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- ISSN: 2058-850X (Print), 2056-354X (Online)
- Editor: Dr Jahnavi Phalkey Science Gallery Bengaluru, India
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BJHS Themes is a collaborative venture between the British Society for the History of Science and Cambridge University Press aimed at establishing the first fully open access journal for the history of science community. It aims to publish open access, scholarly and engaging collections of history of science papers, which address provocative themes, and which will be free for readers and offer no financial barrier to publication for authors. Like its sister publication, British Journal for the History of Science, BJHS Themes is a journal of the British Society for the History of Science, a major learned society for its subject.
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BJHS Themes and BJHS Blogs
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‘Down pythons’ throats we thrust live goats’: snakes, zoos and animal welfare in nineteenth-century Britain
- 08 August 2024,
- In September 1902, as he was passing the Reptile House at London Zoo, T.W. Hitchmough was approached by a ‘small goat of friendly disposition’, which came running...
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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...
News – BSHS
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Update from BSHS president
- 02 September 2024,
- Dear BSHS Member I hope you've had a summer that has been productive, relaxing, memorable and enjoyable--with luck all of these. For those involved with the...
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Workshop: Climate & the Beginning of the Crisis Decades
- 05 August 2024,
- A one-day workshop that seeks to generate critical transdisciplinary engagement around climate research and discourse in the 1970s Friday, 30 August 2024, 9-5pm...
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Announcement – Winner auf the BSHS 2024 Pickstone Prize!
- 26 July 2024,
- The British Society for the History of Science is delighted to announce that the 2024 BSHS Pickstone Prize has been awarded to Matthew Daniel Eddy's book Media...
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