''Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences'' is a

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published by the

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on behalf of the Office for History of Science and Technology (

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). It was established as '' Chymia'' in 1948, being published under than name until 1967 when it temporarily ceased publication. It resumed under ''Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences'' in 1969, renaming itself ''Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences'' in 1986 under John L. Heilbron, an acquiring its current name in 2008. It covers the study of the intellectual and social history of the physical sciences (including

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

, and

astronomy Astronomy () is a natural science that studies astronomical object, celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and chronology of the Universe, evolution. Objects of interest ...

) and the biological sciences (including

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

biophysics Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and populations. ...

, and

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...

), from the 17th century to the modern era.

Russell McCormmach Russell Keith McCormmach (born 9 October 1933), the husband of the late Christa Jungnickel, is an American historian of physics. McCormmach grew up in Walla Walla, Washington and studied physics at Washington State College with bachelor's degree i ...

, who edited the first ten annual volumes of ''Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences''. John L. Heilbron took over as editor in 1980 and in 1985 added "Biological" to the title. In 2008,

Cathryn Carson Cathryn Leigh Carson is a historian of science, known for her biography of Werner Heisenberg. She holds the Thomas M. Siebel Presidential Chair in the History of Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Education and career Carson earned ...

took over as

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2018

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of 0.417.

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