Viewpoint

Viewpoint is the newsletter of the BSHS.  Launched in its present form in 2006, it appears as an A4-format magazine aimed at a broad readership, featuring news, opinion and interviews addressing the history of science, technology and medicine in all its forms, and drawing on the Society's Outreach and Education activities.  Viewpoint is published three times per year, in February, June and October.

• Feature article: 'When did Islamic science die (and who cares)?' Jamil Ragep on this historical and contemporary significance of Islamic science after the 12th century.
• BSHS Research Grant Report: Sebastian Pranghofer on the Herzog August Bibliothek.
• Anniversaries for 2009
• Runner-up of the Outreach and Education Committee's Image Competition
• Bringing plague to 21^st-century York: the BSHS Strolling Players at the British Association Festival of Science
• Reports of meetings: BSHS Postgraduate Conference, Darwinism after Darwin, William Conybeare.
• The Questionnaire: with Robert Jay Malone
• Plus reviews, news, events listings and more

Past issues will be archived here when they are more than a year old.  These are provided in pdf format, with compressed images and some minor formatting differences for copyright and technical reasons.  Enquiries about print back issues should be directed to the BSHS Executive Secretary (see contacts.)

Issue numbering for Viewpoint is consecutive with that of the former BSHS Newsletter.

• Viewpoint 82, February 2007
• Viewpoint 81, October 2006
• Viewpoint 80, June 2006
• Viewpoint 79, February 2006

All contributions and correspondence should be sent to the Editor, Dr Rebekah Higgitt, 46 Londesborough Road, London N16 8RP, or to newsletter@bshs.org.uk. Electronic communication is preferred. The next issue will be in June 2008 and the deadline for copy is 18 April 2008.

Enquiries about circulation, including subscription requests, should be sent to the BSHS Executive Secretary (see contacts).  Viewpoint is free to all BSHS members and is priced at £10.00 per year (three issues) for non-members. 

The Editor will always consider advertisements regarding new appointments but, as a general rule, other advertisements are not printed in this publication.  However, for an appropriate charge, leaflets advertising suitable events, publications, etc, can be sent out with Viewpoint subject to size and postage restrictions.  Full details are available from the BSHS Executive Secretary.