Friday, November 18th
10h30 Presentation of the conference
11h00 History of astronomy: early and modern
Patrick J. Boner
“La cosmología viviente de Kepler: hacia la unificación
de los reinos celestes y terrestres”
Tayra Lanuza
“La astrología como explicación científica
de la historia: los impresos españoles del siglo XVII”
Pedro Ruiz Castell
“Astronomía, turismo y comercio: Los eclipses de sol
de 1900 y 1905 en España”
12h00 Coffee break
12h30 History of physics: 19th century
Laura Bujalance
“Comprender las “líneas de fuerzas”: la
analogía del flujo.”
Josep Simón Castel
“Teaching Physics in the Nineteenth Century: The textbooks
of Adolphe Ganot”
13h30 Lunch
15h00 Biomedicine in the 20th century: institutions and
discourses
Rebeca Vanesa García Corzo
“Las vías de institucionalización de la biología
en Guadalajara, México, a fines del siglo XIX y principios
del siglo XX”
Jorge Losio
“A Hospital in the Clouds: medical practice in the high Andes
and the emergence of high-altitude pathology"
Matiana González Silva
“Ideología, política y ciencia en la popularización
científica del diario El País. El caso de la influencia
genética en el comportamiento”
Robin Smith
“Angels of the Nation: The Role of Vitamins in Canadian Government
Nutritional Science Discourse 1929-1939.”
17h00 Coffee break
17h30 History of physics: 20th century
Xavier Mañes
“Determinación de estructuras cristalinas en España,
1940-1955.”
Agustín Ceba Herrero
“Joaquín Català y la física de altas
energías en España”
18h30 End of the first day presentations
Saturday, November
19th
10h00 Technologies of flight
Waqar Zaidi, Imperial College, London
“Proposals for the International Air Police: A Case of Interwar
Technological Internationalism”
Juan Miguel Suay Berenguer
“El vuelo transcultural de la cometa”
11h00 Coffee break
11h30 Science, technology and agriculture in Modern Spain
Cristina Sendra Mocholí
“La aclimatación de especies vegetales exóticas
y su introducción como nuevos cultivos en la Valencia de
finales del siglo XVIII y comienzos del XIX”
Ximo Guillem
“Industrialización y alimentación en la sociedad
valenciana. El control de calidad de los alimentos (1850 –
1939)”
Nestor Herran
“De maravilla agrícola a problema médico: los
comienzos de la radiobiología en España, 1904-1954”
12h30 Technology and society
Zenaida Yanes Abreu
“Historia de la ciencia y la tecnología: el caso de
Maria de Bethencourt”
Sandra Mols
“Always Backward in terms of ‘Big Science’ Standards:
Electronic Computers at the Belgian Technological Periphery, 1940s-1960s”
Carlos Tabernero Holgado
“Cine, Ciencia, Historia y Sociedad”
13h30 Lunch
15h00 The sciences of mind: phrenology and society
Vincent Guillin
“As for my meditations, they are most often devoted to questions
of biology: A Historical and Philosophical Appraisal of John Stuart
Mill's Biological Culture.”
David Nofre
“Una nueva ciencia para una nueva sociedad: La popularización
de la frenología en Cataluña, 1842-1854”
16h00 Coffee break
16h30 General discussion about the current state of the
discipline: Spanish perspectives on the history of science
18h30 End of first day presentations
21h00 Conference Dinner (to be confirmed)
Sunday, November
20th
10h00 Early physical sciences
Daniele Cozzoli
“Theories of Light in Late Aristotelians”
Samuel Doble Gutiérrez
“El magnetismo en el altar de la ciencia: William Gilbert”
11h00 Coffee break
11h30 History of mathematics
Pierluigi Graziani
“The logic of the ancient analytical-synthetical method: Another
look at the ancient analytical-synthetical reasoning”
Bernardo Machado Mota
“The Quaestio de Certitudine Mathematicarum in Portugal: João
Delgado on the status of mathematical demonstrations”
Bruno Jose Mendes Grogorio Pereira de Almeida
“About the work and life of the Portuguese mathematician”
Mónica Blanco Abellán
“Hermenéutica del cálculo diferencial en la
Europa del siglo XVIII: del Analyse des infiniment petits de L’Hôpital
(1696) al Traité élémentaire de calcul différentiel
et de calcul intégral de Lacroix (1802)”
13h30 Concluding speech
14h00 Lunch
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General information about the meeting
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Every speaker will have between 15 and 20 minutes to present
his or her paper. After presentations, there will be 15 minutes
of discussion in each session. The use of Power Point and slides
is encouraged. Any question regarding technical aspects should
be addressed to: jihc@iecat.net
Languages
The official languages of the conference are Spanish and
English. Those giving their presentation in Spanish, please
provide outlines of your conference or write your PowerPoint
/ slides in English in order that your talk could be understood
by all of us.
More information
The Meeting takes place in the Colegio Mayor Rector Peset
(c/ Plaça del Forn de Sant Nicolau, 4, València). Lunches and
coffee breaks are provided by the organising committee.
More information>>
Sponsors
The meeting is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Education
and Science and the University of Valencia.


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