academic publisher
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of science, technology, and medical books and journals founded in 1976. It was bought by
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Originally founded in 1842 ...
in 2006.
History
Humana published more than 100 new books and 25 journals per year, with a back list of approximately 1,500 titles in areas such as
molecular biology
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,
neuroscience
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,
cancer
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research,
pathology
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, and
medicine
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.
The company was founded in 1976 in
Clifton, New Jersey
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by Thomas L. Lanigan and his wife, Julia Lanigan, both
chemist
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s, and published its first book in 1977. The company was acquired by
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Originally founded in 1842 ...
in the fall of 2006 and continues to publish titles in a range of book series under the Humana Press imprint.Publishers Weekly. "Springer Buys Humana; Blackwell Adds Brandywine." September 5, 2006. The company's employees remained at its
Totowa, NJ
Totowa (pronounced "TO-tuh-wuh" ) is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 10,844,Methods in Molecular Biology'' book series, which produced more than 1200 published volumes, more than 33,000 individual protocols, and an extensive online database, '' Springer Protocols''.