Trevor Pinch enjoyed Steven Shapin鈥檚
The Scientific Revolution, saying in his review
(21 December 1996, p 70),
that it was a book which 鈥渆very scientist
curious about our predecessors should read鈥. And it made our bestseller list.
Now in paperback, published by University of Chicago Press, $12, ISBN
0226750213.
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