It was named after Arnold Berliner, editor of the German periodical Naturwissenschaften.
Die Naturwissenschaften was founded in 1913 by Arnold Berliner and published by Julius Springer Verlag.
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In 1987 and 1988 he was a visiting researcher and Fulbright Scholar at the Universität Hamburg, Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Technik.