12142 - History of Science (1)

Academic Year 2016/2017

  • Docente: Marco Beretta
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: M-STO/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilizations (cod. 8493)

    Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Philosophy (cod. 0957)

Learning outcomes

Students will be introduced the the main topics concerning the history of science

Course contents

The course provides an introduction to the history of science and technology and aims at reconstructing the main material, intellectual and institutional factors of the development of science since Renaissance Europe. In the second part of the course will be devoted to a classic in science (Descartes, Discourse on method). The students of ARCO(Antropologia, Religioni, Civiltà Orientali) are expected to attend only the first part of the course. BEGINNING OF THE COURSE SEPTEMBER 26, aula V, via Zamboni 38, 13-15

Readings/Bibliography

Marco Beretta, Storia materiale della scienza. Dal libro ai laboratori , Milano: Bruno Mondadori, 2002; Alexandre Koyré, Dal mondo del pressappoco all'universo della precisione , Torino: Einaudi, 1999. Descartes, Discorso sul metodo, Bari: Laterza 2002. For students non attending the course the following book must be added: Antonio Clericuzio, La macchina del mondo. Teorie e pratiche scientifiche dal Rinascimento a Newton, Roma: Carocci, 2005

 

For students of ARCO (Antropologia, Religioni, Civiltà Orientali): Marco Beretta, Storia materiale della scienza. Dal libro ai laboratori , Milano: Bruno Mondadori, 2002; Alexandre Koyré, Dal mondo del pressappoco all'universo della precisione , Torino: Einaudi, 1999.

For students non attending the course the following book must be added: Antonio Clericuzio, La macchina del mondo. Teorie e pratiche scientifiche dal Rinascimento a Newton, Roma: Carocci, 2005

Assessment methods

Oral examination. Students are expected to have an accurate knowledge of the texts

Office hours

See the website of Marco Beretta