Vol. 7 • n. 3 • Nov. 2000-Feb. 2001

ANALYSIS Preserved Stegomyia and vinegared microbes: Brazil’s triumph in Berlin HENRIQUE LUIZ CUKIERMAN  abstract Life in Manguinhos: the career trajectory of a group of scientists at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz CARLOS EDUARDO CALAÇA  abstract Public health and chemical-pharmaceutical companies MARIA ALICE ROSA RIBEIRO  abstract Scientific diffusion in Rio de Janeiro: some considerations about the 20s ILDEU DE CASTRO MOREIRA and LUISA MASSARANI  abstract On the founders of the Institute of Mathematics and Physics, University of Bahia ANDRÉ LUÍS MATTEDI DIAS  abstract Adapting and innovating: the Materials Testing Laboratory at the Polytechnic School and concrete technology in São Paulo MARIA LUCIA CAIRA GITAHY  abstract IMAGES Postcards: images of progress (1900-10) VERÔNICA PIMENTA VELLOSO text in portuguese SOURCES Researchers’ virtual libraries: its role in science and techology FERNANDO A. PIRES ALVES  text in portuguese The scientific and technological policy depicted in the annual addresses of heads of state TAMÁS SZMRECSÁNYI  text in portuguese RESEARCH NOTE Une anthropologie sans corps c’est comme une messe sans l’hostie: compte rendu d’une prise de contact avec le terrain en Amazonie centrale CARLOS JOSÉ SALDANHA MACHADO  text in french BOOKS & NETWORKS Dos micróbios aos mosquitos, febre amarela e revolução pasteuriana no Brasil  by JAIME LARRY BENCHIMOL, • reviewed by FRANCISCO MORENO CARVALHO text in portuguese O Brasil descobre a pesquisa científica: os museus e as ciências naturais no século XIX by MARIA MARGARET LOPES • reviewed by PEDRO PAULO A. FUNARI text in portuguese Coleções e expedições vigiadas: os etnólogos no Conselho de Fiscalização das Expedições Artísticas e Científicas no Brasil by LUÍS DONISETE BENZI GRUPIONI • reviewed by ARACI GOMES LISBOA text in portuguese O espírito da dádiva by JACQUES T. GODBOUT • reviewed by CARLOS HENRIQUE ASSUNÇÃO PAIVA text in portuguese Memórias revisitadas: o Instituto Aggeu Magalhães na vida de seus personagens by ANTONIO TORRES MONTENEGRO and TANIA FERNANDES (orgs.) • reviewed by ELINA G. DA FONTE PESSANHA text in portuguese Agudás: os “brasileiros” do Benim by MILTON GURAN • reviewed by ANA MARIA GALANO text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese