''The Science of Nature'', formerly ''Naturwissenschaften'', is a monthly

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published by

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covering all aspects of the

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s relating to questions of biological significance. It was founded in 1913 and intended as a German-language equivalent of the English-language journal ''

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'', at a time when German was still a dominant language of the natural sciences. The journal is now published in English.

History

''Die Naturwissenschaften'' was founded in 1913 by

Arnold Berliner Arnold Berliner (Gut Mittelneuland bei Neisse, 26 December 1862 – Berlin, 22 March 1942) was a German physicist. Biography Berliner graduated in physics from the University of Breslau in 1886. He worked in the research and development labo ...

and published by Julius Springer Verlag. Berliner intended to create a German equivalent to the English-language journal ''Nature''. The original subtitle ''Wochenschrift für die Fortschritte der Naturwissenschaften, der Medizin und der Technik'' (''Weekly Publication of the Advances in the Natural Sciences, Medicine and Technology'') was later changed to its current ''The Science of Nature''. The journal is published monthly and the articles are exclusively in English, after a gradual transition from German to English during the 1990s. In January 2015, the journal changed its name to ''The Science of Nature''.

Editors

The following persons have been

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of the journal:

References

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