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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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The Fronde, the Court, and the Cosmos: Morin, Gassendi, and Astrology’s Decline in XVII Century France
- 11 March 2025,
- Astrology today is often seen as the epitome of pseudoscience. Yet, until the 17th century, it was considered a legitimate scholarly discipline, serving as...
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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)...
News – BSHS
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Submissions open for 2025 Hughes Prize – Deadline 11 April!
- 19 March 2025,
- Submissions open for the 2025 Hughes Prize – deadline 11 April 2025 In keeping with the Society’s aim to communicate history of science to broad audiences,...
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Lisa Jardine Grants – Royal Society
- 11 February 2025,
- LISA JARDINE GRANT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY - Open to applications until 11 March 2025 PhD candidates and early career researchers may be interested in this funding...
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CfA: BSHS Small Conference & Workshop Grants
- 05 February 2025,
- The British Society for the History of Science is looking to award grants of up to £500 each to conferences and workshops to be held in person this year (funds...
History of Science on the Blog
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The Fronde, the Court, and the Cosmos: Morin, Gassendi, and Astrology’s Decline in XVII Century France
- 11 March 2025,
- Astrology today is often seen as the epitome of pseudoscience. Yet, until the 17th century, it was considered a legitimate scholarly discipline, serving as...
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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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