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[Call for Papers]: 13rd International Conference on History of Chemistry (Vilnius, 23-27 May, 2023; Deadline 1 December 2022)
8 november 2022
Since 1991, when the first meeting was organized in Veszprem (Hungary), the Working Party on History of Chemistry (WPHC) of the European Chemical Society (EuChemS) organizes an international conference on the history of chemistry in order to bring together historically interested chemists, chemistry educators and historians of chemistry from all over Europe and beyond. Thirty-two years later, the 13rd International Conference on History of Chemistry (13ICHC) will be held in Vilnius (Lithuania), from Tuesday 23 May to Friday 26 May 2023. On Saturday 27 May there is a day excursion outside Vilnius. Lees meer…
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[Presentatie] Huib Zuidervaart & Oscar Matsuura: Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World: The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil (Leiden, 18 november 2022)
22 september 2022
Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) wordt tegenwoordig geprezen als de auteur van een invloedrijk verslag over de natuurlijke historie van Noord-Brazilië en als samensteller van de eerste nauwkeurige kaart van het gebied, die wordt beschouwd als een van de elegantste producten van de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlandse cartografie.
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[Book] A History of Scientific Journals Publishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015 (Open Access; UCL Press)
5 oktober 2022
UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book, A History of Scientific Journals: Publishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015 by Aileen Fyfe, Noah Moxham, Julie McDougall-Waters, and Camilla Mørk Røstvik. Lees meer…