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The contributors offer a philosophical perspective on "the current large-scale economic shaping of academic scientific research."

Ingenious Pursuits Building the Scientific Revolution. Lisa Jardine. Nan A. Talese (Doubleday), New York, 1999. 464 pp. $35, C$55. ISBN 0-385-49325-8. Little, Brown, London, 1999. 464 pp. £25. ISBN 0-316-64752-7. In this accessible and lively account for non-specialists, Lisa Jardine synthesizes much recent writing by professional historians who have revised our understanding of the Scientific Revolution.