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Books in the H
istory of Science, Technology, and M
edicine
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Science UnshackledHow Obscure, Abstract, Seemingly Useless Scientific Research Turned Out to Be the Basis for Modern LifeC. Renée James
“Renée James’s book walks you through the amazing relationship between
scientific research and producing a better world around us—it’s an inspiring,
eye-opening journey.”—Astronomy
2014 216 pp.978-1-4214-1500-0 $24.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Creationism in Europeedited by Stefaan Blancke, Hans Henrik Hjermitslev, and Peter C. Kjærgaard
foreword by Ronald L. Numbers“A valuable overview of creationist efforts and activities in Europe through
historical or journalistic narratives. Each chapter tells us more than we knew
before.”—Edward J. Larson, Pepperdine University
2014 296 pp., 7 halftones, 4 line drawings978-1-4214-1562-8 $39.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Losing Touch with NatureLiterature and the New Science in Sixteenth-Century EnglandMary Thomas Crane
“A lucid, well-argued account of the prehistory of the scientific revolution in
England.”—Shankar Raman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2014 248 pp.978-1-4214-1531-4 $49.95 hc Also available as an e-book
The Siddhāntasundara of JñānarājaAn English Translation with CommentaryToke Lindegaard Knudsen
“Translation and commentary projects like this one are the indispensable
contributions that most influence and enable future progress in better
understanding this ancient history and culture.”—Dennis W. Duke,
Florida State University
2014 376 pp., 31 line drawings978-1-4214-1442-3 $89.95 hc Also available as an e-book
A Chosen CallingJews in Science in the Twentieth CenturyNoah J. Efron
“A fresh and ambitious exploration of the enthusiasm with which Jews have
celebrated science.”—David A. Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley
2014 168 pp.978-1-4214-1381-5 $26.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Science
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Science
Why MarsNASA and the Politics of Space ExplorationW. Henry Lambright
“No one before Lambright has come close to ex-
plaining the development of NASA’s successful
two-decade strategy to garner public and political
support for Mars exploration.”—Roger D.
Launius, National Air and Space Museum,
Smithsonian Institution
2014 336 pp.978-1-4214-1279-5 $49.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Dealing with DarwinPlace, Politics, and Rhetoric in Religious Engagements with EvolutionDavid N. Livingstone
“How was Darwin’s On the Origin of Species re-
ceived by his contemporary scholars, particularly
by theologians and religious authors? That is the
subject of the thoroughly researched and
elegantly written book by David N. Livingstone.”
—Science, Religion and Culture
2014 280 pp.978-1-4214-1326-6 $39.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Subverting AristotleReligion, History, and Philosophy in Early Modern ScienceCraig Martin
“Martin has written what will become the stan-
dard account of pre-modern Aristotelianism for
a very long time to come.”—John Monfasani,
University at Albany, The State University of
New York
2014 272 pp.978-1-4214-1316-7 $54.95 hc Also available as an e-book
New in Paperback
DeWitt Clinton and Amos EatonGeology and Power in Early New YorkDavid I. Spanagel
“An exemplary study of the interconnections
between the making of geological knowledge
and the creation of a prosperous community of
politicians, painters, writers, and men of science
in New York State during the early national
period.”—Paul Lucier, author of Scientists and
Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America,
1820–1890
2014 288 pp., 7 halftones, 3 line drawings978-1-4214-1104-0 $54.95 hc Also available as an e-book
The Nature of CitiesEcological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920–1960Jennifer S. Light
Honorable Mention, Lewis Mumford Prize, Society for City and Regional Planning History
“A fascinating and
suggestive account of the influence of ecology
and natural-resource management on academic
urbanists, city planners, and real-estate profes-
sionals.”—Technology and Culture
2014 328 pp., 9 halftones, 3 line drawings978-1-4214-1384-6 $34.95 pb
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Stealing CarsTechnology and Society from the Model T to the Gran Torino
John A. Heitmann and Rebecca H. Morales
Stealing cars has become as technologically advanced as the cars them-
selves. This study of automobile theft and culture examines motives and
methods, technological deterrents, institutional responses, international
borders, and cultural reflections.
2014 232 pp., 8 halftones, 5 line drawings978-1-4214-1297-9 $29.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Home FiresHow Americans Kept Warm in the Nineteenth CenturySean Patrick Adams
“Adams’s slim study touches lightly on this hot topic . . . The stove does not
just heat; it allows us to see the ‘connections we all have to wider networks
of production, distribution, and consumption.”—Times Literary Supplement
2014 200 pp., 10 halftones, 2 maps978-1-4214-1357-0 $22.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Wikipedia UKnowledge, Authority, and Liberal Education in the Digital AgeThomas Leitch
“Wikipedia U is unlike any other book on the topic. It will be of great use to
those interested in the intersections between today’s Wikipedia and the
venerable project of a liberal education.”—Joseph Michael Reagle Jr., author
of Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia
2014 176 pp.978-1-4214-1535-2 $29.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Teaching MachinesLearning from the Intersection of Education and TechnologyBill Ferster
“This sweeping overview of teaching tools from the hornbooks of the seven-
teenth century to the cloud-based apps of the twenty-first provides rare and
necessary perspective on a topic of perpetual debate.”—Ed Ayers, President,
University of Richmond
2014 216 pp., 12 b&w illus., 31 halftones978-1-4214-1540-6 $34.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868–1964Takashi Nishiyama
“Legend has it that wartime aeronautical engineering converted to the
success of a bullet train in postwar Japan. Nishiyama’s approach includes
those who contributed at all levels of technology, from engineers
on down.”—Shigeru Nakayama, Kanagawa University
2014 280 pp., 9 halftones978-1-4214-1266-5 $55.00 hc Also available as an e-book
Technology
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GenericThe Unbranding of Modern MedicineJeremy A. Greene
“An enlightening and passionately written work,
Generic opens the ‘black box’ of the pharma-
ceutical world. This book will deeply impact the
way we imagine and practice medicine in the
future.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The
Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
2014 368 pp., 8 halftones, 9 line drawings978-1-4214-1493-5 $29.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Intolerant BodiesA Short History of Autoimmunity
Warwick Anderson and Ian R. Mackay
“Anderson and Mackay’s engaging survey is a
studious examination of autoimmune diseases,
and a humble admission that their cures remain
stubbornly elusive.”—Publishers Weekly
2014 264 pp.978-1-4214-1533-8 $25.95 pb Also available as an e-book
More Than HotA Short History of FeverChristopher Hamlin
“In Christopher Hamlin, the subject has an author
. . . who brings to his topic a breadth of specialist
and general knowledge, which makes this text a
formidable contribution to various fields.
More Than Hot is a dazzling, bravura book.”
—Christopher Lawrence, University College
London
2014 400 pp., 11 halftones, 9 line drawings978-1-4214-1502-4 $25.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Medicine
Pathologist of the MindAdolf Meyer and the Origins of American PsychiatryS. D. Lamb
“Many, perhaps most, psychiatrists know that
Meyer is an important figure in American
psychiatry, but usually don’t quite know why.
Dr. Lamb’s superb book makes the reasons pel-
lucidly clear.”—Francis Mark Mondimore, M.D.,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2014 336 pp., 16 halftones, 6 line drawings978-1-4214-1484-3 $44.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Broken HeartsThe Tangled History of Cardiac CareDavid S. Jones
“Wide-ranging, full of
interesting and telling
historical details, steadi-
ly paced yet thorough
in its making sense
of complex medicine,
Broken Hearts exposes
cardiac care as neither mundane nor settled.”
—Sociology of Health and Illness
2014 336 pp., 25 b&w illus.978-1-4214-1575-8 $29.95 pb
New in Paperback
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PainA Political HistoryKeith Wailoo
“This book should be read by patients, clinicians and policy makers who
wish to understand the recent past to guide future advocacy, public
engagement and policy as we seek . . . to change the way chronic pain
is perceived, managed and judged —for the betterment of all.”
—Pains Project
2014 296 pp., 11 halftones, 4 line drawings978-1-4214-1365-5 $29.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Gene JockeysLife Science and the Rise of Biotech EnterpriseNicolas Rasmussen
“Delicately unravels the tangled fibres of discovery, entrepreneurship and
lab life in the first decades of genetic engineering.”—Nature
2014 264 pp., 12 line drawings978-1-4214-1340-2 $35.00 hc Also available as an e-book
Aging BonesA Short History of OsteoporosisGerald N. Grob
“Elegantly written and deeply researched, Aging Bones shows how osteo-
porosis went from being treated as an inevitable part of getting older to a
pathological disease state.”—Beth Linker, University of Pennsylvania
2014 304 pp.978-1-4214-1318-1 $24.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Medicine and ReligionA Historical IntroductionGary B. Ferngren
“Highly recommended to anyone who is interested in the intersection of
religion and medicine. . . I expect this book to become required reading
for many clinical health care and bioethics classes (as well as history
classes).”—Metapsychology
2014 256 pp.978-1-4214-1216-0 $24.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Chronic Disease in the Twentieth CenturyA HistoryGeorge Weisz
“Weisz presents a highly original argument that will greatly enrich our
historical understanding of chronic disease and the medical, public health,
and policy response to it.”—Jesse F. Ballenger, Pennsylvania State
University
2014 328 pp.978-1-4214-1303-7 $29.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Medicine
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Coming in 2015Exploration and EngineeringThe Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for MarsErik M. Conway
Age of SystemUnderstanding the Development of Modern Social ScienceHunter Heyck
The Cybernetics MomentOr Why We Call Our Age the Information AgeRonald R. Kline
From Playgrounds to PlayStationThe Interaction of Technology and PlayCarroll Pursell
FaxedThe Rise and Fall of the Fax MachineJonathan Coopersmith
Making Computers AccessibleDisability Rights and Digital TechnologyElizabeth R. Petrick
Coal and EmpireThe Birth of Energy Security in Industrial AmericaPeter A. Shulman
The Antibiotic EraReform, Resistance, and the Pursuit of a Rational TherapeuticsScott H. Podolsky
8 Johns Hopkins University Press press.jhu.edu
Coming in 2015
Health Care in AmericaA HistoryJohn C. Burnham
A History of Public Healthrevised expanded editionGeorge Rosen
Healing GothamNew York City’s Public Health Policies for the Twenty-First CenturyBruce F. Berg
Patients and Healers in the High Roman EmpireIdo Israelowich
Coming in Paperback
Doctors Without BordersHumanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans FrontièresRenée C. Fox
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