History of optics in eighteenth century: a critical analysis of the theories of light and colors in Europe and in the United States

• Grant number: 14/04366-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: September 22, 2014
• End date: January 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Science
• Principal Investigator: Breno Arsioli Moura
• Grantee: Breno Arsioli Moura
• Host Investigator: Massimo Mazzotti
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States

Abstract

This research project will study a selection of optical works published on the second half of eighteenth century in Europe and in the United States. We will proceed a critical analysis of the content of these works and of the social context when they were published. From this, we intend to present a more adequate view of the period, contrasting the common view that the studies about light and colors were infertile in the eighteenth century. The research will be developed at the Department of History of University of California (Berkeley), under the supervision of Professor Massimo Mazzotti. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MOURA, BRENO ARSIOLI. Picturing Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment in the Nineteenth Century Iconography, Errors and Implications for Science Education. SCIENCE & EDUCATION, v. N/A, p. 27-pg., 2023-02-23. (14/04366-2)

ARSIOLI MOURA, BRENO. The Problem of Reflection in Eighteenth-Century Projectile Theories of Light. PHYSICS IN PERSPECTIVE, v. 22, n. 4, DEC 2020. (14/04366-2)