- Docente: Fabrizio Bonoli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Astrophysics and cosmology (cod. 8018)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics (cod. 9245)
Learning outcomes
To study in depth significant results of the history of cosmology trough the evolution of the concepts of space and time.
Course contents
Contents. From a syntetic description of the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic universe to Scientific Revolution; from the Copernican System to its definition by Kepler and Galileo; from Newton to the origins of astrophysics, and to the birth of modern cosmology.
Aim. To give a good grounding on the historic
development of universe models. In particular, the student is able
to:
-describe observational bases of the first World Systems and of the
Aristotelian-Ptolemaic cosmology;
-describe the origins of Copernican Revolution and follow its
evolution inside the Scientific Revolution;
-follow the evolution of ideas on origin and formation of the
universe, from the beginning of physical astronomy to modern
cosmology;
-understand the importance of observational instruments in
developing new concepts of universe.
Readings/Bibliography
- A. Pannekoek: "A History of Astronomy", Dover,
1989
- M. Hoskin: "The Cambridge History of Astronomy",
Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999
- S . Bergia: "Dal cosmo immutabile all'universo
in evoluzione", Boringhieri, 1995
- A. Masani: "Storia della cosmologia", Editori
Riuniti, 1980
- S. Bonometto: "Cosmologia e cosmologie",
Zanichelli, 2008
- C. Barbieri: "Alla scoperta dell'Universo", Cleup,
2002
- O. Gingerich (Edt.): "Astrophysics and
twentieth-century astronomy to 1950", in "The General
History of Astronomy", Part 4a, Cambridge University Press,
1984
Teaching methods
- Oral lectures
Assessment methods
- Oral Examination
Office hours
See the website of Fabrizio Bonoli