20710104 - SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

The course aims at exploring the relationships of science, technology and society from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, paying special attention to physical sciences.
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Mutuazione: 20710104 SCIENZA E SOCIETA' in Storia e società LM-84 R CLERICUZIO ANTONIO

Programme

Science and Religion from Reformation to the Enlightenment. The Copernican system and the Churches; Gaillei and the Roman Church; Science and Religion in England 1600-1750 - Newtonianism, religion and politics

Core Documentation

M. Camerota e M. Bucciantini (a cura di), Galileo Galilei, Scienza e religione. Scritti copernicani, Roma, Donzelli, 2009
C. Webster, La grande instaurazione, Milano Feltrinelli (le parti indicate dal docente)
D. Lindberg e R. Numbers, Dio e Natura, La Nuova Italia
M.C. Jacob, I Newtoniani e la rivoluzione inglese (1689-1720), Feltrinelli, Milano

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