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A JOINT meeting of the British Society for the History of Science with the Science Masters' Association, the Historical Association and the Association of Women Science Teachers was recently held at the Science Museum to discuss the subject "The Place of the History of Science in Education". The meeting was very well attended, and the chair was occupied by Dr. E. J. Holmyard, who took the opportunity of welcoming Prof. George Sarton as an honorary member of the British Society for the History of Science. The opening speakers were Dr. F. Sherwood Taylor, Mr. G. Fowles (a former chairman of the Science Masters' Association), Mr. S. M. Toyne (chairman of the Council of the Historical Association) and Miss L. E. Higson (secretary, Association of Women Science Teachers).
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History of Science in Education. Nature 161, 572 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161572a0
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