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XL National Congress of the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy

8–10 Sept 2020
Europe/Rome timezone

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Astronomia e dintorni

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8 Sept 2020, 11:30

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Astronomia e dintorni

  • Fabrizio Bònoli (Università di Bologna)

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  1. 20. L’affermazione selenografica di Giovan Battista Riccioli, tra nomenclature celesti e cartografie planetarie / The selenographic statement of Giovan Battista Riccioli, between celestial nomenclatures and planetary cartographies
    Zanini, Valeria (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    08/09/2020, 11:30
    sisfa 2020

    La nomenclatura adunque è per se stessa indubitatamente una parte importante della scienza siccome quella che c’impedisce di essere smarriti in una immensità di particolari ed involti in una confusione inestricabile (J. Herschel, 1840)

    Sin dall’antichità, le stelle visibili all’occhio umano furono raggruppate in costellazioni; tra esse si muovevano i pianeti, e sia le une sia gli altri...

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  2. 32. Archaeoastronomy in Sicily: a report on past studies, present research and future projects.
    Dr Orlando, Andrea (Istituto di Archeoastronomia Siciliana)
    08/09/2020, 11:55
    sisfa 2020

    This contribution presents a report of the main cultural astronomy studies conducted in Sicily from the second half of the 19th century to the present day.
    Sicily has an ancient tradition of observations and studies related to archeoastronomy. Among the pioneers of this discipline, it is important to remember the German historian Heinrich Nissen, who in the second half of the nineteenth...

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  3. 7. Tempo e “fantasia di sparizione”: la nascita dell’astronomia
    Mr Sorrentino, Tommaso (Pisa university)
    08/09/2020, 12:20
    sisfa 2020

    An increasing number of Paleolithic rock depictions and artifacts is suggesting the presence of an ancient astronomical knowledge but little is known about the reasons behind the development of a complex astronomical thought. By using modern theories of human mind, especially the “Human Birth theory ” proposed by the psychiatrist Massimo Fagioli, we could explore a novel possibility for...

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