Almagest: Vol. V, Issue 1

Almagest: Vol. V, Issue 1

Dear Colleagues,
We inform you that Almagest, International Journal for the History of Scientific Ideas V.1 (May 2014) has been published.
Please find the contents and the abstracts here: http://www.hpdst.gr/publications/almagest/issues/5-1
Online orders: http://brepols.metapress.com/content/u7703l2mw4rh/
Among the Papers:
Noël Golvers, “Ferdinand Verbiest’s 1668 observation of an unidentified celestial phenomenon in Peking, its lost Chinese description and some parallel observations, especially in Korea”.
Vangelis Koutalis, “Making discoveries for a better life vs. bringing fruits to the national treasury: Davy, Babbage, Brewster and the (ongoing) struggle for the soul of science”.
Sincerely,
The editors of Almagest