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Previous Volume 353:2093-2094 November 10, 2005 Number 19

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By Elliot S. Valenstein. 237 pp., illustrated. New York, Columbia University Press, 2005. $31. ISBN 0-231-13588-2.

When studying history, one typically considers political leaders and the environment in which important decisions were made; when studying science, facts and key experiments are most often the focus of attention. However, it may be equally important to study the history of scientific progress. In The War of the Soups and the Sparks, Elliot Valenstein, an accomplished experimental psychologist at the University of Michigan and the author of several popular books, attempts to do just that by combining political history and the history of science. He focuses on the personalities and experiences of the scientists involved in various discoveries.

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