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.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006
Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.
Programme
Mechanics, astronomy and cosmology; technology and scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.Core Documentation
Besides the texts and articles that will be provided during the classes,two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006
Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.
Reference Bibliography
M. Clagett, La scienza della meccanica nel Medioevo, ed. it., Feltrinelli, Milano, 1972 (ed. or. 1959); M. Camerota, Galileo Galilei e la Cultura Scientifica della Controriforma, Salerno Editrice, Roma, 2004; D. Garber, Descartes' Metaphysical Physics, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992Type of delivery of the course
Lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
students will be tested on their skill to analyse texts and historical documents teacher profile teaching materials
two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006
Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.
Programme
Mechanics, astronomy and cosmology; technology and scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.Core Documentation
Besides the texts and articles that will be provided during the classes,two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006
Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.
Reference Bibliography
M. Clagett, La scienza della meccanica nel Medioevo, ed. it., Feltrinelli, Milano, 1972 (ed. or. 1959); M. Camerota, Galileo Galilei e la Cultura Scientifica della Controriforma, Salerno Editrice, Roma, 2004; D. Garber, Descartes' Metaphysical Physics, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992Type of delivery of the course
Lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
students will be tested on their skill to analyse texts and historical documents teacher profile teaching materials
two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006
Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.
Programme
Mechanics, astronomy and cosmology; technology and scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.Core Documentation
Besides the texts and articles that will be provided during the classes,two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006
Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.
Reference Bibliography
M. Clagett, La scienza della meccanica nel Medioevo, ed. it., Feltrinelli, Milano, 1972 (ed. or. 1959); M. Camerota, Galileo Galilei e la Cultura Scientifica della Controriforma, Salerno Editrice, Roma, 2004; D. Garber, Descartes' Metaphysical Physics, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992Type of delivery of the course
Lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
students will be tested on their skill to analyse texts and historical documents teacher profile teaching materials
two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006
Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.
Programme
Mechanics, astronomy and cosmology; technology and scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.Core Documentation
Besides the texts and articles that will be provided during the classes,two texts from the following:
A. Koyré, Studi Newtoniani, Einaudi, Torino, 1972
I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978
R.S. Westfall, Newton e la dinamica del XVII secolo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
D. Bertoloni Meli, Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 2006
Students who cannot attend the classes are requested to contact the teacher.
Reference Bibliography
M. Clagett, La scienza della meccanica nel Medioevo, ed. it., Feltrinelli, Milano, 1972 (ed. or. 1959); M. Camerota, Galileo Galilei e la Cultura Scientifica della Controriforma, Salerno Editrice, Roma, 2004; D. Garber, Descartes' Metaphysical Physics, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992Type of delivery of the course
Lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
students will be tested on their skill to analyse texts and historical documents