20706073 - STORIA DELLA SCIENZA E DELLE TECNICHE

The course is designed to introduce students to the history of science and technology, notably to the history of life science and medicine from antiquity to 1800. It will take into account the intellectual and social aspects of science.
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Mutuazione: 20706073 STORIA DELLA SCIENZA E DELLE TECNICHE in Storia, territorio e società globale L-42 R CLERICUZIO ANTONIO

Programme

The origins of modern science from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

Core Documentation

Besides the papers will be provided,

Antonio Clericuzio, Uomo e natura, Carocci
Dava Sobel, Longitudine, Rizzoli

and two books from the following list:
C. Webster, Magia e scienza da Paracelso a Newton, Il Mulino
M. Bucciantini, Galileo e Keplero, Einaudi
Germana Ernst & Guido Giglioni (a cura di), Il linguaggio dei Cieli, Carocci
Anthony Grafton, Magus. L'arte della magia nel Rinascimento, Laterza
P. Rossi, Francis Bacon, dalla magia alla scienza, Il Mulino


Attendance

Attending classes is not mandatory, but students who cannot attend are requested to coontact the professor to establish the program.

Type of evaluation

questions on relevant topics discussed during the course. Reading and comments of documents and texts provided by the teacher