The Editors of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science welcome historical, philosophical and sociological studies of the sciences. The orientation of the journal is international, with contributions from a wide range of cultural perspectives. Prospective authors should submit copies of papers in duplicate, typed and double-spaced (including quotations and footnotes) on quarto or A4 paper. They should retain a copy for the purpose of checking proofs. They should also be prepared, if their paper is accepted, to supply good quality copies of any illustrations and any necessary permissions for reproduction of copyright material. Articles submitted prepared for blind review will be blind reviewed.

Contributions (copies only) should be sent to The Editors, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH, UK. Manuscripts will not be returned unless postage is pre-paid.

Manuscripts should not exceed 10,000 words except in exceptional circumstances.

The Editors may alter manuscripts wherever necessary to make them conform to the stylistic and bibliographic conventions of the journal. Authors will receive proofs which should be checked carefully and returned as soon as possible.

Titles of books and periodicals, and foreign words (except where quoted), should be underlined. Longer manuscripts should be sectioned, with section titles if appropriate.

Notes and references will be printed as footnotes, and should be typed, double-spaced, on a separate sheet, numbered consecutively. They should be referred to in the text by superscripts. Citations should be as folows:

1. A. Koyré, Newtonian Studies (London: Chapman & Hall, 1965), p. 43.

2. S. Schaffer, 'Wallifaction: Thomas Hobbes on School Divinity and Experimental Pneumatics',Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 19 (1988), 275-298.

3. J. E. Lesch, 'The Paris Academy of Medicine and Experimental Science, 1820-1848', in W. Coleman and F. L. Holmes (eds), The Investigative Enterprise: Experimental Physiology in Nineteenth-Century Medicine (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), pp. 100-138, see p. 124.

4. Op. Cit., note 1, p. 53.

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