Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics Smithsonian Contributions to Botany Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology

• Main Authors: St. Helena Island, Smithsonian Contributions To Zoology, S. Dillon Ripley, Storrs L. Olson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.691.7447; http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/SCtP-0023.pdf

The emphasis upon publications as a means of diffusing knowledge was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In his formal plan for the Insti-tution, Joseph Henry articulated a program that included the following statement: "I t is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge." This keynote of basic research has been adhered to over the years in the issuance of thousands of titles in serial publications under the Smithsonian imprint, com-mencing widi Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge in 1848 and continuing with the following active series: