Tomorrow, August 5, 2020, the university will be upgrading all their journals to the latest OJS release 3.2.1 and you should expect a 5-10 minute downtime while the HSSA journal is upgraded.
Read more about HSSA journal software upgradeI am delighted to announce three new members of the editorial board of this journal.
Read more about New members of the HSSA editoral boardThe HSSA journal can now be explored through its entry at IsisCB.
Read more about HSSA now indexed in the ISIS Current Bibliography of the History of Science SocietyA lecture by Kim Plofker, associate professor of mathematics at Union College, and one of HSSA's editors, was covered in a blog for Scientific American. Read the article here.
Read more about Computation in the Service of Poetry: a lecture by Kim Plofker covered in a blog for Scientific AmericanThe University of Alberta's online journal platform, that supports HSSA, recently partnered with Scholars Portal, a service of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL).
Read more about HSSA partners with Scholars PortalHistorian Simon Schaffer, the 2008 Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer, spoke on Newton's fascination with discoveries about ancient Indian philosophy and discussed the global network of information on which Newton relied for his Principia Mathematica. Video
Read more about Historian Simon Schaffer, the 2008 Harry Camp Memorial Lecture
In January 2018 Prof. S. R. Sarma announced the online publication of his Descriptive Catalogue. Now he has released a second, updated edition as well as a new abridged edition.
Read more about A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical InstrumentsHSSA pioneers the hot-linking of bibliographical references.
Read more about Hot-linking bibliographical referencesWhat kind of astronomical instruments were used in India before Jai Singh's time? Are any of these extant in museums? Such questions led me to an exploration of museums and private collections in India, Europe and USA for about a quarter century and to the identification of 555+ specimens which are extant or about which photos and other records are available. A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments is the outcome of this exploration.
-- S. R. Sarma
About the Journal
HSSA publishes the latest international research in the history of science in South Asia. Submissions to HSSA are peer-reviewed by senior professionals in the history of science. Authors are not charged any article-processing fee and authors retain the copyright of their work, releasing it under a Creative Commons BY-SA license. HSSA provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public is the most effective way to support the growth of knowledge.
History of Science in South Asia | ISSN: 2369-775X
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