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The British Journal

for the

History of Science

November 1978

Volume XI Part 3 No 39

Published by

The British Society for the History of Science

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O F F I C E R S A N D C O U N C I L OF T H E B R I T I S H S O C I E T Y

FOR T H E H I S T O R Y OF S C I E N C E

1978-79

President: D R W. H. BROCK

Vice-Presidents: M R H. G. L. BEVAN
PROFESSOR A. R. HALL

M R J. B. MORRELL

LT-CDR D. W. WATERS

Hon. Secretary: D R W. F. BYNUM

Hon. Treasurer: M R G. L'E. TURNER

Hon. Editor: D R N. W. FISHER

Hon. Programme Secretary:
D R A. M. DUNCAN

Council: D R B. BRACEOIRDLE
M R D. J. BRYDEN

D R G. N. CANTOR

M R A. CHAPMAN

PROFESSOR A. J. MEADOWS

M R R. H. NAYLOR

D R J. V. PlCKSTONB
D R G. K. ROBERTS

D R W. F. RYAN

D R S. A. SHAPIN

D R C. W. SMITH

D R R. SMITH

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The British Journal

for the

History of Science

November 1978 Volume X I Part 3 No 39

CONTENTS

A r i s t o t l e ' s S u b o r d i n a t e S c i e n c e s . R I C H A R D D . M C K I R A H A N . . 1 9 7

T h e I m p o r t a n c e o f F r e n c h T r a n s f o r m i s t I d e a s for t h e S e c o n d V o l u m e

o f L y e l l ' s Principles of Geology. P I E T R O C O R S I . . . . 2 2 1

P o l y h e d r a a n d t h e A b o m i n a t i o n s o f L e v i t i c u s . D A V I D B L O O R . . 2 4 5

E s s a y R e v i e w :

T h e H i s t o r y o f M o l e c u l a r B i o l o g y . E D W A R D Y O X E N . . . 2 7 3

B o o k R e v i e w s (for d e t a i l s s e e n e x t p a g e ) . . . . . 2 8 0

B o o k s R e c e i v e d . . . . . . . . . 2 9 7

N o t e s o n C o n t r i b u t o r s . . . . . . . . 2 9 9

R e p o r t o f C o u n c i l . . . . . . . . . 3 0 0

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ESSAY REVIEW
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R O B E R T O L B Y , The path to the double helix: rev. b y E D W A R D Y O X E N 273
F R A N K L I N H . P O R T U G A L & J A C K S. C O H E N , A century ofDNA: a history of the discovery of the

structure and function of the genetic substance: rev. by E D W A R D YOXEN 273

GENERAL B O O K R E V I E W S
S T E N L I N D R O T H , A history of Uppsala University, 1477-1977: rev. by J . B. M O R R E L L 286

MEDICINE
E . A S H W O R T H UNDERWOOD, Boerhaave's men at Leyden and after: rev. by R O G E R F R E N C H 287
N O E L & J O S E P A R R Y , The rise of the medical profession: a study of collective social mobility:
rev. b y K A R L F I G L I O 287

SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
S I L V I O A . B E D I N I , Thinkers and tinkers: early American men of science: rev. by G. L ' E .
T U R N E R 289
J O H N R . M I L L B U R N , Benjamin Martin: author, instrument-maker, and 'country showman':
rev. b y D . J . B R Y D E N 290

MIDDLE AGES
N I C H O L A S H . STENECK, Science and creation in the middle ages: Henry of Langenstein (d 1397)
on Genesis: rev. b y G O R D O N L E F F 291
J . D . N O R T H , Richard of Wallingford: rev. by A . G. M O L L A N D 293

RENAISSANCE
P A U L L A W R E N C E R O S E , The Italian renaissance of mathematics: studies on humanists and
mathematicians from Petrarch to Galileo: rev. by A . G. K E L L E R 295
FRANCIS M A D D I S O N , M A R G A R E T PELLING, & C H A R L E S WEBSTER (Eds.), Essays on the
life and works of Thomas Linacre, c. 1460-1524: rev. by W I L L I A M P. D . WIGHTMAN 296

SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
ISAAC N E W T O N , Correspondence, vol. vi: 1713-1718. Ed. by A. R U P E R T H A L L & L A U R A
T I L L I N G : rev. by G. BURNISTON BROWN 298

NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES
O W E N C H A D W I C K , The secularization of the European mind in the nineteenth century: rev.
b y E. S. S H A F F E R 2g8
M . V A L T & T . ILOMETS (Compilers), Folia Baeriana I: rev. by W I L M A G E O R G E 300

THE WELLCOME TRUST

Research Grants for Studies
in the History of Medicine

The Wellcome Trustees invite applications for grants from post-doctoral
scholars with historical training, whoare currently associated with a university
department in Britain and actively engaged in independent research.

Fellowships of up to t w o years will be considered to enable applicants to
undertake a specific research programme related to some aspect of the history
of medicine or medical science. By arrangement with the appropriate
authorities, applicants with university posts could take a period of research
leave and the cost of a temporary replacement be funded by the Wellcome
Trust.

Applicants are asked to put forward their case in a letter of not more than two
foolscap pages. A curriculum vitae and, in the case of unestablished workers,
the name of a suitably qualified person who has agreed to supervise the
research, must also be provided.

The closing date for applications is 31st March, and they should be sent to:-

The Grants Section (HOM), The Wellcome Trust,
1 Park Square West, London NW1 4LJ.

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