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F OR TH E OFF ICE F OR H ISTORY OF SCIE NCE AN D TECH NOLOGY,

U N IVE RSITY OF CALIF OR N IA, B E R KE LEY

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From Materials Science to Nanotechnology: Interdisciplinary Center Programs at Cornell University, 1960-2000

M I C H A E L K E R S H AW 162

Twentieth-Century Length: The Origins, Use, and Formalization of Electromagnetic Standards

N É S TO R H E R R A N A N D X AV I E R R O Q U É 202

An Autarkic Science: Physics, Culture, and Power in Franco’s Spain

B O O K R E V I E W S

W E N DY K L I N E 2 3 6

Risk and Responsibility: The Brave New World of Reproductive Medicine

E D I TO R I A L B O A R D

Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley (chair)Matthias Dörries, Université de StrasbourgMichael D. Gordin, Princeton UniversityDavid Kaiser, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA. J. Lustig, University of Texas, AustinW. Patrick McCray, University of California, Santa Barbara

A S S O C I AT E E D I TO R S

Soraya de Chadarevian, UCLA Angela N. H. Creager, Princeton UniversityOlivier Darrigol, CNRS (REHSEIS)Fa-ti Fan, Binghamton UniversityJacob Darwin Hamblin, Oregon State UniversityDavid A. Hounshell, Carnegie Mellon UniversityUrsula Klein, Max-Planck-Institut für WissenschaftsgeschichteAlexei Kojevnikov, University of British ColumbiaJennifer S. Light, Northwestern UniversityStuart McCook, University of GuelphErika L. Milam, Princeton University Staffan Müller-Wille, University of Exeter Giuliano Pancaldi, University of BolognaJessica Riskin, Stanford UniversityZuoyue Wang, California State Polytechnic University, PomonaM. Norton Wise, UCLAAndrea Woody, University of Washington

M A N A G I N G E D I TO R Diana Wear

E D I TO R I A L O F F I C E Offi ce for History of Science and Technology543 Stephens HallUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-2350

B O O K R E V I E W O F F I C E

BOOK R EVI EW E D ITORS

Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Oregon State University Erika L. Milam, Princeton University

E D I TO R I A L O F F I C E

Offi ce for History of Science and Technology543 Stephens HallUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-2350

S E N D B O O K S TO :

Jacob Darwin HamblinBook Review Editorial Offi ce, HSNSOregon State University306 Milam HallCorvallis, OR 97331, USA

C O V E R

Lichtenberg fi gure created by Dr. John W. Gudenas, used with permission of the author.