Early Modern HistoryPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the WorldVarious
Early Modern History

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World

by Various

As the world's second journal devoted exclusively to science and the longest-running scientific publication, it captured the pioneering spirit of the Royal Society's early days.

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"Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666" by Various is a scientific journal first published in 1665. As the world's second journal devoted exclusively to science and the longest-running scientific publication, it captured the pioneering spirit of the Royal Society's early days. Edited by secretary Henry Oldenburg as a private venture, this groundbreaking volume introduced the fundamental practices of modern scientific publishing—peer review, registration, and dissemination. Its pages reveal the intellectual curiosity of seventeenth-century natural philosophers exploring everything from Jupiter's Great Red Spot to whale-fishing near Bermuda.

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EPUB
Language
English
Length
540 pages
Published
1 January 1665

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World