Book ID: CBB000071414

R.J. Boscovich: Vita e attività scientifica--His life and work: Atti del Convegno, Roma, 23-27 maggio 1988 (1993)

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Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana


Publication Date: 1993
Edition Details: A cura di Bursill-Hall, Piers.
Physical Details: xxiii + 643 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

Description Contents: Hahn, Roger: The ideological and institutional difficulties of a Jesuit scientist in Paris. Kadić, Ante: A literary and spiritual profile of Boscovich. Graciotti, Sante: Le idee e l'arte del letterato Boscovich. D'Agostino, Salvo: Boscovich's physical theory of space and matter. Ivanović, Dragiša M.: On some aspects of Boscovich's curve. Martinović, Ivica: Boscovich on the problem of generatio velocitatis: Genesis and methodological implications. Baldini, Ugo: Boscovich e la tradizione gesuitica in filosofia naturale: Continuità e cambiamento. Tolomeo, Rita: Le carte Boscovich nell'Archivio Romano della Compagnia di Gesù. Finocchiaro, Maurice A.: Gravity and intelligibility in Boscovich's natural philosophy. Indorato, Luigi, Nastasi, Pietro: Boscovich and the vis viva controversy. Papineau, David: Boscovich and the Newtonian analysis of impact. Brigaglia, Aldo: A comparison of the relations between mathematics and physics in Boscovich and d'Alembert. Brittan, Gordon G.: The role of the law of continuity in Boscovich's theory of matter. Casini, Paolo: Boscovich and the hypothesis terrae motae. Casanovas, Juan: Boscovich's early astronomical studies at the Collegio Romano. Dadić, Zarko: On Boscovich's theoretical astronomy. Farebrother, Richard William: Boscovich's method for correcting discordant observations. Gower, Barry: Boscovich on probabilistic reasoning and the combination of observations. Kubbinga, Henk H.: La théorie de la matière de Boscovich: L'atomisme de points et le concept d'“individu substantiel”. Duncan, Alistair M.: Boscovich's solution to the problems of the chemists: The Newtonian tradition versus the autonomy of chemistry. Grmek, Mirko D.: L'explication des phénomènes vitaux dans l'oeuvre de Boscovich. Proverbio, Edoardo: Boscovich's project for verifying Newton's theory on the nature of light. Ziggelaar, August: Placing some of Boscovich's contributions to optics in the history of physics. Heilbron, John L.: Meridiane and meridians in early modern science. Homann, Fredrick A.: On Boscovich's De natura et usu infinitorum and other mathematical works: Translation and commentary. Dhombres, Jean: Boscovich aux prises avec le calcul différentiel: Art nouveau des inégalités et pratiques anciennes. Rider, Robin E.: In a foreign language: Boscovich and algebra. Stipanić, Ernest: Sur le continu linéaire de Boscovich. Pepe, Luigi: Boscovich and the mathematical historiography of his time: An unpublished letter by d'Alembert. Feingold, Mordechai: A Jesuit among Protestants: Boscovich in England c. 1745-1820. Harris, Steven J.: Boscovich, the “Boscovich circle” and the revival of the Jesuit science. Morelli, Carlo: Boscovich and earth sciences. Harman, Peter M.: Boscovich and British natural philosophy. James, Frank A.J.L.: Reality or rhetoric? Boscovichianism in Britain: The cases of Davy, Herschel and Faraday. Williams, L. Pearce: Boscovich, Mako, Davy and Faraday. Wilson, David B.: Boscovich and Kelvin.


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Authors & Contributors
Martinović, Ivica
Bossi, M.
Farebrother, R. W.
Fuertes, José Félix
Grmek, Mirko Drazen
Guzzardi, Luca
Journals
Almagest
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Biometrika
Bollettino di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Dijalektika: Časopis za Metodološko-filozofske Probleme Matematičkih, Prirodnih i Tehničkih Nauka
Publishers
Carocci Editore
Croatian PEN Centre & Most/The Bridge
Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Croatian Province of the Society of Jesus
Unicopli
Concepts
Science and religion
Astronomy
Science
Natural philosophy
Glass and glassmaking
Longitude and latitude
People
Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe
Bernoulli, Daniel
Bernoulli, Johann
Bianchini, Francesco
Dollond, John
Euler, Leonhard
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
Places
Italy
France
Romania
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