愛思唯爾是一家現(xiàn)代出版企業(yè)，創(chuàng)辦于1880年。它已經(jīng)從一家致力于古典學(xué)術(shù)的小型荷蘭出版社發(fā)展成為一家國際性的多媒體出版公司，向全球教育、科學(xué)技術(shù)與醫(yī)學(xué)領(lǐng)域提供20,000余種產(chǎn)品。愛思唯爾的取名源自最初的House of Elzevir，即于1580年創(chuàng)立的荷蘭家族出版社。愛思唯爾的歷史反映了其為推進(jìn)科學(xué)與醫(yī)療進(jìn)步而開展的一系列合作。與一群科學(xué)前瞻者（從儒勒·凡爾納到史蒂芬·霍金）開展的出版合作，奠定了科學(xué)與醫(yī)學(xué)出版的基礎(chǔ)。先前的Non Solus在阿姆斯特丹特建舊辦公室內(nèi)的愛思唯爾標(biāo)識（可追溯至約1912年）所有致力于傳播和使用科學(xué)與醫(yī)學(xué)知識的人所付出的努力都同等重要——編輯、印刷公司、圖書管理員、護(hù)士、醫(yī)生、工程師、信息專家和科學(xué)與醫(yī)學(xué)出版中心的商務(wù)人員。與其他大型科學(xué)出版商的關(guān)系，如North Holland、Pergamon、Mosby、W.B. Saunders、Churchill Livingstone和Academic Press，是我們?nèi)〉贸晒Φ囊豁?xiàng)不可或缺的要素。這些只是當(dāng)前加入愛思唯爾大家族的部分公司，它們都為愛思唯爾帶來自身豐富的歷史。隨著公司不斷向前發(fā)展，我們依然恪守創(chuàng)立時(shí)的初心：Non Solus——永不孤獨(dú)。

Elsevier is a modern publishing company founded in 1880. It has grown from a small Dutch publisher dedicated to classical scholarship to an international multimedia publishing company, supplying more than 20,000 products to the fields of education, science, technology and medicine worldwide. Elsevier got its name from the original House of Elzevir, the Dutch family publishing House founded in 1580.Elsevier's history reflects a series of collaborations to advance science and medicine. Publishing collaborations with a group of scientific visionaries, from Jules verne to Stephen Hawking, laid the foundation for scientific and medical publishing.Previously Non SolusThe elsevier logo in the old purpose-built office in Amsterdam (circa 1912)All efforts to disseminate and use scientific and medical knowledge are equally important -- editors, printing companies, librarians, nurses, doctors, engineers, information specialists, and business people in science and medical publishing centers.Relationships with other large science publishers, such as North Holland, Pergamon, Mosby, W.B. Saunders, Churchill Livingstone, and Academic Press, are an integral part of our success. These are just a few of the companies that are currently part of the elsevier family, and they all bring a rich history to elsevier. As the company continues to move forward, we still adhere to the original intention of the founding: Non Solus -- never lonely.