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This is the fourth issue of the
History of Science WikiProject's newsletter, the first since September 2007. The newsletter is issued periodically to help keep participants up-to-date about Knowledge (XXG) goings on related to the histories of science, medicine and technology.
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Articles and Featured Articles resulted in the demotion of several history of science articles that had been promoted in years past, when citation requirements were less strict:
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As usual, historical material related to military technology has been growing and improving, thanks to the strong military history community on
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and the editors hope to achieve Good
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of historian of psychology Chris Greene and sparked a serious on-wiki historiographical discussion about interpreting historical thought in modern terms.
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or whatever source is handy and let's make this month's collaboration a success!.
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