The course aims to introduce students to the study of the history of science and techniques, especially the life sciences and medicine - from Antiquity until 1800. The history of science is treated both from the point of view of intellectual history and social history.
scheda docente
materiale didattico
Galileo Galilei, Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo, Einaudi, Torino (selections from the work);
Isaac Newton, Principia mathematica philosophiae naturalis, Tr it. Utet (selections from the work);
Didactic material circulated by the teacher
Mutuazione: 20710104 SCIENZA E SOCIETA' in Storia e società LM-84 CLERICUZIO ANTONIO
Programma
The origins of modern science: from Copernicus to Newton. Astronomy, astrology, mechanics and religion in Europe, 1500-1750 .Social and institutional settings of science in early modern Europe.Testi Adottati
Copernico, De revolutionibus (Book I), Einaudi, Torino ;Galileo Galilei, Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo, Einaudi, Torino (selections from the work);
Isaac Newton, Principia mathematica philosophiae naturalis, Tr it. Utet (selections from the work);
Didactic material circulated by the teacher
Modalità Frequenza
Attendance is not compulsory, but is highly recommendedModalità Valutazione
Assessment of students' skills in analyzing texts, documents and images related to early modern science