The Accademia del Cimento in the European Context (1657-2007)
International conference
December 14-15, 2007
Florence, Biblioteca degli Uffizi
Promoted by: Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Johns Hopkins University, Università di Cassino
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• FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14
9.15 – 9.30
Paolo Galluzzi: Opening Remarks
9.30 – 10.05
Domenico Bertoloni Meli: A Lofty Mountain, Putrefying Flesh, Styptic Water, and Germinating Seeds: Reflections on Experimental Procedures Around the Cimento Academy
10.05 – 10.40
Stefania Montacutelli: Air "Particulae" and Mechanical Motions: From the Experiments of the Cimento to Borelli's Hypotheses on the Nature of Air
10.40 – 11.10 Coffee break
11.10 – 11.45
Susana Gómez: Experiments and Thoughts on Light around the Cimento Academy
11.45 – 12.20
Marco Beretta: Lucretius as Hidden Auctoritas of the Cimento
12.20 – 12.55
Federica Favino: Spontaneous Generations: An Unknown Contribution by Antonio Oliva
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15.00 – 15.35
Maria Conforti: The Experimenters’ Anatomy
15.35 – 16.10
Antonio Clericuzio: Chemistry in the Accademia del Cimento and in the Accademia degli Investiganti
16.10 – 16.40 Coffee break
16.40 – 17.15
Giorgio Strano: Saturn's Handles: Observations, Explanations and Censorship from Galileo to the Accademia del Cimento
• SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15
9.30 – 10.05
Alfonso Mirto: Genesis and Fortuna of the Saggi di naturali esperienze (17th-19th Centuries)
10.05 – 10.40
Maria Pia Donato: From Florence to Rome: Academies of Natural Philosophy in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century
10.40 – 11.15
Luciano Boschiero: Networking and Experimental Rhetoric in Florence, Bologna and London during the 1660s
11.15 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.20
Rob Iliffe: Scientific Styles, Mutual Attitudes, and Interactions Between Italian and English Natural Philosophers in the Late 17th Century
12.20 – 12.55
Mordechai Feingold: The Accademia del Cimento and the Royal Society
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15.00 – 15.35
David Sturdy: The Paris Académie Royale des Sciences and the Accademia del Cimento: An Institutional Comparison
15.35 – 16.10
Lawrence M. Principe: The Académie Royale des Sciences and Italian Scientific Societies
16.10 – 16.40 Coffee break
16.40 – 17.15
Robert A. Hatch: Boulliau’s Europe: The Accademia del Cimento and the Republic of Letters
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