Models : the third dimension of science / edited by Soraya de Chadarevian and Nick Hopwood.

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

xvi, 464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Dimensions of modelling / Nick Hopwood and Soraya de Chadarevian -- Representing invention, viewing models / Malcolm Baker -- Plastic anatomies and artificial dissections / Renato G. Mazzolini -- Fish and ships: models in the age of reason / Simon Schaffer -- Modelling monuments and excavations / Christopher Evans -- Monsters at the Crystal Palace / James A. Secord -- Plastic publishing in embryology / Nick Hopwood -- Casting skin: meanings for doctors, artists and patients / Thomas Schnalke -- Molecules and croquet balls / Christoph Meinel -- Mathematical models / Herbert Mehrtens -- Science, art and authenticity in natural history displays / Lynn K. Nyhart -- Models and the making of molecular biology / Soraya de Chadarevian -- Secrets hidden in 2-D: the economy as a hydraulic machine / Mary S. Morgan and Marcel Boumans -- From model kits to interactive computer graphics / Eric Francoeur and Jérôme Segal -- Three-dimensional models in philosophical perspective / James Griesemer -- Material models as visual culture / Ludmilla Jordanova.

Includes bibliographical references and index.