New issue of HoST — Journal of History of Science and Technology (17.1, June 2023) now online
22 June 2023
HoST is a peer-reviewed open access journal, published online in English by Sciendo, and results of a partnership between four Portuguese research units (CIUHCT, CIDEHUS, ICS e IHC).
The full issue is available here: HoST - Volume 17: Issue 1 (June 2023)
We invite all interested to submit their work following the guidelines available at HoST website.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 17.1
This issue includes an editorial by the team that has coordinated the edition of the journal over the last three years
“Editorial: Reflections on HoST’s Last Triennium,” Cristina Luís, Davide Scarso, Luís Tirapicos and Samuel Gessner
It also includes two interesting articles in the section Varia
“The Dinosaur Renaissance 1960s-80s: A Foundational Episode for the Historiography of Paleoart,” Victor Monnin
“Under Shannon’s Bandwagon. Rethinking the Reception of Information Theory in Thermal Physics, 1948-1957,” Javier Anta
An article in the Work in Progress section
“Cândido Baptista de Oliveira and the “Forgotten Memoir”: The First Plan of a National Astronomical Observatory After Brazilian Independence (1822-1831),” Millena Souza Farias
In this issue you can also find three Book Reviews
“Book Review: Maria Elvira Callapez, Sara Marques da Cruz, Vânia Carvalho, eds., Plasticity - a History of Plastics in Portugal,” Maria da Luz Sampaio
“Book Review: Pekka Hämäläinen, Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America,” Marta C. Lourenço