

2004 200 pp ., 80 halftones 978-0-8018-8021-6 $��.95 hardcover

The Einstein ScrapbookZe’ev Rosenkranz

“An engaging kaleidoscope of documents and photographs from Einstein’s personal effects. The collection provides an interesting window through which to view this icon’s scientific, po-litical, and social contributions.”

—Science News

2002 224 pp ., 212 halftones 978-0-8018-7203-7 $��.95 hardcover

Equations from GodPure Mathematics and Victorian FaithDaniel J. Cohen

Cohen captures the origins of the rebirth of ab-stract mathematics in the intellectual quest to rise above common existence and touch the mind of the deity.

2007 256 pp . 978-0-8018-8553-2 $50.00 hardcover


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The Panda’s Black BoxOpening up the Intelligent Design Controversyedited by Nathaniel C. Comfortforeword by Daniel J. Kevlesessays by Nathaniel C. Comfort, Michael Ruse, Scott F. Gilbert, Edward J. Larson, Jane Maienschein, Robert Maxwell Young

Examines the scientific merits of arguments made by evolution’s supporters and opponents alike and challenges assumptions on each side of the debate, engaging both the appeal and dangers of Intelligent Design.

2007 184 pp . 978-0-8018-8599-0 $�0.00 hardcover

Negotiating DarwinThe Vatican Confronts Evolution, �877–�90�Mariano Artigas, Thomas F. Glick, and Rafael A. Martínez

Drawing on primary sources made available to scholars only after the archives of the Holy Office were unsealed in 1998, Negotiating Darwin chron-icles how the Vatican reacted when six Catholics tried to integrate evolution and Christianity in the decades following the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species.


James Joseph SylvesterJewish Mathematician in a Victorian WorldKaren Hunger Parshall

“An important and impressively documented con-tribution to the history of nineteenth-century mathematics.” —Mathematical Reviews


Science and Religion, 400 B.C. to A.D. 1550From Aristotle to CopernicusEdward Grant

“Grant gives his reader a good sense of the main trends and the rich tapestry of medieval thought.”—Journal of the Association of Christians in the

Mathematical Sciences

2006 328 pp ., 22 halftones, 5 line drawings 978-0-8018-8401-6 $��.00 paperback

Science and Religion, 1450–1900From Copernicus to DarwinRichard G. Olson

“The book does an excellent job of documenting the complex tangle of interconnections between religious thought and scientific work during this time period.”—Journal of the Association of Christians in the

Mathematical Sciences


Arthur CayleyMathematician Laureate of the Victorian AgeTony Crilly

“Crilly’s book is a beautifully written account of Cayley’s life and of British mathematics in the 19th century.”

—London Mathematical Society Newsletter



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Six Legs BetterA Cultural History of MyrmecologyCharlotte Sleigh

“A lively and erudite storyteller, Sleigh vividly portrays the fluidity between scientific genres and between the sciences and the humanities . . . read-ing the book is like peering into an ant farm to watch the construction of an intricate and com-plex nest.” —American Scientist


Nature ExposedPhotography as Eyewitness in Victorian ScienceJennifer Tucker

“The strength of the book lies in Tucker’s analysis of the broad historical context in which scientific photography emerged in Victorian Britain.”

—Science


Nature RevealedSelected Writings, �9�9–�006Edward O. Wilson

“Edward Wilson is among the great scientists, thinkers, and authors of my lifetime. In this book he gathers and places in context his own key writ-ings from 1949 to the present. The result is both a moving book and a treasure for those interested in science and history.”

—Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel


Death Rode the RailsAmerican Railroad Accidents and Safety, �8�8–�965Mark Aldrich

“A fascinating account of one of America’s most important industries and its dangers.”

—Scale Rails


722 MilesThe Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New YorkCentennial Edition

Clifton Hood

Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twenti-eth century.

2004 336 pp ., 36 illustrations, 5 maps 978-0-8018-8054-4 $�8.95 paperback

Leonardo to the InternetTechnology and Culture from the Renaissance to the PresentThomas J. Misa

“This is a short, well-researched, well-written study that makes understandable to a wide audi-ence the close ties that have existed between in-dustry and culture from the Renaissance to the present.” —Industrial Archaeology

2004 352 pp ., 49 illustrations 978-0-8018-7809-1 $�9.95 paperback


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The Papers of Thomas A. EdisonElectrifying New York and Abroad, April �88�–March �883Volume 6

edited by Paul B. Israel, Louis Carlat, David Hochfelder, Theresa M. Collins, and Brian C. Shipley

This volume of The Papers chronicles Edison’s central role in the enormous effort to manufac-ture, market, and install electric lighting systems in the United States and abroad.


Working at InventingThomas A. Edison and the Menlo Park Experienceedited by William S. Pretzer

“A fascinating book . . . Definitely recommended reading for Edison collectors.” —In the Groove2002 144 pp ., 80 halftones, 27 line drawings 978-0-8018-6890-0 $�5.00 paperback

The Electric GuitarA History of an American Iconedited by André Millard

“One will be intrigued by the abundance of tidbits and pieces of little-known guitar-oriented trivia . . . A worthy contribution to historical, socio-logical, and musicological scholarship.”

—Southern Historian

2004 248 pp ., 35 color, 12 b&w illustrations 978-0-8018-7862-6 $�5.00 hardcover


Technology

Right Stuff, Wrong SexAmerica’s First Women in Space ProgramMargaret A. Weitekamp

Winner, 2005 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, American Astronautical Society

This is the definitive historical look at NASA’s efforts to recruit women astronauts.


Black Inventors in the Age of SegregationGranville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer, and Shelby J. DavidsonRayvon Fouché

“Fouché documents the struggles of these black inventors and dismantles several myths surround-ing their lives.” —Technology and Culture

2003 240 pp ., 33 illustrations 978-0-8018-8270-8 $��.00 paperback

From Warfare to WelfareDefense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War AmericaJennifer S. Light

“A compelling historical narrative that exposes a little-known linkage between defense and civilian affairs: the urban-planning applications of tech-nologies and management styles that were devel-oped originally for national defense.”—Journal of Planning Education and Research



Medicine and Health Care in Early ChristianityGary B. Ferngren

Ferngren provides a comprehensive historical ac-count of medicine and medical philanthropy in early Christianity that goes beyond earlier special-ized studies. He draws both on New Testament studies and on recent scholarship on the expan-sion of the Christian church to explain the role that medicine played in the earliest centuries of Christian healing.

The Evolution of ObesityMichael L. Power and Jay Schulkin

Simple, clear, and supported by the evidence they present, Power and Schulkin offer a view of obesity that is at once fascinating and empow-ering. This book makes the first true attempt to provide a complete synthesis of the connection between human evolution and obesity, pulling together a coherent picture based on the vast obesity literature.

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Bodies in DoubtAn American History of IntersexElizabeth Reis

Researching the medical and popular literature referring to cases on intersexuality or hermaphro-ditism, Reis explores American concepts of sexu-ality and gender identity from the colonial period to the late twentieth century.

Deliver Me from PainAnesthesia and Birth in AmericaJacqueline H. Wolf

Women today fear childbirth more than they did twenty-five or even a hundred years ago. Wolf asserts that this “terror of pain” has become the motivating force behind women’s decisions about the use of obstetric anesthesia, contributing to the dramatic increase in epidural use and the aban-donment of natural childbirth.

The Collectors of Lost SoulsTurning Kuru Scientists into WhitemenWarwick Anderson

This riveting account of medical detective work traces the story of kuru, a fatal brain disease, and the pioneering scientists who spent decades searching for its cause. This astonishing story links sorcery with science; cannibalism with compas-sion; and slow viruses with infectious proteins, reshaping our understanding of what it means to do science.


Three Generations, No ImbecilesEugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. BellPaul A. Lombardo

A chronicle of the 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, which approved laws allowing states to per-form involuntary sterilization on its citizens. This book tracks the career of Buck v. Bell in American memory, as a potent symbol of government con-trol of reproduction and a troubling precedent in the human genome era.


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Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicineedited by Ellen S. More, Elizabeth Fee, and Manon Parry

Examines the wide-ranging careers and diverse lives of American women physicians, shedding light on their struggles for equality, professional accomplishment, and personal happiness over the past 150 years.


Making Cancer HistoryDisease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterJames S. Olson

The history of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center vividly reveals how cancer treatment in Ameri-ca has changed since the middle of the twenti-eth century.


Mary Elizabeth GarrettSociety and Philanthropy in the Gilded AgeKathleen Waters Sander

Mary Elizabeth Garrett was one of the most in-fluential philanthropists and women activists of the Gilded Age, contributing the endowment that established the Johns Hopkins School of Medi-cine. With Mary’s legacy all but forgotten, Sander recounts in impressive detail the life and times of this remarkable woman.


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The Fertility DoctorJohn Rock and the Reproductive RevolutionMargaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner

Marsh and Ronner tell the fascinating story of the man who first showed that human in vitro fertilization was possible. The first scholars to have access to John Rock’s personal papers, they offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution.


Psychedelic PsychiatryLSD from Clinic to CampusErika Dyck

Tells the tale of medical researchers working at the edge of psychopharmacology to understand LSD’s therapeutic usefulness just as escalating cultural anxieties about drug abuse in modern society laid the groundwork for the end of such experimentation.


Happy Pills in AmericaFrom Miltown to ProzacDavid Herzberg

With a barrage of “ask your doctor about” adver-tisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercializa-tion of medicine has transformed American cul-ture since the end of World War II.


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Perverse RomanticismAesthetics and Sexuality in Britain, �750–�83�Richard C. Sha

At the nexus of Kantian aesthetics, literary analysis, and the history of medicine, Sha’s revealing study considers how science shaped notions of sexuality, reproduction, and gender in the Romantic period.


Asklepios, Medicine, and the Politics of Healing in Fifth-Century GreeceBetween Craft and CultBronwen L. Wickkiser

Delving deeply into ancient medical history, Wickkiser explores the ear-ly development and later spread of the cult of Asklepios, one of the most popular healing gods in the ancient Mediterranean.


New in Paperback

Conceiving Risk, Bearing ResponsibilityFetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Diagnosis of Moral DisorderElizabeth M. Armstrong

“A welcome and long overdue critique of the knowledge production in the United States sur-rounding alcohol use by pregnant women and the diagnostic category of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).” —Social History


Prescribing by NumbersDrugs and the Definition of DiseaseJeremy A. Greene

“One of the best, and most significant, books published recently on the development of med-ical practice and the pharmaceutical industry in the USA in the second half of the twentieth century.” —Social History of Medicine


Neonatal BioethicsThe Moral Challenges of Medical InnovationJohn D. Lantos, M.D., and William L. Meadow, M.D., Ph.D.

“With neonatology as a case study, they take us well beyond the confines of this new field to ex-amine broader issues in medical innovation . . . Insightful and thought provoking.”

—New England Journal of Medicine


Moments of Truth in Genetic MedicineSusan Lindee

“These fascinating, well-written stories portray what it is like to work in human or medical ge-netics, both in the clinic and as a researcher.”

—Nature

2005 288 pp ., 1 line drawing, 7 halftones 978-0-8018-9101-4 $�5.00 paperback


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Cancer in the Twentieth Centuryedited by David Cantor

Focuses on the history of cancer prevention and treatment in Britain and the U.S. in the 20th century, revising the standard story that these pro-grams developed similarly in the two countries.

2008 368 pp ., 5 halftones, 1 line drawing 978-0-8018-8867-0 $�5.00 paperback

Hope and SufferingChildren, Cancer, and the Paradox of Experimental MedicineGretchen Krueger

Krueger’s poignant narrrative explores how doctors, families, and the pub-lic interpreted the experience of childhood cancer from the 1930s through the 1970s. Pairing the transformation of childhood cancer from killer to curable disease with the personal experiences of young patients and their families, Krueger illuminates the twin realities of hope and suffering.


Galen and the Rhetoric of HealingSusan P. Mattern

Examining Galen’s professional interactions in the context of the world in which he lived and practiced, Mattern provides a fresh perspective on a foundational figure in medicine and valuable insight into how doctors thought about their patients and their practice in the ancient world.

2008 300 pp . 978-0-8018-8835-9 $55.00 hardcover

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Dropsy, Dialysis, TransplantA Short History of Failing KidneysSteven J. Peitzman

Joining the clinician’s perspective with the his-torian’s analysis, this fascinating chronicle offers insight into how diseases are defined, categorized, and understood and explains current concepts of how kidney disease behaves and how modern therapy works.

2007 240 pp . 2 color photographs, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings 978-0-8018-8734-5 $��.95 hardcover

ManiaA Short History of Bipolar DisorderDavid Healy

This provocative history of bipolar disorder il-luminates how perceptions of illness, if not the illnesses themselves, are mutable over time. This lucid and engaging overview of mania sheds new light on one of humankind’s most vexing ailments.

2008 320 pp ., 6 line illustrations 978-0-8018-8822-9 $��.95 hardcover

The Making of a Tropical DiseaseA Short History of MalariaRandall M. Packard

“A short, well-written, and exceptionally well-documented history and commentary on the possible control—and, hopefully, eradication—of one of the world’s major diseases.” —JAMA


Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease



The Medicalization of SocietyOn the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable DisordersPeter Conrad

Conrad examines the emergence of and changes in medicalization, the consequences of the ex-panding medical domain, and the implications for health and society.

2007 224 pp . 978-0-8018-8585-3 $�0.00 paperback

Intensely HumanThe Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil WarMargaret Humphreys

Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers. Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time.


Our Present ComplaintAmerican Medicine, Then and NowCharles E. Rosenberg

“Rosenberg offers a historian’s perspective on how society came to be in its current medical predica-ment. Deeply informed and informative, this work illustrates why Rosenberg is rightly regarded as the dean of American medical historians.”

—Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine

2007 224 pp . 978-0-8018-8716-1 $�9.95 paperback

Leprosy in Premodern MedicineA Malady of the Whole BodyLuke Demaitre

“To date, the most thorough examination of how contemporaries understood leprosy and dealt with its sufferers.” —Apria Healthcare

2007 344 pp ., 19 illustrations 978-0-8018-8613-3 $�5.00 hardcover

The Estrogen ElixirA History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in AmericaElizabeth Siegel Watkins

“Much has been written about post-menopausal estrogen therapy . . . This wonderful book tells the story.” —New England Journal of Medicine

2007 368 pp . 978-0-8018-8602-7 $�5.00 hardcover

Self, Senility, and Alzheimer’s Disease in Modern AmericaA HistoryJesse F. Ballenger

“A powerful, lucid account . . . Ballenger can be congratulated for a truly fascinating exploration of aging and senility.” —Medical History

2006 256 pp . 978-0-8018-8276-0 $�3.00 hardcover

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The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and GermsDavid S. Barnes

“A well-developed study in medically related social history, it tells an intriguing tale and prompts us to ask how our own cultural contexts affect our views and actions regarding environmental and infections scourges here and now.”

—New England Journal of Medicine

2006 328 pp ., 4 line drawings, 11 halftones 978-0-8018-8349-1 $35.00 hardcover

Epidemics Laid LowA History of What Happened in Rich CountriesPatrice Bourdelaistranslated by Bart K. Holland

Bourdelais analyzes the history of disease epi-demics in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present.


Better But Not WellMental Health Policy in the United States since �950Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Gliedforeword by Rosalynn Carter

“The authors are true to their word in providing an excellent overview of changes in the last 50 years. They provide compelling evidence that the con-dition of many, if not most, persons with mental illness has improved during that period.”

—JAMA

2006 208 pp ., 13 line illustrations 978-0-8018-8443-6 $��.95 paperback

When Illness Goes PublicCelebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine Barron H. Lerner

“Lerner has created a powerful prism through his thoughtful exploration of celebrity illness, high-lighting societal and cultural forces that widely affect public and private health care decisions.”

—JAMA

2006 352 pp ., 13 b&w illustrations 978-0-8018-8462-7 $�5.00 hardcover

Pneumonia Before AntibioticsTherapeutic Evolution and Evaluation in Twentieth-Century AmericaScott H. Podolsky

“This thoroughly documented, carefully written book is a landmark analysis . . . It should be read by everyone who is involved in research and ther-apeutic development.” —JAMA


The Troubled Dream of Genetic MedicineEthnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell DiseaseKeith Wailoo and Stephen Pemberton

Winner, Association of American Publishers’ Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award in History of Science

“Concise and well-argued . . . Essential reading for anyone interested in genetics, disease, and the meaning of race.” —Science

2006 264 pp . 978-0-8018-8326-2 $��.95 paperback


Our Shared LegacyNursing Education at Johns Hopkins, �889–�006edited by Mame Warren

in association with the Johns Hopkins Nurses’ Alumni Association

“Though interesting as local history, Our Shared Legacy’s poignancy comes from the anecdotes and interviews with Hopkins nurses.”

—Baltimore City Paper

2006 320 pp . 99 color illustrations, 260 halftones 978-0-8018-8473-3 $50.00 hardcover

Private PracticeIn the Early Twentieth-Century Medical Office of Dr. Richard CabotChristopher Crenner

“An important book, thoroughly researched and documented . . . Readers interested in the soci-ology of medicine will find that Cabot’s private practice yields new insights.”

—New England Quarterly

2005 320 pp ., 10 halftones, 1 line drawing 978-0-8018-8117-6 $�8.00 hardcover

Health Security for AllDreams of Universal Health Care in AmericaAlan Derickson

“Required reading for those interested in the life and death of health policy initiatives . . . Valuable primer on health policy.” —JAMA

2005 256 pp . 978-0-8018-8081-0 $30.00 hardcover

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Alcoholism in AmericaFrom Reconstruction to ProhibitionSarah W. Tracy

“Meticulous and smart . . . An important contri-bution to the field of alcohol and temperance history.” —American Historical Review

2005 384 pp . 978-0-8018-8620-1 $�3.00 paperback

Twenty-First Century PlagueThe Story of SARSThomas Abraham

“A ringside account of the world’s recent encoun-ter with the emerging infectious disease SARS. Engagingly written by an accomplished journal-ist.” —American Scientist

2004 176 pp ., 12 illustrations 978-0-8018-8632-4 $�8 .95 paperback

The Great PlagueThe Story of London’s Most Deadly YearA. Lloyd Moote and Dorothy C. Moote

“In this excellent book, husband and wife Lloyd and Dorothy Moote . . . have brilliantly captured the human, medical, and political dimensions of the Great Plague in London and the surround-ing areas.” —New England Journal of Medicine

2004 384 pp ., 20 b&w illustrations 978-0-8018-8493-1 $�8.95 paperback


Classic Titles in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Inventing FlightThe Wright Brothers and Their PredecessorsJohn D. Anderson, Jr.


The DOsOsteopathic Medicine in Americasecond edition

Norman Gevitz


Locating Medical HistoryThe Stories and Their Meaningsedited by Frank Huisman and John Harley Warner

2004 520 pp ., 4 line drawings 978-0-8018-8548-8 $30.00 paperback

The Carriage TradeMaking Horse-Drawn Vehicles in AmericaThomas A. Kinney

2004 400 pp ., 12 line drawings, 15 halftones 978-0-8018-7946-3 $5�.00 hardcover

The Electric VehicleTechnology and Expectations in the Automobile AgeGijs Mom


Emerging Illnesses and SocietyNegotiating the Public Health Agendaedited by Randall M. Packard, Peter J. Brown, Ruth Berkelman, and Howard Frumkin

2004 432 pp ., 6 line drawings 978-0-8018-7942-5 $5�.00 hardcover

Experimenting with Humans and AnimalsFrom Galen to Animal RightsAnita Guerrini


Inventing the Cotton Gin Machine and Myth in Antebellum AmericaAngela Lakwete


Gender and TechnologyA Readeredited by Nina E. Lerman, Ruth Oldenziel, and Arwen P. Mohun


The New York, Susquehanna & Western RailroadRobert E. Mohowski


To the Digital AgeResearch Labs, Start-up Companies, and the Rise of MOS TechnologyRoss Knox Bassett


IconoclastAbraham Flexner and a Life in LearningThomas Neville Bonner


Music and Technology in the Twentieth Centuryedited by Hans-Joachim Braun


Science and ReligionA Historical Introductionedited by Gary B. Ferngren

2002 416 pp . 978-0-8018-7038-5 $��.95 paperback

Royal Blue LineThe Classic B&O Train between Washington and New YorkHerbert H. Harwood, Jr.with a new foreword by Courtney B. Wilson

2002 200 pp . 200 halftones, 25 line drawings, 16-page color insert 978-0-8018-7061-3 $�5.00 paperback


Valuing AnimalsVeterinarians and Their Patients in Modern AmericaSusan D. Jones


Never Leave Well Enough AloneRaymond Loewywith a new introduction by Glenn Porter


Between Human and MachineFeedback, Control, and Computing before CyberneticsDavid A. Mindell


War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS MonitorDavid A. Mindell


Oliver HeavisideThe Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian AgePaul J. Nahin

2002 360 pp ., 49 halftones, 13 line drawings 978-0-8018-6909-9 $30.00 paperback

Bathsheba’s BreastWomen, Cancer, and HistoryJames S. Olson

2002 320 pp . 978-0-8018-8064-3 $�6.95 paperback

Flight in AmericaFrom the Wrights to the Astronautsthird edition

Roger E. Bilstein

2001 416 pp ., 126 halftones 978-0-8018-6685-2 $��.95 paperback

Zeppelin!Germany and the Airship, �900–�939Guillaume de Syon


The Science of ConjectureEvidence and Probability before PascalJames Franklin

2001 512 pp . 978-0-8018-7109-2 $�5.00 paperback

Openness, Secrecy, AuthorshipTechnical Arts and the Culture of Knowledge from Antiquity to the RenaissancePamela O. Long


Water Technology in the Middle AgesCities, Monasteries, and Waterworks after the Roman EmpireRoberta J. Magnusson

2001 256 pp ., 12 line drawings, 24 halftones 978-0-8018-6626-5 $�5.00 hardcover

High PerformanceThe Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, �950–�000revised edition

Robert C. Post


Grand Central TerminalRailroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York CityKurt C. Schlichting

2001 264 pp ., 6 line drawings, 82 halftones 978-0-8018-6510-7 $�8.00 hardcover

Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865–1945William M. McBride


Bioethics in AmericaOrigins and Cultural PoliticsM. L. Tina Stevens

2000 224 pp . 978-0-8018-7448-2 $�3.95 paperback

Classic Titles


Brush with DeathA Social History of Lead PoisoningChristian Warren


In Sickness and in WealthAmerican Hospitals in the Twentieth CenturyRosemary Stevens

1999 472 pp . 978-0-8018-6049-2 $�5.00 paperback

Louis PasteurPatrice Debrétranslated by Elborg Forster


The Technology of Orgasm“Hysteria,” the Vibrator, and Women’s Sexual SatisfactionRachel P. Maines


On the PillA Social History of Oral Contraceptives, �950–�970Elizabeth Siegel Watkins


Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance EuropeGunpowder, Technology, and TacticsBert S. Hall


. . . the Heavens and the EarthA Political History of the Space AgeWalter A. McDougall

1997 584 pp ., 25 b&w illustrations 978-0-8018-5748-5 $�3.95 paperback

Yesterday’s TomorrowsPast Visions of the American FutureJoseph J. Corn and Brian Horrigan


Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called ParacelsusParacelsusedited by Henry E. Sigerest

1996 256 pp . 978-0-8018-5523-8 $��.95 paperback

The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831–1915A Study in American Industrial PracticeJohn K. Brown


ThirteenThe Apollo Flight That FailedHenry S. F. Cooper, Jr.

1995 208 pp . 978-0-8018-5097-4 $�8.95 paperback

A Nation of SteelThe Making of Modern America, �865–�9�5Thomas J. Misa


The Care of StrangersThe Rise of America’s Hospital SystemCharles E. Rosenberg

1995 456 pp . 978-0-8018-5082-0 $�5.00 paperback

Cleansing the FatherlandNazi Medicine and Racial HygieneGötz Aly, Peter Chroust, and Christian Pross, M.D.translated by Belinda Cooperforeword by Michael H. Kater

1994 312 pp . 978-0-8018-4824-7 $�9.95 paperback

Subjected to ScienceHuman Experimentation in America before the Second World WarSusan E. Lederer

1994 216 pp . 978-0-8018-5709-6 $�0.95 paperback

Classic Titles


Inside NASAHigh Technology and Organizational Change in the U.S. Space ProgramHoward E. McCurdy

1993 232 pp . 978-0-8018-4975-6 $�5.00 paperback

The Space Station DecisionIncremental Politics and Technological ChoiceHoward E. McCurdy


A History of Public Healthexpanded edition

George Rosen

1993 632 pp . 978-0-8018-4645-8 $�3.95 paperback

Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and ChristiansOwsei Temkin

1991 336 pp . 978-0-8018-5129-2 $�5.95 paperback

The Double Face of Janus and Other Essays in the History of MedicineOwsei Temkin

1977 560 pp . 978-0-8018-8547-1 $35.00 paperback

The Falling SicknessA History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern NeurologyOwsei Temkin

1971 488 pp . 978-0-8018-4849-0 $30.00 paperback

What Engineers Know and How They Know ItAnalytical Studies from Aeronautical HistoryWalter G. Vincenti


Control through CommunicationThe Rise of System in American ManagementJoAnne Yates

1989 368 pp ., 50 illustrations 978-0-8018-4613-7 $��.95 paperback

Other HealersUnorthodox Medicine in Americaedited by Norman Gevitz

1988 324 pp . 978-0-8018-3710-4 $�5.00 paperback

From the American System to Mass Production, 1800–1932The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United StatesDavid Hounshell

1984 440 pp . 978-0-8018-3158-4 $�8.95 paperback

Networks of PowerElectrification in Western Society, �880–�930Thomas Parker Hughes

1983 488 pp ., 226 illustrations 978-0-8018-4614-4 $39.95 paperback

Stronger than a Hundred MenA History of the Vertical Water WheelTerry S. Reynolds


A Short History of Medicinerevised edition

Erwin H. Ackerknecht

1982 304 pp . 978-0-8018-2726-6 $�0.95 paperback

A History of the Thermometer and Its Use in MeteorologyW. E. Knowles Middleton

1966 262 pp ., 90 Illustrations 978-0-8018-7153-5 $�5.00 paperback

The History of the BarometerW. E. Knowles Middleton

1964 511 pp ., 196 Illustrations 978-0-8018-7154-2 $�5.00 paperback

Classic Titles


Abraham, Twenty-First Century Plague 24Achinstein, Science Rules 14Ackerknecht, A Short History of Medicine 28Aldrich, Death Rode the Rails 16Alexander, The Mantra of Efficiency 8Aly, Cleansing the Fatherland 27Anderson, The Collectors of Lost Souls 18Anderson, Inventing Flight 25Angulo, William Barton Rogers and the Idea of MIT 4Armstrong, Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility 20Artigas, Negotiating Darwin 15Ballenger, Self, Senility, and Alzheimer’s Disease in Modern America 22Barnes, The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs 23Bassett, To the Digital Age 25Berra, Charles Darwin 4Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects 12Bilstein, Flight in America 26Bonner, Iconoclast 25Borg, Auto Mechanics 11Bourdelais, Epidemics Laid Low 23Braun, Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century 25Brown, The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831–1915 27Brown, The Corporate Eye 5Burdick, Mathematical Works Printed in the Americas, 1554–1700 4Calaprice, The Einstein Almanac 14Cantor, Cancer in the Twentieth Century 21Casey, The Model T 7Cassidy, Horse People 8Cevasco, Modern American Environmentalists 2Clark, God—or Gorilla 7Clarke, Driving Women 11Clarsen, Eat My Dust 4Cohen, Equations from God 14Comfort, The Panda’s Black Box 15Conrad, The Medicalization of Society 22Conway, Atmospheric Science at NASA 4Conway, Blind Landings 12Conway, High-Speed Dreams 5Cooper, Thirteen 27Corn, Yesterday’s Tomorrows 27Crenner, Private Practice 24Crilly, Arthur Cayley 15Crouch, Lighter Than Air 2de la Peña, Rewiring the “Nation” 11de Syon, Zeppelin! 26Debré, Louis Pasteur 27DeLuzio, Female Adolescence in American Scientific Thought, 1830–1930 8Demaitre, Leprosy in Premodern Medicine 22

Denny, Ingenium 11Derickson, Health Security for All 24Dickson, A Dictionary of the Space Age 2Downey, Closed Captioning 8Dyck, Psychedelic Psychiatry 19Edison, The Papers of Thomas A. Edison 17Ferngren, Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity 18Ferngren, Science and Religion 25Fouché, Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation 17Frank, Better But Not Well 23Franklin, The Science of Conjecture 26Freidenfelds, The Modern Period 2Geschwind, California Earthquakes 6Gevitz, The DOs 25Gevitz, Other Healers 28Goodman, Useful Bodies 6Grant, Science and Religion, 400 B.C. to A.D. 1550 15Greene, Prescribing by Numbers 20Guerrini, Experimenting with Humans and Animals 25Guy, When Champagne Became French 8Hacker, American Military Technology 8Hall, Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe 27Harwood, Royal Blue Line 25Healy, Mania 21Heide, Punched Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880–1945 2Herzberg, Happy Pills in America 19Hood, 722 Miles 16Horowitz, Putting Meat on the American Table 13Hounshell, From the American System to Mass Production, 1800–1932 28Hughes, Networks of Power 28Huisman, Locating Medical History 25Humphreys, Intensely Human 22Illy, Albert Meets America 14Jammer, Concepts of Simultaneity 14Jones, Valuing Animals 26Josephson, Motorized Obsessions 9Kidwell, Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, 1800–2000 7Kingsland, The Evolution of American Ecology, 1890–2000 5Kinney, Airplanes 4Kinney, The Carriage Trade 25Krueger, Hope and Suffering 21Lakwete, Inventing the Cotton Gin 25Lantos, Neonatal Bioethics 20Launius, Robots in Space 9Laurenza, Leonardo on Flight 9Lederer, Subjected to Science 27Leibowitz, Hidden Harmony 7

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Lerman, Gender and Technology 25Lerner, When Illness Goes Public 23Lewis, Eddie Rickenbacker 6Light, From Warfare to Welfare 17Light, The Nature of Cities 3Lindee, Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine 20Livingstone, Adam’s Ancestors 7Loewy, Never Leave Well Enough Alone 26Lombardo, Three Generations, No Imbeciles 18Long, Openness, Secrecy, Authorship 26Lucier, Scientists and Swindlers 5Lucsko, The Business of Speed 5Magnusson, Water Technology in the Middle Ages 26Magoun, Television 3Mahar, Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood 6Maines, The Technology of Orgasm 27Marling, How “American” Is Globalization? 12Marrs, Railroads in the Old South 3Marsh, The Fertility Doctor 19Martínez, Kinematics 3Mattern, Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing 21Mazzotti, The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of God 9McBride, Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865–1945 26McClellan, Science and Technology in World History 12McCurdy, Inside NASA 28McCurdy, The Space Station Decision 28McDougal, . . . the Heavens and the Earth 27McShane, The Horse in the City 11Meyer, Networked Machinists 12Middleton, The History of the Barometer 28Middleton, A History of the Thermometer and Its Use in Meteorology 28Millard, The Electric Guitar 17Mindell, Between Human and Machine 26Mindell, War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor 26Misa, Leonardo to the Internet 16Misa, A Nation of Steel 27Mohowski, The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad 25Mom, The Electric Vehicle 25Moote, The Great Plague 24More, Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicine 19Morton, Electronics 10Morton, Sound Recording 12Myers-Shirk, Helping the Good Shepherd 3Nahin, Oliver Heaviside 26Ndiaye, Nylon and Bombs 13Nocks, The Robot 5Olson, Bathsheba’s Breast 26Olson, Making Cancer History 19

Olson, Science and Religion, 1450–1900 15Packard, Emerging Illnesses and Society 25Packard, The Making of a Tropical Disease 21Paracelsus, Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus 27Parshall, James Joseph Sylvester 15Pauly, Firearms 7Peitzman, Dropsy, Dialysis, Transplant 21Peskin, Manufacturing Revolution 9Podolsky, Pneumonia Before Antibiotics 23Post, High Performance 26Power, The Evolution of Obesity 18Pretzer, Working at Inventing 17Pursell, The Machine in America 11Reis, Bodies in Doubt 18Reynolds, Stronger than a Hundred Men 28Roberts, Civil War Ironclads 9Rosen, A History of Public Health 28Rosenberg, The Care of Strangers 27Rosenberg, Our Present Complaint 22Rosenkranz, The Einstein Scrapbook 14Rothfels, Savages and Beasts 6Sander, Mary Elizabeth Garrett 19Schlichting, Grand Central Terminal 26Sha, Perverse Romanticism 20Sleigh, Six Legs Better 16Stevens, Bioethics in America 26Stevens, In Sickness and in Wealth 27Swedin, Computers 10Temkin, The Double Face of Janus and Other Essays in the History of Medicine 28Temkin, The Falling Sickness 28Temkin, Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians 28Thomson, Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age 3Tracy, Alcoholism in America 24Tucker, Nature Exposed 16Van Riper, Rockets and Missiles 10Vincenti, What Engineers Know and How They Know It 28Volti, Cars and Culture 13Wailoo, The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine 23Walker, Motorcycle 13Warren, Brush with Death 27Warren, Our Shared Legacy 24Watkins, The Estrogen Elixir 22Watkins, On the Pill 27Weitekamp, Right Stuff, Wrong Sex 17Wickkiser, Asklepios, Medicine, and the Politics of Healing in Fifth-Century Greece 20Wilson, Nature Revealed 16Wilson, The Business of Civil War 13Wolf, Deliver Me from Pain 18Yates, Control through Communication 28Yates, Structuring the Information Age 6

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