Gillispie (history of science emeritus, Princeton U.) founded the undergraduate history of science program at Princeton in 1956. Here he has chosen 20 essays and reviews that he thinks most likely to retain a measure of enduring interest, and three referees for the American Philosophical Society agreed with him. Ranging from the 1940s to the 2000s, they discuss such matters as French science, historians and historians of science, and science and society. Annotation 2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
