Call for papers: Historiography of Physics

November 2019

Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its special issue on the historiography of physics. The aim is to discuss the different approaches to the history of physics.

  This special issue of Transversal aims at bringing together different perspectives on the writing of the history of physics. The journal editor’s hope to receive articles that discuss distinctive aspects of the research in the history of physics, as well as articles that, reconstructing a particular case study, reflect on the writing of the history of physics. Submission details: Submission must be received by March 15, 2020, so they can be considered for the June 2020 issue. Submissions must be prepared for double blind review. Notification of acceptance will be sent on April 30, 2019. Click here to see full call. Read more on physics in HCSM: Scientists in fiction -This article seeks to understand how science and scientists are portrayed in films. Taylor, Richard. Personal reflections on Jackson Pollock’s fractal paintings. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Oct 2006, vol.13.