Henry Oldenburg (and the Philosophical Transactions) [ Science ]
… the idea of creating a newsletter of scientific information which he could sell to augment his meagre income. The first issue of his newsletter, the Philosophical Transactions , came out on 6 March 1665. The first issue of the Journal des Sçavans 6 had appeared two months earlier in Paris, but whereas the Journal des Sçavans was … That the scientific communities of Paris and London were in fairly close contact is evidenced by the fact that the first issue of the Journal des Sçavans was presented to the Royal Society, by Oldenburg, only six days after it had appeared in …
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