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Communicating Chemistry: Textbooks and Their Audiences, 1789–1939 Philosophy of Science this offers a fine surveyLundgren, Anders, and Bernadette Bensaude Vincent, eds., 2000, vii + 465pp. Boring, dogmatic, conservative . . . textbooks have a bad reputation, at least in science studies. They are considered to be useful only insofar as they provide a window on the "normal science" of a specific period. But what about the window frame itself? It too is an interesting object, and as such deserves the attention of historians. How did textbooks differ from other