Knowing the Universe: Teaching the History and Philosophy of Astronomy
Astronomy Education Journal, 2023 Astronomy is the oldest science, with connections to development of the most important concepts in physics. A course is described that covers its evolution from prehistory to modern cosmology, giving due weight to the philosophical implications of the subject. The pedagogy is designed to let students develop their writing and reasoning skills.
Chris Impey
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English Studies, 2020 [Abstract] The aim of this paper is to offer a description of four of the existing subcorpora of the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing. Both the principles of compilation and the sociolinguistic variables considered during the process of text selection will be described.
Crespo, Begoña, Moskowich, Isabel
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Teaching the History and Philosophy of Astronomy
Astronomy Education JournalA framework is presented for teaching the history and philosophy of astronomy in a way that engages students, and lets them work in small groups, and encourages them to develop writing and reasoning skills.
Chris Impey
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Eighteenth century female authors: women and science in the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing [PDF]
, 2013 [Abstract] This paper explores the use of linguistic features characteristic of impersonal or personal style in scientific writing by female authors in the eighteenth century.
Moskowich, Isabel
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Pourquoi la philosophie indienne ne doit pas être laissée aux seuls philosophes [PDF]
, 2017 Historians of astronomy, linguistics or ancient Indian medicine are expected to be more or less familiar with the modern counterparts of these disciplines. What about philosophy?
Bronkhorst, Johannes
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Lessons from the history and philosophy of science regarding the Research Assessment Exercise [PDF]
, 2007 The Research Assessment Exercise (henceforth abbreviated to RAE) was introduced in 1986 by Thatcher, and was continued by Blair. So it has now been running for 21 years.
Gillies, D.
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Diagrammatic Reasoning and Modelling in the Imagination: The Secret Weapons of the Scientific Revolution [PDF]
, 2000 Just before the Scientific Revolution, there was a "Mathematical Revolution", heavily based on geometrical and machine diagrams. The "faculty of imagination" (now called scientific visualization) was developed to allow 3D understanding of planetary ...
Franklin, James
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Cry "Good for history, Cambridge and Saint George"? Essay Review of Mary Jo Nye (Ed.); The Cambridge History of Science, Vol. 5. The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003) [PDF]
, 2004 FIRST PARAGRAPH This volume is the third thus far published of The Cambridge history of science, planned in eight parts over the last decade by Cambridge University Press.
Gooday, G.
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The physical tourist. Physics in Glasgow: a heritage tour [PDF]
, 2006 I trace the history of the physical and applied sciences, and particularly physics, in Glasgow. Among the notable individuals I discuss are Joseph Black (1728-1799), James Watt (1736-1819), William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-1872), William Thomson ...
Johnston, S.F.
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, 2022 Apresentamos neste trabalho os resultados de uma pesquisa que buscou traçar um panorama da disciplina de astronomia nas licenciaturas em física do sul do Brasil. A partir de uma pesquisa mais abrangente, neste trabalho concentramos a discussão na visão dos professores desses cursos a respeito da história e filosofia da ciência e sua prática docente na ...
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