Mission
BSHS Monographs publishes work of lasting scholarly value that might not otherwise be made available, and it aids the dissemination of innovative projects advancing scholarship or education in the field.
Dr Joe Cain is Editor of BSHS Monographs (email: monographs@bshs.org.uk).
News about BSHS Monographs
- SUPERSALE now over!
Our supersale of BSHS monographs ended at the BSHS annual meeting in Exeter, 14-17 July. - New monograph coming soon!
At the Exeter meeting, we’ll publish our next monograph, BSHS Monograph 14
Emily Steel’s (2011) He is No Loss: Robert McCormick and the Voyage of HMS Beagle.
This features a transcription of McCormick’s previously unpublished diary from the voyage that included Darwin and FitzRoy.
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Purchasing BSHS Monographs
In print
- BSHS Monographs 13, 14 and above are now available for purchase directly via any bookseller
- BSHS Monographs 2, 12 and also 13 are available for purchase directly from the BSHS print-on-demand service. Other out-of-print titles might appear via this service in the future.
Out-of-print
- All out-of-print BSHS Monographs are available in digital form and free download via the BSHS Website.
Titles
 | BSHS Monographs 14
‘He is no loss’: Robert McCormick and the voyage of HMS Beagle. Emily Steel
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| BSHS Monographs 13
An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War. Hasok Chang and Catherine Jackson, editors
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| BSHS Monographs 12
To See the Fellows Fight: Eye Witness Accounts of Meetings of the Geological Society of London and Its Club, 1822-1868.
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| BSHS Monographs 11
Science in Art: Works in the National Gallery that illustrate the History of Science and Technology. JV Field and Frank AJL James
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| BSHS Monographs 10
E. Ray Lankester and the Making of Modern British Biology. Joe Lester and Peter Bowler
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| BSHS Monographs 9
In the Shadow of Lavoisier: The ‘Annales de Chimie’ and the Establishment of a New Science. Maurice Crosland
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| BSHS Monographs 8
Science and Nature: Essays in the History of the Environmental Sciences. Michael Shortland, editor
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| BSHS Monographs 7
Index to the Scientific Correspondence of John William Dawson. Susan Sheets-Pyenson
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| BSHS Monographs 6Archives of the British Chemical Industry, 1750-1914: A Handlist. Peter J. T. Morris and Colin A. Russell;
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| BSHS Monographs 5Francis Bacon’s Natural Philosophy: A New Source. A Transcription of Manuscript Hardwick 72A with translation and commentary. Graham Rees, assisted by Christopher Upton
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| BSHS Monographs 4The Royal Society and Its Fellows, 1660-1700: The Morphology of an Early Scientific Institution. Michael Hunter
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| BSHS Monographs 3Rationality and Ritual: The Windscale Inquiry and Nuclear Decisions in Britain. Brian Wynne
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| BSHS Monographs 2The Letters of Georges Cuvier: A Summary Calendar of the Manuscript and Printed Materials preserved in Europe, the United States of America, and Australasia. Dorinda Outram, editor
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| BSHS Monographs 1Images of the Earth: Essays in the History of the Environmental Sciences. LJ Jordanova and Roy Porter, editors
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History of BSHS Monographs
For titles 1-5 the series editor was Dr R Smith, University of Lancaster; the series editor for 6 and 7 was Dr RG. Smith, University of Leicester; for titles 8-10 and the second editions of 1 and 4, the series editor was Dr PJ Weindling, University of Oxford. Dr JFM Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury, edited 11, Professors Janet Browne, James Secord and Hugh Torrens edited 12 and Dr John van Wyhe, University of Cambridge, edited 13. Dr Joe Cain became editor in 2008 and continues with the series.
Instructions to Prospective Authors
Prospective authors should discuss proposals with the series editor.
Notes for guidance (pdf)