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Isis is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press for the History of Science Society. It covers the history of science , history of medicine , and the history of technology , as well as their cultural influences.
Isis was an encyclopedic journal that focused on articles on natural science, medicine, technology, economics as well as art and history. It also published important articles on science policy and the organization of science.
The History of Science Society was founded in 1924 [1] by George Sarton, [3] David Eugene Smith, [6] and Lawrence Joseph Henderson, [7] primarily to support the publication of Isis, a journal of the history of science Sarton had started in 1912 [8] in Belgium. [9] George Sarton edited the journal Isis from 1913 until 1952, when he retired.
The George Sarton Medal is the History of Science Society's most prestigious award, given annually since 1955 to honor an outstanding historian of science for lifetime scholarly achievement. Sarton was the founder of the society and of its journals Isis and Osiris .
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In addition, he is the series editor of a book series titled "Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century" including over 40 books as of 2024, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. [13] Lightman was editor-in-chief of the journal Isis from 2004-2014 and served as president of the History of Science Society 2018–2019. [5]
Founded in 1936 by a lecturer (and later professor) at Harvard University George Sarton and by the History of Science Society, Osiris is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal dedicated to the history of science, medicine, and technology. It was founded in order to publish longer papers that were unsuitable for its partner publication, Isis. [1]
Academic study of the history of science as an independent discipline was launched by George Sarton at Harvard with his book Introduction to the History of Science (1927) and the Isis journal (founded in 1912). Sarton exemplified the early 20th century view of the history of science as the history of great men and great ideas.