Viewpoint

About

Viewpoint

Viewpoint is the colourful and entertaining magazine of the BSHS. Launched in its present form in 2006, it appears as an A4-format publication aimed at a broad readership, featuring articles, opinions, reviews and interviews addressing the history of science, technology and medicine, and drawing on the Society’s Outreach and Education activities. Viewpoint is published three times a year, in February, June and October. Enquiries about circulation, including subscription requests, should be sent to the BSHS Executive Secretary at office@bshs.org.uk. Viewpoint is free to all BSHS members and is priced at £12.00 per year for non-members based in the UK and £17 a year for overseas non-members.

We are currently working on making a complete archive available online. You can access numerous past issues as PDFs via the BSHS website. If you cannot find a specific issue on this page, we kindly ask for your patience.

Editor

Dr Joe Holloway is an early career researcher currently teaching philosophy and medical humanities at the university of Exeter, researching the intersection between the history of science and critical disability studies. He was book reviews editor for Literature & History as well as editor for the Postgraduate Journal of Medical Humanities and the postgraduate journal Exclamat!on.

Contributions and Advertisements.

All contributions and correspondence should be sent to the Editor, Joe Holloway, at viewpoint@bshs.org.uk. Instructions for contributors can be found in pdf here. 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.

Time &andNature

Time &andNature

Issue 136
Read about an eighteenth-century naturalist, a paperweight commemorating a nuclear reactor, historically-influenced musings on AI, and the great odd spots of Jupiter.

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Viewpoint Issues

You can find all our digital issues, reaching from issue 110 (2015) to the present day, below as free downloads. The latest issue is at the top.

Afterlives & Artifacts

Afterlives & Artifacts

Issue 135
This issue explores the afterlives and legacies of Goethe’s colour theory, human remains in research institutes, the early climate crisis decades, & quantitative analysis of fisheries.
Intelligent Design?

Intelligent Design?

Issue 134
This issue engages with some of the conversations around both human and artificial intelligence, as well as the connection to this and questions of population control.
Networks of Contagion & Classification

Networks of Contagion & Classification

Issue 133
Explore the histories of technologies of collection, connection, and communication in our latest issue!
Illusive Subjects

Illusive Subjects

Issue 132
Explore the crossover between photgraphy and astrophysics: the difficulties of evidencing the very small, the very large, and the humans involved.
Exploration & Discovery

Exploration & Discovery

Special Issue for Schools No 1
Check out our first special issue for schools revisiting some of our most important and intriguing stories!
Science, Bodies, and Health

Science, Bodies, and Health

Issue 131
This issue introduces some of the crosslinks between the history of science and the history of our bodies and health.
Natural Science

Natural Science

Issue 130
In this issue we set out to explore all the ways the history of science, medicine and technology intersect with the natural world, and our contributors for this issue certainly reflect the breadth of the field.
Racial Bias and Science

Racial Bias and Science

Issue 129
This month we’re focusing on a critical topic facing the history of science, medicine, and technology: racism and racial bias.
From Past to Present

From Past to Present

Issue 128
Follow us on a journey of the history of sciences, medicine, and technology from the past to the present in this final issue of 2022.
The heritage of science

The heritage of science

Issue 127
Find HSTM stories uncovered by local communities, heritage groups, and more in the latest issue of Viewpoint.
Communicating science

Communicating science

Issue 126
This issue explores the history of communication and communicating in the history of science, medicine, and technology.
The Science of Everything

The Science of Everything

Issue 125
Exploring everything and anything in the history of science, medicine, and technology.
Travelling Science

Travelling Science

Issue 124
Follow the transnational history of science, medicine, and technology in this issue on Travelling Science.
Industrial Innovations

Industrial Innovations

Issue 123
This issue explores the thrilling history of the relationship between science and industries.
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Issue 122
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H²O: The Stuff of Life?

H²O: The Stuff of Life?

Issue 121
Water: the stuff of life? This issue takes a look at the scientific, technological, and medicinal significance and impacts of water throughout history.
Polar Climate Science

Polar Climate Science

Issue 120
Follow us into the history of environmental research in some of the world’s coldest regeions.
Queering the Museum

Queering the Museum

Issue 119
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this issue is dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning+ (LGBTQ+) lives and issues in the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Spanish Influenza, 1918

Spanish Influenza, 1918

Issue 118
How humour helped people coping during the spread of history's deadliest pandemic.
Suffragette Surgeons

Suffragette Surgeons

Issue 117
This issue commemorates the 2018 centenary of women’s suffrage in the UK with a collection of articles on women in the history of science.
Unity and Disunity

Unity and Disunity

Issue 116
Unity and Disunity in Academia: Researching Early Modern Science in the 21st Century.
Place and Space on High

Place and Space on High

Issue 115
This issue follows current research from trailblazers in the history of geography.
Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

Issue 114
In this issue, we reflect on the role of race in science.
Canine Cosmonauts

Canine Cosmonauts

Issue 113
This issue is devoted to the history of those animals who have gone in pursuit of knowledge of the furthest reaches of the cosmos.
Science Writing BCE

Science Writing BCE

Issue 112
Join us for some exciting insights into ancient science writing, medical ethics then and now, and an in-depth analysis of the myriad meanings of milk throughout history!
What is your future, history?

What is your future, history?

Issue 111
A choose-your-own History of Science adventure, featuring articles on stories and the field!
A brief history of politics and physics at CERN

A brief history of politics and physics at CERN

Issue 110
Viewpoint explores European history of science and politics!
Ayrton Prize Issue: Digital Delights

Ayrton Prize Issue: Digital Delights

Issue 109
To whet your appetite for the online copy of issue 109, the special Ayrton Issue on digital histsci, we bring you a bonus feature article! Professor Chris Green of the University of York highlights some of the digital methods being pioneered to study the history of psychological science by the “PsyBorgs”.
The Rise & Fall of the "Scanning Girl"

The Rise & Fall of the "Scanning Girl"

Issue 108
In this issue explores the history of science in Europe