Henry Oldenburg (and the Philosophical Transactions) [ Science ]
… Transactions , the first periodical devoted to science and technology. Henry Oldenburg was closely involved with the Royal Society . Although he was not present at the founding meeting, 1 which took place at Gresham College on 28 … scientists. Oldenburg was already well-known to the group who formed the Royal Society. He had first come into contact with Robert Boyle through Boyle’s nephew, Richard Jones, to whom Oldenburg was tutor. Through Boyle’s influence, … the group which would later be instrumental in the creation of the Royal Society, and it was Oldenburg’s first contact with the new experimental scientists, and the first step in creating the social network of which he was to become the …
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