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Published for The British Society for the History of Science. This leading international journal publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history of science. History of science is interpreted widely to include medicine, technology and social studies of science. BJHS papers make important and lively contributions to scholarship and the journal has been an essential library resource for more than thirty years. It is also used extensively by historians and scholars in related fields. A substantial book review section is a central feature. There are four issues a year, comprising an annual volume of over 600 pages.
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BJHS and BJHS Themes Blogs
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William Petty’s survey of Ireland and the role of natural history in the development of statistics
- 22 January 2024,
- William Petty (1623-1687) is well known as a pioneer of political economy and statistics. He has been often celebrated as an ingenious thinker who was among...
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Anti-voluntarism, natural providence and miracles in Thomas Burnet’s Theory of the Earth
- 01 February 2023,
- In his Telluris Theoria Sacra and its English translation The Theory of the Earth (1681–90), the English clergyman and schoolmaster Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1715)...
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Embedding science scrutiny mechanisms in the UK Parliament
- 11 July 2022,
- At times during the past few years, evidence sessions of the UK’s House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee have made headline news, for example...
News – BSHS
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BSHS Pickstone Prize 2024 Shortlist Announced
- 18 June 2024,
- The British Society for the History of Science is pleased to report that the judging panel has shortlisted six outstanding books for the BSHS Pickstone Prize...
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Lecture: It Takes a University – Towards Critical Eugenics in the Academy
- 07 May 2024,
- 'It Takes a University: Towards Critical Eugenics in the Academy’, Subhadra Das A public lecture on the histories and legacies of eugenics in UK universities...
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First issue of the BJHS for 2024 coming up!
- 27 April 2024,
- Dear colleagues, I’m very happy to announce that the first issue of the BJHS for 2024 will shortly be arriving! Appropriately for spring, you’ll find that many...
History of Science on the Blog
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William Petty’s survey of Ireland and the role of natural history in the development of statistics
- 22 January 2024,
- William Petty (1623-1687) is well known as a pioneer of political economy and statistics. He has been often celebrated as an ingenious thinker who was among...
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Van Leeuwenhoek – the film: remaking the origins of bacteriology
- 23 August 2023,
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) is universally acknowledged as the first person describing protozoa and bacteria using his self made microscopes. His seventeenth-century...
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Anti-voluntarism, natural providence and miracles in Thomas Burnet’s Theory of the Earth
- 01 February 2023,
- In his Telluris Theoria Sacra and its English translation The Theory of the Earth (1681–90), the English clergyman and schoolmaster Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1715)...
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