Viewpoint issue 137 out now!

Please enjoy our latest issue of Viewpoint where we present original research related to our attempts to control the elements.

After an update from the Outreach and Engagement Committee of BSHS about the prizes we have awarded this year Timothy Sim kicks off our theme by reflecting on the public health response to the mosquito-bourne Dengue virus in Singapore (air). Ellen Hausner then centrally reflects our theme by examining alchemical characters in historical manuscripts before Simon Naylor, Tara Jonell, and Lawrence Dritsas report back on the BHSH funded workshop held at the University of Glasgow on the histories and geographies of water knowledge (water). Theo Tomking then explores British efforts to generate soil maps in 1930s East Africa (earth), before Lucy Santos provides us with an excerpt from her most recent monograph on the history of uranium (generously understood for the benefit of our overarching theme as fire!) before rounding out the issue with an interview where she discusses her role at the BSHS.