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An editorial is presented which addresses the end of the author's tenure as the editor at the History of Science Society (HSS), and it his mentions his concerns about peer review (refereeing), as well as information about the views and sentiments of authors. The manuscript review process is examined, along with the history of science, editor-author relations, and copy editing.

An introduction is presented that discusses issue articles on science historian Joseph Needham and his multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China" ("SCC"), noting articles jointly published in the magazine "Technology and Culture."

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses articles within a special section of the journal about the topic of translation in the history of science

An introduction is presented to this issue which discusses the international scope of the journal and the History of Science Society, the inclusion of reviews of books not written in English, and editorial insights into what makes an article acceptable to the journal.

Pays tribute to Dutch physicist Casper Hakfoort who died on March 4, 1999. Information on Hakfoort's dissertation 'Optics in the Age of Euler: Conceptions of the Nature of Light, 1700-1795'; Proponent of the energeticist stance.

An introduction is provided to articles within the issue on topics, including entomology during the Spanish Civil War, the history of science and the Spanish leader Francisco Franco's ideology.

This "Viewpoint" section takes up the question of what, if anything, historians of science can learn from The History Manifesto, initially published in the fall of 2014. One summary, two essay reviews, and nine short comments are followed by remarks by the authors of the manifesto, Jo Guldi and David Armitage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction to the ''A Second Look'' sections is presented in which the editor discusses the list of classics in the history of science, the questions about the book’s author, its subject mat- ter, its origins, and what value it may still have.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within a special section of the issue on the topic of science and orthodox Christianity.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a review of the book "How Modern Science Came into the World" written by Ofer Gal and originally published in the 2012 edition of the journal.

From studies of antibody levels induced against poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 and against diphtheria and tetanus toxins as well as from epidemiologic studies comparing the protective effect in children of two and three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine, respectively, it can be concluded that two injections of DTP-polio vaccine administered at least four months apart will induce immunity against the four diseases. An immunization schedule can be built up in which bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is given simultaneously with the first DTP-polio injection at the age of three to eight months and vaccination against measles and--if needed--yellow fever is performed simultaneously with the second DTP-polio immunization at the age of nine to 14 months.