B6058 - Elementi di storia del pensiero chimico

Learning outcomes

Contextualize the founding nuclei of chemistry in their historical-epistemological development.

Identify historical-epistemological approaches in educational design.

Course contents

How does the science work?

Continuity or discontinuity of matter: Boyle's corpuscular view and the laws of gases.

The Phlogiston paradigm and the first chemical revolution (Lavoiser).

The affinity paradigm and the second chemical revolution.

(Cannizzaro) The periodic table and its evolution.

Atomic models and the third revolution in chemistry (Bohr and Lewis).

Readings/Bibliography

1. J. Solovev. L’evoluzione del pensiero chimico. Mondadori.

2. L. Cerruti. Bella e potente: la chimica del ‘900

3. A. Di Meo. Storia della chimica. Newton-Compton

4. A. Di Meo. Il chimico e l’alchimista. Editori Riuniti

5. A. Di Meo (a cura di). Storia della chimica italiana. Vignola Editore

6. I. Lakatos. La Metodologia dei programmi di ricerca scientifica. Il saggiatore

7. K. Popper. Congetture e confutazioni. Einaudi

8. T. Khun. La struttura rivoluzioni scientifiche. Einaudi

9. W. Brock. The fontana history of chemistry. Fontana Press

Teaching methods

Some moments of frontal teaching with various activities in active teaching in small groups in the classroom.

Assessment methods

There is no evaluation at the end of the teaching activity

Teaching tools

Lecture slides, bibliographic and exercise material provided on the "Virtuale" platform

Office hours

See the website of Sergio Zappoli