2023/02/05 by Pasquale Tucci, Tucci, Pasquale
Arts and Humanities · #FOS: Physical sciences #Historical Studies in Science #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #History of Education in Spain
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2302.02438
openalex publication_date 2023/02/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In the 60s of the last century the few courses of History of physics in Physics degree were held by scholars who, apart from a few exceptions, did not have a specific research background in the field. Some activities, books, social movements in the civil society allowed in the 70's the entry, among Physics courses, of teachings in History of physics held by scholars specifically trained for that job since their degree. A second change happened in the 90s when many difficulties forced physicists to allocate fewer and fewer resources to the History of their discipline. I'll outline the features of the two periods and the efforts of Historians to find a proper space in Physics departments.