The International Academy of the History of Science () is a membership organization for historians of science. The Academy was founded on 17 August 1928 at the Congress of Historical Science by

Aldo Mieli Aldo Mieli (4 December 1879 – 16 February 1950) was an influential historian of science, and a pioneer of gay rights. Early life and education Born in 1879 in Livorno, Italy to a wealthy Jewish family, Mieli was raised in Chianciano, a small ...

Abel Rey Abel Rey (; 29 December 1873, Chalon-sur-Saône – 13 January 1940, Paris) was a French philosophy of science, philosopher and history of science, historian of science. Abel Rey succeeded Gaston Milhaud as professor of the history of philosophy ...

George Sarton George Alfred Leon Sarton (; 31 August 1884 – 22 March 1956) was a Belgian-American chemist and historian. He is considered the founder of the discipline of the history of science as an independent field of study. His most influential works were ...

, Henry E. Sigerist,

Charles Singer Charles Joseph Singer (2 November 1876 – 10 June 1960) was a British historian of science, technology, and medicine. He served as medical officer in the British Army. Biography Early years Singer was born in Camberwell in London, where hi ...

Karl Sudhoff Karl Sudhoff (26 November 1853, Frankfurt am Main – 8 October 1938, Salzwedel) was a German historian of medicine, who founded the first institute for the history of medicine in the world. Sudhoff taught for years at the University of Leipzig, ...

, and

Lynn Thorndike Lynn Thorndike (24 July 1882, in Lynn, Massachusetts, US – 28 December 1965, New York City) was an American historian of History of science in the Middle Ages, medieval science and alchemy. He was the son of a clergyman, Edward R. Thorndike, an ...

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''Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences'', formerly ''Archivio di storia della scienza'' and then ''Archeion'', is an international academic journal of the

history of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient history, ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural science, natural, social science, social, and formal science, formal. Pr ...

now published by the International Academy of the History of Science. The journal is published twice yearly and its chief editor, since 2018, is

Michela Malpangotto Michela Malpangotto is an Italian historian of science, specializing in the history of astronomy leading up to the Copernican Revolution, and its associated mathematics (especially spherical geometry and trigonometry). She is a director of resea ...

. The content is published in six languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish. Issues are distributed in print and online by

Brepols Brepols is a Belgian publishing house. Once, it was one of the largest printing companies in the world and one of the main employers in Turnhout (Belgium). Besides its printing business, Brepols is also active as a publisher. Formerly well known ...

. The journal was founded as ''Archivio di storia della scienza'' by

in 1919, renamed ''Archeion'' in 1927, and edited by Mieli from its founding in 1919 until its closure, due to wartime political pressures on Mieli, in 1943. The journal was revived in 1947 as ''Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences.'' Its early history was notable for its commitment to political internationalism and for its role in the establishment of the history of science as an academic discipline.

Prizes

The Academy issues two biennial prizes in odd-numbered years, the Koyré Medal and the Young Historian Prize. The prizes were first awarded in 1968 and were established in their current biennial pattern in 1991. The Koyré Medal, named for the French philosopher and historian of science

Alexandre Koyré Alexandre Koyré (; ; born Alexandr Vladimirovich (or Volfovich) Koyra; 29 August 1892 – 28 April 1964), also anglicized as Alexander Koyre, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science. ...

, is awarded for lifetime career contributions. The first winner of the Koyré Medal was British

historian of mathematics The history of mathematics deals with the origin of discoveries in mathematics and the History of mathematical notation, mathematical methods and notation of the past. Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples ...

Derek T. Whiteside in 1968, honoring his work on Isaac Newton's mathematical papers. The Young Historian Prize is awarded for a scholar's first work in the history of science. The first winner, in 1968, was Russian historian of mathematics

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. The list of prize winners for both prizes is maintained a
AIHS-IAHS: Academy prizes

References

External links

''International Academy of the History of Science'' website

Online issues of the journal ''Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences'' since 2004
History of science organizations Academy of the History of Science Scientific organizations established in 1928 1928 in international relations {{sci-hist-stub

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