[Fis] Special issues / Instructions for authors.

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Dear FISers,

Here follow the promised instructions for contributors to the special issue:
Order, Entropy and Symmetry.

As announced the 14 June, the participants of the 2004 FIS session
have the opportunity to submit their work for publication in a special issue:
- Either in the journal <<Symmetry, Culture and Science>>, ISSN 0865-4824
(Gyuri Darvas is the Editor in Chief, and I am editing the special issue).
- Or in the journal <<Entropy>>, ISSN 1099-4300 (I am the Editor in Chief)

For both journals, the manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail
in PDF format to me (petitjean@itodys.jussieu.fr), and the deadline
deadline is 1 October 2004 for both journals.

Instructions for authors:
- For <<Symmetry, Culture and Science>>, see the instructions appended below
(see also http://www.geocities.com/symmetrion/ )
- For <<Entropy>>, see http://www.mdpi.net/entropy and
http://www.mdpi.net/entropy/publguid.html

Michel Petitjean Email: petitjean@itodys.jussieu.fr
Editor-in-Chief of Entropy entropy@mdpi.org
ITODYS (CNRS, UMR 7086) ptitjean@ccr.jussieu.fr
1 rue Guy de la Brosse Phone: +33 (0)1 44 27 48 57
75005 Paris, France. FAX : +33 (0)1 44 27 68 14
http://www.mdpi.net/entropy http://www.mdpi.org/entropy
http://petitjeanmichel.free.fr/itoweb.petitjean.html
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SYMMETRY, CULTURE AND SCIENCE (ISSN 0865-4824)

AIMS AND SCOPE<br><br>
<br>
</font><b>Symmetry</b>: Culture and Science provides an interdisciplinary=
 forum for the representatives of the various fields of art, science, and=
 technology. According to its established tradition, it publishes papers by=
 scientists addressed to their colleagues active in other disciplines, or=
 even in different fields of the arts; and also papers by artists addressed=
 to the representatives of the sciences and diverse fields of technology.=
 Symmetry appears in articles of the various disciplinary and art=
 periodicals, however those do not reach the scholars of other intellectual=
 fields of study. The journal <i>Symmetry</i> aims at conveying to them=
 knowledge, methods, novelties, applicable in their main fields of interest=
 and creative work. Its basic goal is building bridges between various=
 fields of the arts and sciences, between various disciplines and between=
 different cultures.<br><br>
Symmetry is suitable for such a bridging function. It is a concept, a=
 phenomenon, a class of properties, and method being present in almost all=
 disciplines, and fields of art and technology. As a concept, it has roots=
 in both science and art. As a phenomenon, symmetry or its lack, is present=
 in all fields of art, science and technology. Methods, based on the=
 application and the investigation of symmetry (and symmetry breaking), are=
 borrowed from one field to another.<br><br>
Symmetry is understood in a broad sense. In contrast with the common=
 geometric concept, in its generalised scientific meaning one can speak=
 about symmetry if (i) under any (not certainly geometric) kind of=
 transformation (operation), (ii) at least one (not certainly geometric)=
 property (iii) of a (not certainly geometric) object is left invariant=
 (intact). This generalised concept of symmetry made possible to apply=
 symmetry to materialised objects in the inanimate and the organic nature,=
 to products of our mind, etc. Over geometric (morphological) symmetries=
 (like reflection, rotation, translation, etc.), the scope of the journal=
 covers functional symmetries and asymmetries (e.g., in the human brain),=
 gauge symmetries (of physical phenomena), and properties, like colour,=
 tone, shadiness, weight, etc. (of artistic objects). The journal focuses=
 not only on the concept of symmetry, but also on its associates (asymmetry,=
 dissymmetry, antisymmetry) and related concepts (proportion, harmony,=
 rhythm, invariance, etc.) in an interdisciplinary and intercultural=
 context. One may refer to this broad approach to the concept as=
 symmetrology. <br><br>
<i>Symmetry</i> publishes original papers on symmetry and related questions=
 which present new results, or new connections between known results. The=
 papers are addressed to a broad non-specialist public, without becoming too=
 general, and have an interdisciplinary character in one of the following=
 senses: <br><br>
 (1) they describe concrete interdisciplinary bridgesbetween=
 different fields of art, science, and technology using the concept or=
 related to the phenomenon of symmetry <br><br>
 (2) they survey the importance of the application of symmetry=
 (antisymmetry, etc.) in a concrete field with an emphasis on possible=
 bridgesto other fields. <br><br>
The journal also has a special interest in historic and educational=
 questions, as well as in symmetry-related methods, processes. <br><br>
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