Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU
type: channel
description: Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU is the first peer-reviewed, diamond open access (ie free of charge) journal in Poland devoted to the history of science. The publications of the journal concern the following: general history of science and its relationships with other domains of culture (philosophy, religion, art and technology) and other meta-sciences (philosophy of science, sociology of the scientific knowledge, scientometrics etc.); history of specific disciplines (scientific theories, world views, scholars and scientific institutions); history of scientific institutions researching the history of science; tools and techniques for research in the history of science and teaching of the history of science. ISSN 1731-6715 | Frequency annual | Published in years: 1999-2015 | Continued by: Studia Historiae Scientiarium
publisher: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
language: en
publication name: Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU
issn: 1731-6715
items: Ewolucyjna transformacja czasopisma. Część 2 / Evolutionary transformation of the journal. Part 2
items: Leonhardi Euleri Opera omnia: Editing the works and correspondence of Leonhard Euler
items: Scientific degrees in imperial Russia
items: Remarks on Prof. Michał Kokowski’s comment about the studies into the life of Prof. Jan Czochralski (in Polish)
items: Historicizing science or how the new comes into the world. A conversation with Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (in Polish)
items: Natural sciences in Hans-Jörg Rheinberger’s historico-epistemological approach (in Polish)
items: Nota na temat pojmowania uogólnionej zasady korespondencji / Note on the understanding of the generalized correspondence principle
items: Sprawozdanie z działalności Komisji Historii Nauki PAU w 2014/2015 roku / The report on the activities of the PAU Commission on the Hstory of Science in 2014/2015
items: Karol Olszewski’s 100th anniversary of death and his contribution to cryogenics (in Polish)
items: Éva Vámos (1950–2015)
items: The Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow (1872–1918) and its Czech members (in Polish)
items: Remarks to Dr. Paul E. Tomaszewski’s comments on the research of Jan Czochralski’s curriculum vitae (a reply) (in Polish)
items: International collaboration in the history of science of Central Europe
items: Polish origins of the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of the University of Fribourg and the Polish contribution to the Fribourg industrial revolution (in Polish)
items: Wincenty Lutosławski and his interest in the United States of America in the light of the correspondence addressed to the Kosciuszko Foundation (in Polish)
items: The history of mathematics in the Krakow University of Technology (1945–2015) (in Polish)
items: A sketch on the current debate on scientometrics and bibliometrics versus the forgotten science of science (in Polish)
items: What kind of scientometrics and bibliometrics do we need in Poland? (in Polish)
items: Scientometric, bibliometric and informetric bibliography (Selection)

Ewolucyjna transformacja czasopisma. Część 2 / Evolutionary transformation of the journal. Part 2
type: item
description: It is outlined the third phase of the development of the journal Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU(Proceedings of the PAU Commission on the History of Science). The goal of the Editorial Board of the “Proceedings of the PAU Commission on the History of Science” is to build a modern journal in the field of broadly understood history of science, which will refer to both Polish and foreign achievements with appropriate respect.
subject: EDITORIAL
  topic: section
subject: Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU
  topic: keywords
subject: Proceedings of the PAU Commission on the History of Science
  topic: keywords
subject: Studia Historiae Scientiarum
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Michał Kokowski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Michał Kokowski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 5
ending page: 10
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.001.5257

Leonhardi Euleri Opera omnia: Editing the works and correspondence of Leonhard Euler
type: item
description: The paper gives an overview on the history and present state of the edition of the complete works of Leonhard Euler (1707–1783). After several failed initiatives in the 19th century, the project began in 1907 with the edition of Euler’s printed works. The works were divided into three series: I. Mathematics (29 volumes); II. Mechanics and Astronomy (31 volumes); and III. Physics and Miscellaneous (12 volumes). After several ups and downs due to two World Wars and economic problems, the publication of the printed works with a total of 72 volumes is nearly finished. Only two volumes on perturbation theory in astronomy are still missing. The publication of series IV (manuscripts and correspondence) started in 1967 as a joint project of the Swiss and the Soviet academies of sciences. The manuscript edition was postponed, and the project focussed on Euler’s correspondence which contains approximately 3000 letters, 1000 of them written by Euler. The correspondents include famous mathematicians of the 18th century like d’Alembert, Clairaut and the Bernoullis, but also many less-known people with whom Euler corresponded on a great variety of subjects. A major problem is to find and to finance appropriate editors who are able to read French, Latin, and the old German handwriting, and who are acquainted with history, culture and science of the 18th century. During the last 50 years, the editors gathered copies or scans of most of the preserved Euler’s letters. The original letters addressed to Euler were made available to the editorial group in Switzerland by the Russian Academy of Sciences before World War I, and before their restitution in 1947 the editors made fairly good photographs that are now an important part of the material basis of the edition. Each volume of the letter series (VIA) contains Euler’s correspondence with one or more of his contemporaries, presented in a chronological order. Up to the present day, four volumes of the correspondence have been published,…
subject: RESEARCH PAPERS
  topic: section
subject: Leonhard Euler
  topic: keywords
subject: complete works
  topic: keywords
subject: correspondence
  topic: keywords
subject: editing policy
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of mathematics
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Andreas Kleinert
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Andreas Kleinert https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 13
ending page: 35
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.002.5258

Scientific degrees in imperial Russia
type: item
description: Numerous Polish scientists were conferred with scientific degrees in Imperial Russia. It is therefore useful to known what kind of hierarchy these degrees followed.
subject: COMMUNICATIONS
  topic: section
subject: hierarchy of scientific degrees
  topic: keywords
subject: student
  topic: keywords
subject: graduated student
  topic: keywords
subject: candidate of the university
  topic: keywords
subject: PhD
  topic: keywords
subject: Dr. Sci.
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: historia
  topic: disciplines
subject: historia nauki
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Piotr Flin
creator: Elena Panko
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Piotr Flin, Elena Panko https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 269
ending page: 272
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.010.5266

Remarks on Prof. Michał Kokowski’s comment about the studies into the life of Prof. Jan Czochralski (in Polish)
type: item
description: Remarks on the critical comments regarding the contents of the paper published after the presentation delivered by the biographer of Prof. Jan Czochralski. Unfortunately, Prof. Kokowski used an incorrect historical approach to such a short paper. The remarks are presented in four main points.
subject: DISCUSSIONS AND POLEMICS
  topic: section
subject: Jan Czochralski
  topic: keywords
subject: analysis of documents
  topic: keywords
subject: biography
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: history physics
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of chemistry
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of pharmacy
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of technology
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Paweł E. Tomaszewski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Paweł E. Tomaszewski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 275
ending page: 281
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.011.5267

Historicizing science or how the new comes into the world. A conversation with Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (in Polish)
type: item
description: The conversation revolves around the historical epistemology as a special branch of the history of science, which has been largely influenced by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger and his team at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Apart from the discussion of the idea of historical epistemology, its position among the historical disciplines and the implications it has for science policy, what is also considered is experiment as a basic unit of science.
subject: VARIA
  topic: section
subject: historical epistemology
  topic: keywords
subject: history of science
  topic: keywords
subject: experimental systems
  topic: keywords
subject: science policy
  topic: keywords
subject: interdisciplinarity
  topic: keywords
subject: historia
  topic: disciplines
subject: historia nauki
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Jan Surman
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Jan Surman https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 291
ending page: 306
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.013.5269

Natural sciences in Hans-Jörg Rheinberger’s historico-epistemological approach (in Polish)
type: item
description: The article presents a critical review of the form and content of the Polish translation of Hans-Jörg Rheinberger’s book entitled Epistemologia historyczna (Historical epistemology) (Warsaw: Oficyna Naukowa, 2015. Translated [from German] by Jan Surman. ISBN 978-83-64363-20-7, pp. 336), indicating both the substantive advantages of this book and its some (mainly linguistic) shortcomings.
subject: PRESENTATIONS AND REVIEWS
  topic: section
subject: Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
  topic: keywords
subject: historical epistemology
  topic: keywords
subject: translation studies
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Michał Kokowski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Prac Komisji Historii Nauki PAU https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 309
ending page: 323
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.014.5270

Nota na temat pojmowania uogólnionej zasady korespondencji / Note on the understanding of the generalized correspondence principle
type: item
description: The author, referring to the text of Jan Woleński published on the pages of Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU in 2014, discusses the understanding of the generalized correspondence principle in the context of the following concepts: cumulativism (C.G. Hempel, P. Oppenhaim, E. Nagel), extreme anticumulativism (P. Feyerabend, T.S. Kuhn), dialectical cumulativism (W. Krajewski) and the hypothetico‑ deductive method of correspondence‑oriented thinking as well as Copernicus’s methodology (M. Kokowski).
subject: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
  topic: section
subject: generalized correspondence principle
  topic: keywords
subject: cumulativism
  topic: keywords
subject: extreme anticumulativism
  topic: keywords
subject: dialectical cumulativism
  topic: keywords
subject: hypothetico‑deductive method of correspondence‑oriented thinking
  topic: keywords
subject: Copernicus’s methodology
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of physics
  topic: disciplines
subject: methodology of exact sciences
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Michał Kokowski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Michał Kokowski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 327
ending page: 331
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.015.5271

Sprawozdanie z działalności Komisji Historii Nauki PAU w 2014/2015 roku / The report on the activities of the PAU Commission on the Hstory of Science in 2014/2015
type: item
description: The report on the activities of the PAU Commission on the Hstory of Science in 2014/2015
subject: REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE PAU COMMISSION OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
  topic: section
subject: the PAU Commission on the History of Science
  topic: keywords
subject: 2014/2015
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Michał Kokowski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Michał Kokowski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 357
ending page: 361
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.018.5274

Karol Olszewski’s 100th anniversary of death and his contribution to cryogenics (in Polish)
type: item
description: The article briefly presents the scientific achievements of Karol Olszewski (1846– 1915), who was born when Poland did not exist on the map of Europe and Polish science was developed mainly in Krakow, Lviv and at some European Universities. In 1883 Karol Olszewski and Zygmunt Wróblewski were the first in the world to liquefy oxygen, nitrogen and carbon oxide from the atmosphere in a stable state. In 1884 Olszewski was also the first person who liquefied hydrogen in a dynamic state, achieving a record low temperature of 225 °C (48 K). In 1895 he succeeded in liquefying argon. In January 1896 Olszewski replicated the Roentgen’s set‑up for obtaining X‑rays and successfully obtained this newly‑ discovered radiation for the first time in Krakow, initiating the foundation of the university’s department of radiology. Olszewski died on 25 March 1915. In March 2015 the Faculty of Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University organized a special celebration to commemorate the life and achievements of Karol Olszewski.
subject: NEWS AND CONFERENCE REPORTS
  topic: section
subject: Karol Olszewski
  topic: keywords
subject: cryogenics
  topic: keywords
subject: history of science
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of physics
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of chemistry
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of technology
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 335
ending page: 345
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.016.5272

Éva Vámos (1950–2015)
type: item
description: The article describes synthetically the achievements of Professor Katalin Éva Vámos, Habilitated Doctor (22 May 1950 – 25 July 2015), a historian of science, museologist of science and technology, a longtime director of the Hungarian Museum of Science, Technology and Transport in Budapest (MTESZ).
subject: IN MEMORIAM
  topic: section
subject: Prof. dr. Katalin Éva Vámos
  topic: keywords
subject: history of science and technology
  topic: keywords
subject: the Hungarian Museum of Science
  topic: keywords
subject: Technology and Transport in Budapest (MTESZ)
  topic: keywords
subject: In memoriam
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science and technology
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Ewa Wyka
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Ewa Wyka https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 365
ending page: 367
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.019.5275

The Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow (1872–1918) and its Czech members (in Polish)
type: item
description: The article shows that the Czech humanists formed the largest group among the foreign members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow. It is mainly based on the reports of the activities of the Academy. The Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow was established by transforming the Krakow Learned Society. The Statute of the newly founded Academy was approved by a decision of the Emperor Franz Joseph I on February 16, 1872. The Emperor nominated his brother Archduke Karl Ludwig as the Academy’s Protector. The Academy was assigned to take charge of research matters related to different fields of science: philology (mainly Polish and other Slavic languages); history of literature; history of art; philosophical; political and legal sciences; history and archaeology; mathematical sciences, life sciences, Earth sciences and medical sciences. In order to make it possible for the Academy to manage so many research topics, it was divided into three classes: a philological class, a historico‑philosophical class, and a class for mathematics and natural sciences. Each class was allowed to establish its own commissions dealing with different branches of science. The first members of the Academy were chosen from among the members of the Krakow Learned Society. It was a 12‑person group including only local members, approved by the Emperor. It was also them who elected the first President of the Academy, Józef Majer, and the Secretary General, Józef Szujski, from this group. By the end of 1872, the organization of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow was completed. It had its administration, management and three classes that were managed by the respective directors and secretaries. It also had three commissions, taken over from the Krakow Learned Society, namely: the Physiographic Commission, the Bibliographic Commission and the Linguistic Commission. At that time, the Academy had only a total of 24 active members who had the right to elect non‑ resident and foreign memb…
subject: RESEARCH PAPERS
  topic: section
subject: Academy of Arts and Sciences
  topic: keywords
subject: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
  topic: keywords
subject: Czech humanists
  topic: keywords
subject: Czech scientists
  topic: keywords
subject: Krakow Learned Society
  topic: keywords
subject: Royal Czech Society of Sciences
  topic: keywords
subject: Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Halina Lichocka
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Halina Lichocka https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 37
ending page: 62
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.003.5259

Remarks to Dr. Paul E. Tomaszewski’s comments on the research of Jan Czochralski’s curriculum vitae (a reply) (in Polish)
type: item
description: The author replies to the text entitled “Remarks to the comment by Prof. Michal Kokowski on the research of Jan Czochralski’s biography” by Dr. Paweł E. Tomaszewski (2015), highlighting the key contentious issues, including the need to rely systematically on historical sources and the criticism thereof.
subject: DISCUSSIONS AND POLEMICS
  topic: section
subject: Jan Czochralski
  topic: keywords
subject: analysis of documents
  topic: keywords
subject: biographical writings
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of physics
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of chemistry
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of technology
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of pharmacy
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Michał Kokowski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Michał Kokowski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 283
ending page: 288
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.012.5268

International collaboration in the history of science of Central Europe
type: item
description: In the last ten years, approximately, we could witness an evolution in informal international collaboration focusing on shared and interconnected history of science in the Habsburg Monarchy and in Central Europe in general. This effort, which includes mainly historians of science from Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, has already produced a number of important results and contributed to the thematization of some timeless topics of history of sciences such as, for instance, nationalization and internationalization of science. In the context of this cooperation, the seminar of Jan Surman, a historian of science of Polish descent, held at the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague in May 2015, concentrated on the formation of national scientific terminologies. It also underlined the necessity and usefulness of international collaboration in achieving a deeper understanding of the “national” histories of science, which cannot be separated from the “international” history.
subject: NEWS AND CONFERENCE REPORTS
  topic: section
subject: History of science
  topic: keywords
subject: history of science in the Habsburg Monarchy
  topic: keywords
subject: cooperation in the history of science
  topic: keywords
subject: national and international history of science
  topic: keywords
subject: formation of scientific terminology
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Soňa Štrbaňova
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Soňa Štrbaňova https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 347
ending page: 353
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.017.5273

Polish origins of the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of the University of Fribourg and the Polish contribution to the Fribourg industrial revolution (in Polish)
type: item
description: The article is dedicated to high-tech companies founded by Poles at the end of the 19th century in the rural canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The text is divided into two parts. In the first part, the author attempts to present the economic, social and political reality of Fribourg in a period of intense industrialization in the world and the formation of the liberal free market system. In this rapidly changing reality, the new Catholic-conservative authorities of the canton tried to lead to establishing of a comprehensive, but also different system of a “Christian republic”, whose aim was to achieve social justice consistent with the teachings of the Gospel. In order to complete the project, the cantonal government did not shy away from using the possibilities and measures offered by the contemporary world. Decision-makers, led by Georges Python, needed support from the society, who was aware of the changes. Due to this fact, it became necessary to establish a university capable of shaping new attitudes and views. However, the costs significantly exceeded the financial capabilities of the agricultural and relatively poor canton of Fribourg. In these less favourable circumstances, a conscious policy of industrialization was the way out of the deadlock. Newly created industrial institutions were to contribute to an increase of cash inflows to the canton and thus allow for the financing of the university, which would also become an intellectual foundation for the emerging industry. The activity of Polish scientists, which is the subject of the second part of the article, matched this philosophy perfectly. The Poles invited to cooperate with Python, i.e. Józef Wierusz-Kowalski, Ignacy Mościcki and Jan Modzelewski, created the foundations of the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences at the University of Fribourg. As members of the faculty, in addition to teaching, they conducted research into, among other things, nitric acid synthesis and construction of electr…
subject: RESEARCH PAPERS
  topic: section
subject: University of Fribourg
  topic: keywords
subject: Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences
  topic: keywords
subject: industrialization
  topic: keywords
subject: applied science
  topic: keywords
subject: industry
  topic: keywords
subject: nitric acid
  topic: keywords
subject: capacitors
  topic: keywords
subject: electric discharge
  topic: keywords
subject: nitre
  topic: keywords
subject: synthesis of nitrogen and oxygen
  topic: keywords
subject: “Christian republic”
  topic: keywords
subject: Catholic social teaching
  topic: keywords
subject: joint
  topic: keywords
creator: Wojciech Kocurek
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Wojciech Kocurek https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 63
ending page: 79
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.004.5260

Wincenty Lutosławski and his interest in the United States of America in the light of the correspondence addressed to the Kosciuszko Foundation (in Polish)
type: item
description: Author found and gave to print unknown letters of Vilnius philosopher and scholar, Wincenty Lutosławski to Stefan Mierzwa, executive director of the Kosciuszko Foundation – the source kept in the Archives of the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City. The letters reveal unknown facts from the life of Vilnius philosopher. Lutosławski appears to be a great admirer of Juliusz Osterwa and his The Reduta (Redoubt) Theatre, as well as a good advocate of his students. In the same time despite of being in late 60. Lutosławski had great plans and ambitions to arrive to the U.S. under auspices of the KF. What is more, the correspondence shows that Lutosławski, focused on promoting his own person and achievements, was not far of underestimating the authority even those scholars, who like Roman Dyboski, were generally favorable to him. The correspondence confirms therefore not the best opinion enjoyed by Polish philosopher in the world of science.
subject: RESEARCH PAPERS
  topic: section
subject: Wincenty Lutosławski
  topic: keywords
subject: Roman Dyboski
  topic: keywords
subject: Stefan Mierzwa
  topic: keywords
subject: The Kosciuszko Foundation
  topic: keywords
subject: Polish science
  topic: keywords
subject: Polish-American cooperation
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Tomasz Pudłocki
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Tomasz Pudłocki https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 81
ending page: 97
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.005.5261

The history of mathematics in the Krakow University of Technology (1945–2015) (in Polish)
type: item
description: The subject of the paper is the history of Mathematics at the Krakow University of Technology since 1945 up to 2015. It presents profiles of the most famous mathematicians in the history of the Krakow University of Technology (M. Krzyżański, J. Bochenek, F. Barański, I. Łojczyk-Królikiewicz) and some information about their scientific achievements.
subject: RESEARCH PAPERS
  topic: section
subject: Krakow University of Technology
  topic: keywords
subject: Institute of Mathematics
  topic: keywords
subject: History of Mathematics
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of mathematics
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Jan Koroński
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Jan Koroński https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 99
ending page: 115
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.006.5262

A sketch on the current debate on scientometrics and bibliometrics versus the forgotten science of science (in Polish)
type: item
description: In the debate on scientometrics and bibliometrics, taking place in Poland in the last 25 years, a very serious methodical and methodological mistake has been committed by neglecting the reflection about the science of science, especially of historical and methodological character. The following article discusses this issue. This aim was achieved with the use of a method of interdisciplinary research originating from the scope of the science of science and the history of the science of science. This method was applied to the analysis of selected major publications on scientometrics and bibliometrics in the past 25 years, with special emphasis on Polish context. The results are discussed in the article, i.e. a) the context of the current debate on scientometrics and bibliometrics in Poland; b) the history of Polish scientometric analyses based on foreign indexation databases; c) the current discussion on scientometrics and bibliometrics in Poland and d) the key aspect ignored in the current debate, namely the inseparable connection of scientometrics and bibliometrics with the science of science. The study leads to the following conclusions: it is postulated that the informetric (scientometric, bibliometric, Webometric, etc.) studies return to the scientific discourse, which would be consciously developed in the context of the integrated science of science. This knowledge should be utilized in the development of the current science policy, i.e. the organizational structure of science and higher education and the formation of rules of appraisal of scientific institutions, individual employees and scientific journals.
subject: RESEARCH PAPERS
  topic: section
subject: scientometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: bibliometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: informetrics
  topic: keywords
subject: methodology of scientometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: abuses of scientometric methods
  topic: keywords
subject: science of science
  topic: keywords
subject: science policy
  topic: keywords
subject: Polish and international context
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: bibliometrics
  topic: disciplines
subject: scientometrics
  topic: disciplines
subject: infrometrics
  topic: disciplines
subject: science of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: science policy
  topic: disciplines
creator: Michał Kokowski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Michał Kokowski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 117
ending page: 134
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.007.5263

What kind of scientometrics and bibliometrics do we need in Poland? (in Polish)
type: item
description: The aim of this research study and review article is to examine the scientific basis of scientometrics and bibliometrics, i.e. to show their real “detection and measurement” capabilities. The analysis is conducted from the author’s perspective of the integrated science of science and the history and methodology of the science of science following this perspective. Particular emphasis is placed on the history and methodology of scientometrics and bibliometrics and the history and methodology of science. This perspective is a new approach to the subject matter and determines a) how to select publications and their interpretations and b) which hierarchy the analyzed issues should follow. The article describes the view, dominant both in the world and in Poland, on the basics of scientometrics and bibliometrics and their numerous serious scientific restrictions, such as: a) the incompatibility of the so‑called scientometric laws and the Garfield law of concentration with the empirical data; b) the domain bias, the language bias and the geographical bias of indexation databases; c) various practices of scientific communication; d) the local (national or state‑ level) orientation of humanities, social sciences and citation indexes; e) the disadvantages of the impact factor (IF), the manipulations with its values and the “impact factor game”; f) the numerous problems with and abuses of citations, e.g. the Mendel syndrome, the “classic” publication bias, the palimpsestic syndrome, the effect of the disappearance of citations, the so‑called Matthew effect, the theft of citations, the so‑called secondary and tertiary citations, negative citations, “fashionable nonsenses”, forced citations, the pathologies of the so‑ called citation cartels or cooperative citations, the guest authorship and the honorable authorship; g) the distinction between the “impact of publication” and the “importance of publication” or the “significance” of publication; h) the effectiveness of indexation …
subject: RESEARCH PAPERS
  topic: section
subject: scientometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: bibliometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: informetrics
  topic: keywords
subject: methodology of scientometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: abuses of scientometric methods
  topic: keywords
subject: science of science
  topic: keywords
subject: science policy
  topic: keywords
subject: Polish and international context
  topic: keywords
subject:
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: bibliometrics
  topic: disciplines
subject: scientometrics
  topic: disciplines
subject: science of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: science policy
  topic: disciplines
subject:
  topic: disciplines
creator: Michał Kokowski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Michał Kokowski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 135
ending page: 184
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.008.5264

Scientometric, bibliometric and informetric bibliography (Selection)
type: item
description: The text presents a selection of bibliography on scientometrics, bibliometrics and informetrics. The bibliography was chosen in the context of the author’s research of: a) the current debate on scientometrics, bibliometrics and informetrics in Poland, b) the history of these disciplines, and c) the history of the science of science. This selection has an important advantage because it includes many publications that a) represent the views both of Polish and foreign authors, b) discuss serious methodological limitations of scientometrics, bibliometrics and informetrics and c) show the inseparable connection between the disciplines and the science of science. This bibliography was already used in two of the author’s articles published in Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU, volume 14 (2015).
subject: RESEARCH PAPERS
  topic: section
subject: bibliography
  topic: keywords
subject: scientometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: bibliometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: informetrics
  topic: keywords
subject: methodology of scientometrics
  topic: keywords
subject: abuses of scientometric methods
  topic: keywords
subject: science of science
  topic: keywords
subject: science policy
  topic: keywords
subject: Polish and international context
  topic: keywords
subject: history
  topic: disciplines
subject: history of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: scientometrics
  topic: disciplines
subject: bibliometrics
  topic: disciplines
subject: informetrics
  topic: disciplines
subject: science of science
  topic: disciplines
subject: science policy
  topic: disciplines
creator: Michał Kokowski
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Michał Kokowski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
date: 2015-11-24
publication date: 2015-11-24
starting page: 185
ending page: 266
doi: 10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.009.5265