Persona
“This careful analysis of sources and previous interpretations critiques the view that Newton took literally the ‘harmony of the spheres’ theory based on full-bore Pythagoreanism. Instead, in an account written with the excitement of a detective mystery, the author shows that Newton drew on other kinds of mathematical reasoning, plus empiricism and mechanism, offering a fresh explanation for the cluster of ideas involved.”
Receipt Of
Selma V. Forkosch Prize
(“This careful analysis of sources and previous interpretations critiques the view that Newton took literally the ‘harmony of the spheres’ theory based on full-bore Pythagoreanism. Instead, in an account written with the excitement of a detective mystery, the author shows that Newton drew on other kinds of mathematical reasoning, plus empiricism and mechanism, offering a fresh explanation for the cluster of ideas involved.”)Award Or Honor For (63)
GUICCIARDINI CORSI SALVIATI NICCOLO'
Person (Caltech is pleased to announce that Niccolò Guicciardini has been selected as the next Francis Bacon Award recipient. Guicciardini, an associate professor in the Department of Human and Social Sciences at the Università degli studi di Bergamo in Italy, is a historian of the exact sciences in the modern period, with a particular interest in Isaac Newton. Guicciardini holds master's degrees in Physics and Philosophy and a PhD in the History of Mathematics. He is the author of four books, the latest being Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method (MIT Press, 2009), and he has written chapters for many academic texts. Guicciardini is an executive committee member of the International Commission for the History of Mathematics and an elected effective member of the Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences.)GUICCIARDINI CORSI SALVIATI NICCOLO'
Person (Per il mo libro Newton pubblicato da Carocci. Questo libro è stato selezionato dalla giuria scientifica.)GUICCIARDINI CORSI SALVIATI NICCOLO'
Person (Per le mie ricerche in storia della scienza relative a Isaac Newton)GUICCIARDINI CORSI SALVIATI NICCOLO'
Person (“This careful analysis of sources and previous interpretations critiques the view that Newton took literally the ‘harmony of the spheres’ theory based on full-bore Pythagoreanism. Instead, in an account written with the excitement of a detective mystery, the author shows that Newton drew on other kinds of mathematical reasoning, plus empiricism and mechanism, offering a fresh explanation for the cluster of ideas involved.”)Award Conferred By
Year Awarded
2013
Data Di Pubblicazione
2013