Scientific publishing celebrates 350 years
First issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society published on 6th March 1665
A gruesome account of an early blood transfusion in 1666, Isaac Newton's historic paper on light and colour, Dyson and Eddington's paper confirming Einstein's theory of general relativity and Stephen Hawking's early writing on black holes in space are just some of the landmark papers published in the Royal Society's scientific journals. The world's oldest continuously published journal, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, celebrates its 350th anniversary on Friday 6th March.
Landmark papers that have been published in Royal Society journals include:
. The gruesome account of an early blood transfusion (1666)
. The paper that proved Einstein right (1920)
. Stephen Hawking's early writing on black holes (1970)
. Benjamin Franklin's account of flying a kite in a storm to identify the electrical nature of lightning - the Philadelphia Experiment (1752)
. Sir Isaac Newton's landmark paper on the nature of light and colour (1672)
. A scientific study of a young Mozart confirming him as a musical child genius (1770)
. The discovery of a comet by the first recognized female scientist, Caroline Herschel (1794)
. Han's Sloane's account of inoculation with small pox (1755)
. Maxwell's discovery of the electromagnetic properties of light (1865)
Philosophical Transactions pioneered the concepts of scientific priority and peer review which, together with archiving and dissemination, provided the model for almost 30,000 scientific journals today.
To celebrate the anniversary, the Royal Society is holding a series of events looking back at the history of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and forwards to the future of scientific publication.
To find out more about the anniversary celebrations visit: https://royalsociety.org/publishing350/
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