Nature 224, 441 - 444 (01 November 1969); doi:10.1038/224441a0

Securing the Foundations

Nature soon became the recognized forum for scientific debate in Britain. Few of the competitors of Nature from the nineteenth century have survived, but for many years Nature's finances left much to be desired.

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