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Michael D. Gordin, Princeton University (chair)Cathryn Carson, University of California, BerkeleyMatthias Dörries, Université de StrasbourgDavid Kaiser, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA. J. Lustig, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichW. Patrick McCray, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Soraya de Chadarevian, UCLA Angela N. H. Creager, Princeton UniversityOlivier Darrigol, CNRS (REHSEIS)Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Oregon State University Ursula Klein, Max-Planck-Institut für WissenschaftsgeschichteAlexei Kojevnikov, University of British ColumbiaJennifer S. Light, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyStuart McCook, University of GuelphErika L. Milam, Princeton UniversityGiuliano Pancaldi, University of BolognaMichael Reidy, Montana State University Jessica Riskin, Stanford UniversitySigrid Schmalzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst David Sepkoski, Max Planck Institute for the History of ScienceBruno Strasser, Université de GenèveZuoyue 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 Davinder Sidhu

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

B O O K R E V I E W O F F I C E Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Oregon State University (outgoing) Erika L. Milam, Princeton University (outgoing)Michael Reidy, Montana State University (incoming) David Sepkoski, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (incoming)

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