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Book Reviews, Interesting Publications, Secretary's Report, Annual Index

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DOI: 10.17704/eshi.16.2.m6v84714166h611w
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Anonymous, 1995/96, Millington Quarry Celebrates 100 Years. Geology is Destiny: The Stone Connection, quarterly newsletter, p. 1-6.

Anonymous, 1996, March Forward Along China's Own Road of Petroleum Exploration: a review of the major achievements in China's Petroleum Exploration. The Bureau of Petroleum Geology and Marine Geology Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, P.R.C., Beijing, 10 p.

Anonymous, 1996, Mary Anning booklet: Geology Today, v. 12, no, 4, p. 123.

Anonymous, 1996, Can geology be used as a diagnostic in assessing the work of Leonardo da Vinci?: The Explorers Journal, v. 74, no. 1, p. 28.

Armstrong, Janet, Coleman, Bernard, Bach, V. K., Maier, Barbara, and Shields, Charlene, 1996, Centennial History of Crossville-Phillips Township: Oil and Gas Industry: Illinois Oil & Gas Association. Celebrating 50 years: 1946-1996, p. 27-29.

Arneti, David, 1996, Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis: An Investigation of the History of Matter, from the Big Bang to the Present. Princeton U.P., Princeton, N.J., 598 p., ISBN 0-691-01147-8, $39.50.

Baker, V. R., 1996, The Pragmatic Roots of American Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology: Geomorphology, v. 16, no. 3, p. 197-215.

Baldwin, A. and Alderson, D. M., 1996, A remarkable survivor: a nineteenth century geological trail in Rochdale, England: The Geological Curator, v. 6, no. 6, p. 227-231.

Barrett, Mary, 1995, Sedimentary record of a 19th century red river raft lake: Caddo Lake, Louisiana: The Compass: Journal of Earth Sciences, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, v. 72, p. 3-11.

Barrett, Mary and Sharp, Pat, 1995, Memorial Issue Dedicated to Austin Albert Sartin: The Compass: Journal of Earth Sciences, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, v. 72, p. 1-2.

Berner, R. A. and Maasch, K. A., 1996, Chemical weathering and controls on atmospheric O2 and CO2: Fundamental principles were enunciated by J.J. Ebelmen in 1845: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 60, no. 9, p. 1633-1637.

Boaheng, Shi, Kang, Zhang, and Xin, Shi, 1996, Tectonic Studies in Oil and Gas Exploration: retrospect and prospect: Development of Geoscience Disciplines in China. Editors Wang Hongzhen, Zhai Yusheng, Shi Baoheng, and Wang Cansheng. The Council of History of Geology: Geological Society of China, China University of Geosciences Press, p. 132-142.

Bowker, G. C., 1994, Science on the run. Information management and industrial geophysics at Schlumberger, 1920-1940. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 191 p., ISBN 0-262-02367-9, $27.50.

Branagan, D. F., 1996, Robert Logan Jack, Geologist in China, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 529.

Brekke, Asgeir and Egeland, Alv, 1994, The Northern Lights: Their heritage and science. Oslo, Grondahl Dreyer, 168 p., ISBN 82-504-2105-1, $72.86.

Brown, David, 1996, Oil Pivotal to Venezuelan History. Explorers Charted Paths to Greatness: AAPG Explorer, v. 17, no. 8, p. 40-41.

Brush, S. G., 1996. Nebulous Earth: The origin of the solar system and the core of the Earth from Laplace to Jeffreys. (A History of Modern Planetary Physics, v. 1), co-authors S.K. Banerjee, C.W.F. Everitt, and Elizabeth Garber, New York: Cambridge University Press, 312 p., ISBN 0-521-44171-4, $54.95.

Brush, S. G., 1996, Transmuted past: The age of the Earth and the Evolution of the elements from Lyell to Patterson, (A History of Modern Planetary Physics, v. 2), New York, Cambridge University Press, 134 p., ISBN 0-521-55213-3, $44.95.

Brush, S. G., 1996, Fruitful Encounters: The Origin of the Solar System and of the Moon from Chamberlin to Apollo. (A History of Modern Planetary Physics, v. 3), 366 p., New and Recent Titles in the History of Science and Medicine, Cambridge University Press, p. 9, $54.95.

Buchanan, R. C., 1996, Slate and Federal Geological Surveys in the Late 1800s. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-220.

Carozzi, A. V., 1996, New Historical Data on H.B. de Saussure's Introduction of the Terms Moraine (1764), Roches Moutonnées (1776), and Serac (1788) to Geology: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 44, p. 169.

Childs, E. C., 1996, Art as Science, Science as Art: John Wesley Powell and Images of the Grand Canyon, 1871-1882. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-221-222.

Cliver, E. W., Liebowitz, R. P., and Silverman, Sam, 1996. The broad goal of AGUs history of geophysics committee: editorial: EOS, v. 77, no. 44, p. 385.

Comet, P. A., 1996, Geological Reasoning: Geology as an Interpretive and Historical Science: Discussion: GSA Bulletin, v. 108, no. 11, p. 1508-1510.

Cruz, C. M. G., 1996, EI Simposio de la Asociacion Americana de Geologos del Petroleo (Nueva York, 1926) Y la Deriva Continental: ILUIL, v. 19, no. 36, p. 91-110.

Cui, Yunhao and Pan, Yuntang, 1996, Advancement of the Mineralogical Sciences for Recent Decade in China, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 537.

Darwin, Charles, 1994, The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Volume 9: 1861. Edited by Fredrick Burkhardt, Duncan M. Porter, Joy Harvey, and Marsha Richmond, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, 609 p., $59.95.

Darwin, Charles, 1996, Charles Darwin's Letters: A Selection, 1825-1859, Fredrick Burkhardt, editor, foreword by Stephen Jay Gould. 275 p., New and Recent Titles in the History of Science and Medicine, Cambridge University Press, p. 4, $21.95.

Departamento De Geologìa Universitat De València. 1993, Homenaje a Juan Vilanova y Piera. Servico de Investigación Prehistórica Diputación de Valencia. Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Valencia, 103 p.

Diacu, Florin and Holmes, Philip, 1996, Celestial Encounters. The origins of chaos and stability. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 234 p., USBN 0-691-02743-9, $24.95.

Dilts, J. D., 1993, The Great Railroad: The Building of the Baltimore & Ohio, the Nation's First Railroad, 1828-1853. Stanford University Press, 472 p., $60.

Doel, R. E., 1995, Solar system astronomy in America. Communities, patronage, and interdisciplinary science, 1920-1960. New York: Cambridge University Press, 280 p., ISBN 0-521-41573-X, $59.95.

Dong, Shen-Bao, 1996, Some Advancements on the Researches of Magmatic Rocks of China and Their Interconnection with the West, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 537.

Donovan, S. K., 1996, De La Beche: A Birthday Party: Geology Today, v. 12, no. 4, p. 135-136.

Drake, E. T., 1996, Restless genius: Robert Hooke and his earthly thoughts. Earth Science Publishers. 400 p., USBN 506695-2, $55.

Dun, Tiejun, 1996, The Thinking about Geoscience Philosophy: 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 534.

Dutro, J. T. Jr., 1996, Nineteenth Century Federal Surveys as Templates for the United States Geological Survey and Later Natural History Surveys. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-220.

Edmondson, F. K., 1996, AURA and its US National Observatories. 448 p., New and Recent Titles in the History of Science and Medicine, Cambridge University Press, p. 10, $80.

Edwards, C. A., 1996, George H. Garry, A Mining Geologist and Mining Engineer in the American West. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, Co. October 28-31, p. A-221.

Ellenberger, François, (ed.), 1995, Essais sur l'histoire de la géologie en hommage à Eugene Wegmann (1896-1982), Paris, Société Géologique de France, 151 p., Fr 250.

Ewing, R. C. and Crossey, L. J., 1996, In Darwin's Footsteps: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 44, p. 518.

Fay, R. O., 1996, Gertrude Selma Sober, "Queen of the Arbuckles" (1869-1949): Oklahoma Geological Survey, v. 56, no. 4, p. 134, 146.

Fay, R. O., 1996, History of Mapping of the Paden Copper Prospect, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, v. 56, no. 4, p. 136-146.

Fedortchuk, V. P., 1996, From the 1st Session of Chinese Geologists (1958)-up to the 30th session of the International Geological Congress in Beijing (1996), 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 530.

Feldman, H. R. and Wienraub, Dvora, 1996, The Godzilla Syndrome: Scientific inaccuracies of Prehistoric Animals in the Movies. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-222.

Fengming, Wu, 1996, Philosophy in Our Modern Geological Theories: 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 534.

Figueiroâ, S. deM. and Brice, W. R., 1996, Fur-Reaching Influence of Geological Surveys in the United States: Brazilian Model. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-221.

Figueiroâ, S. F. deM. and Lopes, M. M. (organisers), 1994, Geological Sciences in Latin America: scientific relations and exchanges. Campinas: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 402 p., USBN 85-85369-06-X, $20.

Foster, Mike, 1994, Strange Genius. The Life of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden. Roberts Rinchart, Boulder, CO, 464 p., $29.95.

Fowler-Billings, Katharine, 1996, Stepping-Stones: The reminiscences of a woman geologist in the twentieth century. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 222 p., ISBN 1-878508-11-3, $35.

Frazzetta, Giovanni and Morello, Nicoletta, 1996, The 1669 Etna Eruption: the 1670 Borrelli Idea in the Light of the Modern Physical Volcanology, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 530.

Friedman, G. M., 1996, From Rensselaer to China: Amadeus W. Grabau on the Semicentennial of his Death, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 528.

Ginzburg, Dov, 1996, The Flood: A Flandrian Transgression, in Jewish Traditional Literature, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing. China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 532.

Gould, S. J., 1996, A Cerion for Christopher: Natural History, v. 105, no. 10, p. 22-29; 78-79.

Gould, S. J., 1996, The Diet of Worms and the Defenestration of Prague: Natural History, v. 105, no. 9, p. 18-24; 64-67.

Gould, S. J., 1996, The dodo in the caucus race: Natural History, v. 105, no. 11, p. 22-33.

Gould, S. J., 1996/97, War of the Worldviews: A Century of debate over life on Mars ends with bacteria beating Little Green Men: Natural History, v. 105, p. 22-33.

Gould, S. J., 1996, Full House: The Spread of Excellence From Plato to Darwin. New York, Harmony Books, 244 p.

Greenberg, J. L., 1995, The problem of the Earth's shape from Newton to Clairaut. The rise of mathematical science in the 18th century Paris and the fall of "normal" science. New York, Cambridge University Press, 781 p., ISBN 0-521-38541-5, $89.95.

Guangyuan, Chen(K. Y. Chen), 1996, The Development of Modern Genetic Mineralogy in China: Development of Geoscience Disciplines in China. Editors Wang Hongzhen, Zhai Yusheng, Shi Baoheng, and Wang Cansheng. The Council of History of Geology: Geological Society of China, China University of Geosciences Press, p. 93-98.

Guoqi, He and Maosong, Li, 1996, A Review of Research on Intercontinental Orogenic Belts: Development of Geoscience Disciplines in China. Editors Wang Hongzhen, Zhai Yusheng, Shi Baoheng, and Wang Cansheng. The Council of History of Geology: Geological Society of China, China University of Geosciences Press, p. 87-92.

Gutierrez, R. G. and Brotons, V. N., 1995, Geologíca y Paleontología en la Obra de Jose Joaquín Landerer: Actes de les III Trobades D'Història de la ciència ì de la Tècnica als Països Catalans, p. 163-171.

Gutierrez, R. G. and Brotons, V. N., 1995, Josep Joaquím Lánderer ì Climent: Valencia 1841, Tortosa 1922: La Recerca Fora del Món Acadèmic: Astronomia ì Geologia, p. 459-492.

Gutierrez, R. G. and Brotons, V. N., 1995, José Joaquín Lánderer (1841-1922): entre creacionismo y transformismo: Geogaceta, v. 19, p. 185-186.

Gutierrez, R. G. and Salavertfabiam, V. L., 1995, Joan Vilanova I Piera: València 1821 Madrid 1883, in Camarasa, J.M. and Roca Rosell, A., Cièncìa ì Tèchnìca als Paìsos Catalans: una aproxìmacìó bìogràfica. Fundaccìó Catalana per a la Recerca, v. 1, Barcelona, p. 289-313.

Harper, D. A. T. and Parkes, M. A., 1996, Geological Survey donations to the Geological Museum in Queen's College Galway: 19th Century inter-institutional collaboration in Ireland: The Geological Curator, v. 6, no. 6, p. 233-236.

Haynes, Raymond, Haynes, Roslynn, Malin, David, and Mcgee, Richard, 1996, Explorers of the Southern Sky: A History of Australian Astronomy. 292 p., New and Recent Titles in the History of Science and Medicine, Cambridge University Press, p. 10. $90.

Herz, Norman and Garrison, E. G., 1997, Geological Methods for Archaeology. Earth Science Publishers, 352 p., USBN 509024-1, $79.95.

Hevly, Bruce, 1996, The Heroic Science of Glacier Motion: OSIRIS, v. 11, p. 66-86.

Hineline, M. L., 1996, The West as a Textbook: Why William Morris Davis Said "The Colorado Front Range is a Morvan". Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-221.

Hook, J. W., 1996, A Personal History of the American Zinc Company's 1951-52 Explorations for Zinc in the Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, v. 56, no. 4, p. 147-153.

Huabin, D. R. H., 1996, The Progress and Prospects for Precambrian Geology in China, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 538.

Jacobs, Patric, Martini, Guy, Spiteri, Anna, and Wilson, Chris, 1996, Earth Heritage Conservation: A New Branch on the Geoscience-Tree, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 530.

Jens, J. C., 1996, Ruminations of a Military Geologist: The Professional Geologist, v. 33, no. 11, p. 8-9.

Jordan, Gyozo and Szucs, Andrea, 1996, The Role and Future of Geology in Modern Integrated Environmental Research and Decision Support, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 533.

Kemp, Martin, 1996, Leonardo's Fossils: Natural History, v. 105, no. 11, p. 14-16.

Kerr, Aubrey, 1994, Redwater: privately published, Calgary, Alberta, edited by William A.S. Sarjeant, 385 p., $20.

Kimberling, Clark, 1996, David Dale Owen and Joseph Granville Norwood: Pioneer Geologists in Indiana and Illinois: Indiana Magazine of History, v. 92, p. 2-25.

Kline, W. R., (ed.), 1996, The Black-Hills Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge. University of Oklahoma Press, 288 p., $29.95.

Knight, D. M., 1996, Humphry Davy: Science and Power. Cambridge Science Biographies, 232 p., ISBN 56309-7, $49.95.

Kolb, Rocky, 1996, Blind watchers of the sky. The people and ideas that shaped our view of the universe. Reading, MA, Addison, Wesley, 338 p., ISBN 0-201-48992-9, $25.

Komarower, P., 1996, Science Across Cultures: The Case of Vertebrate Palaeontology in China, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 529.

Kovalevski, Alexander, 1996, The Activity of Foreign Geologists in Siberia in X-XX Centures, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 528.

Kulesa, Chester and Percival, Gwen, 1995, The Soul of Anthracite Mining: The Photographic Legacy of John Horgan, Jr. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, 60 p., $9.95.

Laporte, L. F., 1996, G. G. Simpson as Sam Magruder: Psycho-Biography or Phycho-Babble? Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-168.

Leverington, David, 1995, A history of astronomy, from 1890 to the present. Reviewed by Kevin Krisciunas, Springer-Verlag, New York, 387 p., ISBN 3-540-19915-2, $32.

Leveson, D. J. and Seidemann, D. E., 1996. Richard Milton—A Non-Religious Creationist Ally: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 44, p. 428.

Leviton, A. E. and Aldrich, M. L., 1996, 19th Century Surveys of Continental Proportions: The Geological Survey of India and the Federal Surveys of the American West. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-221.

Li, Tailai, 1996, Ten Fundamental Viewpoints of Geology of the Second Generation, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 533.

Li, Wenda, 1996, In Memory of Prof. Peter Misch, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 528.

Lindsay, Debra, 1993, Science in the Subarctic. Trappers, Traders and the Smithsonian Institution. Foreword by William W. Fitzhugh, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 176 p., $34.

Liu, Bo and Yang, Guihe, 1996, From the Earth System to the Huge System of Cosmos-Earth-Man: Also from Earth System Science to Science of Cosmos-Earth-Man System, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 532.

Liu, Hongbo, 1996, Historical Evolution of Theories on Mineral Deposits: Development of Geoscience Disciplines in China. Editors Wang Hongzhen, Zhai Yusheng, Shi Baoheng, and Wang Cansheng. The Council of History of Geology: Geological Society of China, China University of Geosciences Press, p. 117-124.

Liu, Shuchen, Xiao, Qinghu, Li, Xiaobo, and Jia, Yueming, 1996, Geology: Towards a Critical Period to Establish a New Knowledge Framework: 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 530.

Livingstone, Thomas, 1995, Mitchell's Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia. v. 1, Limited facsimile edition from the Eagle Press. Please contact Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books, GPO Box 5235 BB, Melbourne, 3001, Australia. Tel: +61-(0) 3 9417 1044. Fax: +61- (0) 3 9417 3025. Please note, this edition is limited to 400 numbered sets.

Lowman, J. R., P. D., 1996, Twelve Key 20th-Century Discoveries in the Geosciences: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 44, p. 485.

Lyons, P. C., Morey, E. D., and Wagner, R. H., 1995, Historical Perspective of Early Twentieth Century Carboniferous Paleobotany in North America. Geological Society of America Memoir 185, 424 p., $105.

Maifait, Bruce, 1996, The times, they are a-changing: 25 years of ocean drilling: DSDP (Deep Sea Drilling Project), ODP (Ocean Drilling Program): Oceanus, v. 36, no. 4, p. 6-7.

Martin, J. E., 1996, Contributions to the Paleontology and Geology of the West Coast, in Honor of V. Standish Mallory. University of Washington Press, 312 p., $45.

Martini, Guy, 1996, Art, Cultural and Economic Development for the Promotion of a New Concept in the Earth Sciences: Our Geological Heritage, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 531.

Martyn, Katharine, 1993, J.B. Tyrrell: Explorer and Adventurer. The Geological Survey Years 1881-1898. Edited by William A.S. Sarjeant, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 72 p.

Marvin, U. B., 1996, Ernst Floreus Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827) and the origins of modern meteorite research: Meteoritics & Planetary Science, v. 31, p. 545-588.

Marvin, U. B., 1996, Volcanic Craters on the Moon: an 18th Century Concept Disproved in the 20th Century, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 536.

Masters, P. M., 1996, Paleocoastlines, Ancient Harbors, and Marine Archaeology: Shore and Beach, v. 64, no. 3, p. 8-17.

Mather, J. R. and Sanderson, Marie, 1996, The Genius of C. Warren Thornthwaite, Climatologist-Geographer, University of Oklahoma Press, 240 p., $29.95.

Maxwell, A. E., 1996, An abridged history of deep ocean drilling: DSDP (Deep Sea Drilling Project), ODP (Ocean Drilling Program): Oceanus, v. 36, no. 4, p. 8-12.

Mccollum, Lyn, 1996, A Rhetorical Analysis of Geologic Reports About the Snake River Plain from the Late 19th Century to the Present. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs. 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-168.

McIntyre, Ben, 1993, Uranium City, the Last Boom Town. Driftwood Publishers, British Columbia, 344 p., $21.95.

Miller, Ian, Millar, Margaret, Millar, David, and Millar, John, (eds.), 1996, The Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists. 386 p., New and Recent Titles in the History of Science and Medicine, Cambridge University Press, p. 4, $39.95.

Milner, Richard, 1996, Charles Darwin and Associates, Ghostbusters: Scientific American, v. 275, no. 4, p. 96-101.

Moore, Patrick, 1994, The great astronomical revolution, 1543-1687, and the Space Age epilogue. Concord, MA, Paul Publishers Consortium, 258 p., Revision of Watchers of the Skies (1973), ISBN 1-898563-19-5, $18.95.

Morland, Anne, 1996, Thomas Moran: The Field Sketches, 1856-1923. University of Oklahoma Press, 325 p., $75.

Motz, Lloyd and Weaver, J. H., 1995. The story of astronomy. New York, Plenum, 387 p., ISBN 0-306-45090-9, $28.95.

Mouat, Jeremy, 1996, Roaring Days: Rossland's Mines and the History of British Columbia. University of Washington Press, 256 p., $24.95.

Mount, J. F., 1995, California Rivers and Streams: The Conflict Between Fluvial Process and Land Use. University of California Press, 376 p., $19.95.

Murty, K. S., 1996, Development of Geoscience Disciplines in India Since the 19th Century, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 536.

Murty, K. S., 1996, Geological Concepts in Ancient India, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 532.

Nebeker, Frederik, 1995, Calculating the weather: Meteorology in the 20th century. San Diego, Academic Press, 255 p., ISBN 0-12-515175-6, $64.95.

Neev, David and Emery, K. O., 1995, The destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Jericho: geological, climatological, and archaeological background. Earth Science Publishers, 192 p., USBN 509094-2, $35.

Newcomb, Sally, 1996, The New Chemistry and Volcanism. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-168.

Newell, J. R., 1996, A School for American Science: Social, Political, and Scientific Aspects of American Survey Geology in the Antebellum Period. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-220.

Oldroyd, D. R., 1996, Adam Sedgwick and Lakeland Geology, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 538.

Oliver, J., 1996, Plate Techtonics Revolution: The Story of Earthquakes and the Great Earth Science Revolution of the 1960s: History of Geophysics 6. AGU, Washington, D.C., 208 p., ISBN 0-87590-280-4. $28.

Pang, A.S-K., 1996, Gender, Culture, and Astrophysical Fieldwork: Elizabeth Campbell and the Lick Observatory-Crocker Eclipse Expeditions: OSIRIS, v. 11, p. 15-43.

Paulus, Rudolf, 1996, Antwort auf die Bemerkungen von W. Schröder und H.F. Treder auf meine Arbeit "Zur Entwicklung der Meteorologie zu einer physikalischen Wissenschaft bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhundert": Meteorol. Z., n.f. 4, p. 129-131.

Petroski, Henry, 1996, Sod Mechanics: the life of Karl Terzaghi: American Scientist, v. 84, p. 428-432.

Pizzorusso, A. C., 1996, The Naturalist Genius of Leonardo da Vinci: The Explorers Journal, v. 74, no. 1, p. 24-27.

Ramati, Ayval, 1996, Harmony at a Distance. Leibniz's Scientific Academies: Isis, v. 87, p. 430-452.

Rosenberg, G. D. and Kasl, Ronda, 1996, An Artistic Perspective on the Origin of Modern Geologic Thought. Geological Society of America: Abtracts with Programs, 1996 Annual Meeting Denver, CO, October 28-31, p. A-168.

Rozwadowski, H. M., 1996, Small World. Forging a Scientific Maritime Culture for Oceanography: Isis, v. 87, p. 409-429.

Rubiolo, D. G., 1996, Ludwig Karl Brackebusch: Pioneer on Regional Geology in Argentina, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 527.

Russell, C. A., 1994, The Earth, Humanity, and God: The Templeton Lectures, Cambridge 1993, ULC Press, 193 p., $55.

Sarjeant, W. A. S., 1995, The Geology of Middle-earth. In Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992. eds. Patricia Reynolds and Glen GoodKnight.

Sarjeant, W. A. S., 1996, Geologists and the History of Geology: An International Biography: Supplement II. 2,386 p., $365.

Schröder, W. and Colacino, Michele, (eds.), 1995, Global Change and History of Geophysics: Evaluations and Implications. Proceedings of the International Conference during the IUGG/IAGA General Assembly, July 1995, Boulder (USA), 240 p.

Schröder, W. and Colacino, Michele (eds.), 1996, Global change and history of geophysics. Papers from a symposium of the Interdivisional Commission on History of the IAGA, Boulder, CO. Bremen-Rönnebeck, Germany, Science Edition, 291 p., ISBN 0179-5658, $25.

Schröder, W. and Treder, H. J., 1995, Hans Ertel and Cosmology: Acta Geod. Geoph. Hung., v. 30, no. 2-4, p. 313-318.

Schröder, W. and Treder, H. J., 1996, Bemerkungen zu der Arbeit "Zur Entwicklung der Meteorologie zu einer physikalischen Wissenschaft bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts" von R.F. Paulus: Meteorol. Z., n.f. 4, p. 129-131.

Schröder, W. and Wiederkehr, K. H., 1995, Johann Kiessling (1839-1905) und die Erforschung atmosphärisch-optischer Erscheinungen: Meteorol. A., n.f. 4, h. 6, p. 268-273.

Schwantes, C. A., 1996, Railroad Signatures Across the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 360 p., $29.95.

Seibold, I. and Seibold, E., 1996, Charles Edgar Stehn: Der Ausbruch des Anak Krakatau im Mai 1933: Geologische Rundschau, v. 85, p. 615-618.

Seibold, I. and Seibold, E., 1996, Vereisung und Meeresspiegel. Anfänge der Erforschung: Geologische Rundschau, v. 85, p. 403-408.

Sheehan, William, 1995, The Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard. 443 p., New and Recent Titles in the History of Science and Medicine, Cambridge University Press, p. 10, $49.95.

Shibakova, Valentina, 1996, Engineering Geology and International Communication of Geoscience Ideas, 30th International Geological Congress: Abstracts Beijing, China 4-14 August, v. 3, p. 529.

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