[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] On peer reviews and papers

[Ted Kochanski]

John,

I suspect that Peer-review as a whole formal process may be such a
modern invention as claimed by Adam Mastroianni -- but I think that the
idea that you would share your ideas with your correspondents is as old as
any formal publication of science by such as Acta Eruditorum [1682...]
that Journal was due to in large part to Gottfried Leibniz who had
extensive correspondence with many other erudite Renaissance Men of the era
-- in a sense was a major "peer-reviewer" and information Gate-keeper
If you got on Leibnitz' regular letters list -- then your work was
"peer-reviewed"

for example the article
Adam Adamandy Kochanski’s approximations of ´ π: reconstruction of the
algorithm ∗
by Henryk Fuks

Begins with the following:

> Adam Adamandy Kochanski SJ (1631–1700) was a Polish Jesuit mathematician,
> inventor, and polymath.
> His interest were very diverse, including problems of geometry, mechanics,
> and astronomy, design and construction of mechanical clocks, perpetuum
> mobile and mechanical computers, as well as many other topics.
> He published relatively little, and most of his mathematical works
> appeared in Acta Eruditorum between 1682 and 1696.
> He left a reach correspondence, however, which currently consists of 163
> surviving letters [1]. These letters include correspondence with Gottfried
> Leibniz, Athanasius Kircher SJ, Johannes Hevelius, Gottfried Kirch,
> and many other luminaries of the 17-th century, giving a rich record of
> Kochanski’s activities and a vivid description of the intellectual life of
> the period.


Ted

On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 12:00 PM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Considering how frequently we quote scientific papers (they are peer
> reviewed!) I thought that you would be interested in this paper I recently
> received.
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> Among other things, I was unaware that peer review is such a modern
> invention.
>
> John
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> *From:* Michael Daly <michael_k_daly at hotmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 7, 2023 9:55 AM
> *To:* John and Janice Rudy <jjrudy1 at comcast.net>
> *Subject:* On peer reviews and papers
>
>
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> https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review
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> Made me think of you and our shared view of the deliberate obtuseness of
> most papers.
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>
> Michael
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