Scientific journal Nature has announced that the archive of the first 80 years (1869-1949) of the journal is currently available online at www.nature.com/nature/archive. Many of the historic moments in modern science can now be explored online.
The archive includes reports on the first observation of x-rays (Wilhelm Röntgen, 1896) the discovery of the electron (J.J. Thomson, 1897), the first fossil evidence that humans originated in Africa (Raymond Dart, 1925), and the discovery of the neutron (James Chadwick, 1932). Containing over 4000 issues and an estimated 180,000 articles, the 1869-1949 archive completes the digitisation of Nature. The project has taken over five years to complete, beginning with the launch of the 1987-1996 archive in 2003. A special web feature, The History of the Journal Nature (www.nature.com/nature/history/), featuring timelines, video interviews and profiles of editors, has been developed to celebrate the launch of the 1869-1949 archive.
The Nature archive 1869-1949 is an integrated part of the nature.com platform. The articles are available as PDFs of the original journal article, but HTML abstracts are available. All users can browse the archive via www.nature.com/nature/archive. While access is by site licence for institutions, articles can also be purchased individually. Selected content is free for a limited time at www.nature.com/nature/history/century.html.
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