La Nature
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La Nature (Nature) was a French language scientific journal aimed at the popularization of science founded in 1873 by French scientist and adventurer Gaston Tissandier. The magazine also received an enormous amount of time, effort and contributions from his brother, Albert Tissandier.
A weekly journal until the 1920s, it became first biweekly (i.e. once every two weeks), and in 1948 it began to be published monthly.
From 1873 to 1914, each year started at the beginning of December. The second six-month period began with the first issue in June. Starting in 1915, La Nature's publishing year was in sync with the calendar year.
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[edit] Second World War
During the Second World War, La Nature was published only erratically. The first interruption in publishing lasted from September 15 to December 15, 1939, with only an additional six issues published during all of 1940. 1941 saw 12 issues published, on the 15th of each month. There were other suspensions in publication, such that only 26 issues were published between 1942 and 1945. The journal returned to its pre-war biweekly schedule during 1945.
[edit] Name Changes and Merger
In 1961 La Nature changed its name to La Nature Science Progrès (loosely Nature Magazine: Advances in Science) then in 1963 to Science Progrès La Nature (Advances in Science: Nature Magazine) before becoming Science Progrès Découverte (Advances in Science Discovered) in 1969. Finally, in 1972, La Nature merged with the scientific journal La Recherche, which is still in print today.
[edit] Editors in Chief
- Gaston Tissandier
- Henri de Parville
- E.-A. Martel
- Jules Laffargue
- L. de Launay
- André Troller
- Paul Ostoya - de 1957 à 1969
[edit] References
- (French) Summaries and history of La Nature
[edit] External links
- (French) La Nature, complete year runs 1873--1905, digitized by Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris
This article incorporates text from the French language Wikipedia article La Nature.
