Scientists’ biographies: From heroes to men
21 Outubro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues
Scientific biographies regarding the biographical genre in general.
• The identity of scientific biographies and their relationship to hagiographies.
• Problems raised by scientific biographies.
• The first scientific biographies.
• Comparison between mathematical Vite and artist Vite.
• Galileo's various biographies: From genius to courtier.
• The almost absence of biographies of Portuguese scientists.
• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.
Mandatory reading: TERRALL, Mary, “Biography as Cultural History of Science,” ISIS 27 (2006), 306-313.