Vol. 2, No. 1

• Word from the Editor-in-Chief

Philosophical Perspective

1. Ilya Th. Kasavin
   Science and Philosophy of Science in the Era of Queen Victoria. (Interview). pages 7- 25
2. Tatiana D. Sokolova
   William Whewell in the History of Philosophy of Science pages 26 - 36
3. Vladislav V. Stasenko
   The Metaproblem of Demarcation and the Attempts to Solve it in Contemporary Philosophy of Science pages 37 - 49

Methodological Frontier of Modern Science

1. Yuri L. Voytekhovsky
   The Obvious and Unbelievable Rock pages 50 - 61
2. Gennadii S. Rozenberg, Natalia V. Kostina, Anastasia G. Rozenberg
   Mathematical Ecology: Analytics and Assessment of Models Parameters (100th anniversary of the birth of Evelyn Pielou) pages 62 - 74

History of Science

1. Vladimir P. Vizgin
   “...We have begun preparing a work on the history of the nuclear project in the country”: on the contribution of the Institute of the History of Natural Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the study of the history of the creation of domestic nuclear weapons pages 75 - 91
2. Alexander V. Gorshenin
   Participation of Academician of Medicine Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermolyeva in the preparation and application of adaptogens in the 1960s and 1970s. pages 92 - 98
3. Roman E. Ilinsky
   From the history of applied optics: the use of finite difference calculus to analyze a system of infinitely thin lenses pages 99 - 111

History of Technology

1. Denis M. Ivlev
   M.I. Serdyukov’s Activities during the Reconstruction of the Vyshny Volochek Watershed in 1719–1723 pages 112 - 121
2. Olga G. Melnikova, Petr P. Oleinikov
   Problems of museumification of the monuments of the history of hydraulic engineering from Peter the Great’s era in the Kamyshin district of the Volgograd region pages 122 - 137

History of Education

1. Alexander L. Kleitman
   School of Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in Moscow in 1701–1705 pages 138 - 148
2. Roman A. Fando
   Zoology and Zoologists at the Golitsyn Higher Women’s Agricultural Courses pages 149 - 167

Publication of Documents

1. Vladimir V. Komissarov
   Some Features of Soviet Scientific and Technical Censorship in the 1980s. According to the Archive Document pages 168 - 177
2. Tatiana А. Savinova
   “Manuscripts don’t Burn”: on the History of the Publication of Posthumous Work by N.I. Vavilov pages 178 - 197

Visual Sources

1. Ilya V. Neupokoev
   The HIstory of Formation of the Iconotheque of IIET RAS pages 198 - 207

Reviews

1. Daniil E. Lavrischev
   Per astra ad aspera: review of the monograph by A.V. Kuzmin «Ontological, epistemological and methodological prerequisites for the emergence of space models in European astronomy until the middle of the 17th century» pages 208 - 216
2. Prokhin S.
   “State Landmarks” as a Subject of Research. Review of the Monograph: Skrydlov A.Yu. Administrative Statistics in Pre-Reform Russia 1802–1852 pages 217 - 219

Scientific Life

1. Daria V. Koroleva
   “Cartography – 2023: domestic and foreign atlases and maps received by the library in 2023” (exhibition review) pages 220 - 222
2. Maria V. Platonova
   17th International Science-to-Practice Conference “History of Science and Technology. Museum Studies” pages 223 - 225