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Books reviewed: Peter R. Anstey, The Philosophy of Robert Boyle J. Lennart Berggren and Alexander Jones, Ptolemy’s Geography Alan Bewell, Romanticism and Colonial Disease Allen Buchanan, Dan W. Brock, Norman Daniels, and Daniel Wikler, From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice Klaus Hoffmann, Otto Hahn: Achievement and Responsibility Susanna Hornig Priest, A Grain of Truth: The Media, the Public, and Biotechnology Alan Irwin, Sociology and the Environment Brian Martin, Technology for Nonviolent Struggle Michel Morange, The Misunderstood Gene Maggie Mort, Building the Trident Network John Perry, Knowledge, Possibility, and Consciousness W.G.L. Randles, Geography, Cartography and Nautical Science inthe Renaissance Raul Rojas and Ulf Hashagen (eds.), The First Computers: History and Architectures Barbara R. Stein, On Her Own Terms: Annie Montague Alexanderand the Rise of Science in the American West Kim Sterelny, Dawkins vs. Gould: Survival of the Fittest Daniel Todes, Pavlov’s Physiology Factory Christian Warren, Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning Douglas R. Weiner, A Little Corner of Freedom: Russian Nature Protection from Stalin to Gorbachev Simon Winchester, The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology Michael Worboys, Spreading Germs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]