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The Gatekeepers of Modern Physics: Periodicals and Peer Review in 1920s Britain
- Imogen Clarke
- Sociology, Medicine
- Isis
- 1 March 2015
This essay analyzes the processes behind the publication of physics papers in two British journals in the 1920s: the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series A and the Philosophical… Expand
How to manage a revolution: Isaac Newton in the early twentieth century
- Imogen Clarke
- History
- Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of…
- 20 December 2014
In the first half of the twentieth century, dramatic developments in physics came to be viewed as revolutionary, apparently requiring a complete overthrow of previous theories. British physicists… Expand
Melinda Baldwin.Making “Nature”: The History of a Scientific Journal. vii + 309 pp., figs., bibl., index. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2015. $45 (cloth).
- Imogen Clarke
- Sociology
- 20 September 2016
A History of the Electron: J. J. and G. P. Thomson
- Imogen Clarke
- Physics
- 1 March 2013
misjudged Kuhn’s perspective, not realising that it was not Kuhn’s idea but a particular reading of his work that substantially influenced sociology of science. Kuhn’s unnoticed attempts to correct… Expand
Helge Kragh, Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom. The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure 1913-1925. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. vi + 410 pp., ISBN 978-0-19-965498-7.
- Imogen Clarke
- Physics
- 2013
Negotiating Progress: Promoting 'modern' physics in Britain, 1900-1940
- Imogen Clarke
- History
- 14 November 2012
The first four decades of the twentieth century was a period of rapid development in physics. The late nineteenth century discoveries of X-rays, Becquerel rays and subatomic particles had revealed… Expand
Conservative attitudes to old-established organs: Oliver Lodge and Philosophical Magazine
- Imogen Clarke, J. Mussell
- History, Medicine
- Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of…
- 8 July 2015
In 1921 Oliver Lodge defended Philosophical Magazine against charges of mismanagement from the National Union of Scientific Workers. They alleged that its editors performed little editorial work, the… Expand