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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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Biomedicine, Scientific Internationalism, and the Containment of Soviet Power
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Zoological colour on HMS Beagle: Charles Darwin’s chromatic language
- 27 March 2026,
- Image credit: Charles Darwin’s copy of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1821) by Patrick Syme. Reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University...
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A conversation with the historian of science Lorraine Daston
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