> I am currently soliciting book reviews for upcoming issues of the HOPOS
> (History of Philosophy of Science Working Group) Newsletter.
> Some of these books are more solidly in a philosophy *or* history vein--in
> any case please be prepared to write a review from the perspective of the
> history of philosophy of science. Here are the latest books received, plus
> a few previous offerings (with no earlier takers):
> 1. Stefano Poggi, Introduzione a il Positivismo (3rd edition) (Editori
> Laterza, 1999).
> 2. Susana Gomez Lopez, Le Passioni degli Atomi - Montanari e Rossetti:
> una polemica tra galileiani (Leo S. Olschki, 1997).
> 3. Benedino Gemelli, Aspetti dell'Atomismo Classico nella Filosofia de
> Francis Bacon e nel Seicento (Leo S. Olschki, 1996).
> 4. James Lennox, Aristotle's Philosophy of Biology, Cambridge University
> Press, 2000.
> 5. Andrew Barker, Scientific Method in Ptolemy's 'Harmonics', Cambridge
> University Press, 2001.
> 6. James H. Fetzer (ed), Science, Explanation, and Rationality: The
> Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel, Oxford University Press, 2000.
> 7. Peter K. Machamer, Rick Grush, Peter McLaughlin (ed.s), Theory and
> Method in the Neurosciences, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.
> 8. Tommaso Campanella, Apologia Pro Galileo (French edition, en-face
> translation), Les Belles Lettres, 2001.
> 9. Craig Callender and Nick Huggett, Physics Meets Philosophy at the
> Planck Scale, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
> 10. Peter R. Anstey, The Philosophy of Robert Boyle, Routledge, 2000.
> 11. Robert Fox (ed.) Thomas Harriot: An Elizabethan Man of Science,
> Ashgate, 2000.
> 12. Mimma Bresciani Califano (ed.), Modelli e Stili di Conoscenza nella
> Scienza e nell'Arte del Novecento, Leo S. Olschki, 2000.
> 13. Brian Colan (ed.) Malthus, Medicine, and Morality: 'Malthusianism'
> after 1798, Rodopi Press, 2000.
> 14. Patrick Suppes, Julius M. Moravscik, Henry Mendell (ed.s), Ancient &
> Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Memory of Wilbur
> Knorr, University of Chicago Press, 2001.
> 15. Adrian Dufour, Ciencia y lógica de mundos posibles, Peter Lang, 2001.
> 16. Jean-François Stoffel, Bibliographie d'Alexandre Koyré, Leo S.
> Olschki, 2000.
> 17. Alain Lernould, Physique et Théologie : Lecture du Timée de Platon
> par Proclus, Septentrion, 2001.
> 18. Richard Yeo, Encylopaedic Visions: Scientific Dictionaries and
> Enlightenment Culture, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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> If you wish to review one of these books--or a book already in your
> possession--please contact me off-list.
> Promises of timely completion of reviews are looked upon favorably. Given
> a backlog of written reviews awaiting publication, liberal interpretations
> of 'timely' will be entertained.
> Thanks in advance,
> Saul Fisher
>
> PS Please pass this message on to those you think would be willing to
> review these books.
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> Dr. Saul Fisher
> Editor, Newsletter of the
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