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Notices of Books Hist. sa., xli (2003) Ovid, Aratus and Augustus: Astronomy in Ovid's Fasti. Emma Gee (Cambridge Uni­ versity Press, Cambridge, 2000). Pp. xii + 226. $54.95. ISBN 0-521-65187-5. A scholarly study of the astronomical material in Ovid's Fasti, from a broad cultural perspective. The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies. Richard Hamblyn (Picador, London, 2001). Pp. x + 292. £16.99. ISBN 0-312-42001-3. Luke Howard (1772-1864) was an amateur meteorologist who in a lecture in 1802 proposed the nomenclature for clouds that we use today. This biography will help revive interest in a man who became a cult figure among poets of the nineteenth century. Quantum Dialogue: The Making of a Revolution. Mara Beller (Chicago University Press, Chicago and London, 1999). Pp. xvi + 365. $35. ISBN 0-226-04182-4. A densely-argued analysis of the development of quantum physics, focusing on the disagreements among the protagonists and the role their reactions to each other played in the unfolding story. Linnaeus: Nature and Nation. Lisbet Koerner (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. and London, 2001). pp. x + 298. £12.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-674-00565-1. A paperback version of the biography of Linnaeus published in 1999. The Alfred Russel Wallace http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png History of Science SAGE

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History of Science , Volume 41 (2): 3 – Jun 1, 2003
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Hist. sa., xli (2003) Ovid, Aratus and Augustus: Astronomy in Ovid's Fasti. Emma Gee (Cambridge Uni­ versity Press, Cambridge, 2000). Pp. xii + 226. $54.95. ISBN 0-521-65187-5. A scholarly study of the astronomical material in Ovid's Fasti, from a broad cultural perspective. The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies. Richard Hamblyn (Picador, London, 2001). Pp. x + 292. £16.99. ISBN 0-312-42001-3. Luke Howard (1772-1864) was an amateur meteorologist who in a lecture in 1802 proposed the nomenclature for clouds that we use today. This biography will help revive interest in a man who became a cult figure among poets of the nineteenth century. Quantum Dialogue: The Making of a Revolution. Mara Beller (Chicago University Press, Chicago and London, 1999). Pp. xvi + 365. $35. ISBN 0-226-04182-4. A densely-argued analysis of the development of quantum physics, focusing on the disagreements among the protagonists and the role their reactions to each other played in the unfolding story. Linnaeus: Nature and Nation. Lisbet Koerner (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. and London, 2001). pp. x + 298. £12.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-674-00565-1. A paperback version of the biography of Linnaeus published in 1999. The Alfred Russel Wallace

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