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Nine book reviews in the May 2002 issue of Notes and Records: Voyages of discovery: three centuries of natural history exploration, by T. Rice, reviewed byG. E. Fogg. Charles Darwin's Zoology Notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle, R. Keynes (ed.), reviewed byP. R. Grant. Enlightenment: Britain and the creation of the modern world, by R. Porter, reviewed byP. Fara. Ice blink: the tragic fate of Sir John Franklin's lost polar expedition, by S. Cookman, reviewed byG. F. Hattersley-Smith. The cogwheel brain: Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer, by D. Swade, reviewed byM. Campbell-Kelly. The symbolic species: the co-evolution of language and the human brain, by T. Deacon, reviewed byT. Briscoe. Defining features: scientific and medical portraits, 1660-2000, by L. Jordanova, reviewed byJ. Rowlinson. Against the tide: an autobiographical account of a professional outsider, by L. C. Woods, reviewed byJ. T. Stuart. A passion for DNA, by J. D. Watson, reviewed byJ. Postgate. |
