Ana Maria Alfonso-Goldfarb

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  Visiting professor: Dr. Stephen Weldon History of Science Department University of Oklahoma, USA. Since 2002 Prof. Stephen Weldon, from the History of Science Department, University of Oklahoma, is the editor of Isis Cumulative Bibliography (IsisCB), an annual catalog of the global production in history of science. He is also a member of the Governing Board of WHSO - World History of Scie…

  Visiting professor: Stephen Weldon, Oklahoma University, USA, AV.EXT

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  Prof. Frank James' visit is a part of the exchange program included in our Thematic Project "Revealing natural process through the laboratory (phase II): the quest for material principles in the three kingdoms until the specialization of science in the 1800s" (grant #2011/14040-9, São Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP). Collaboration with Prof. James began in 2000 to gain impetus in the …

  Visiting professor: Frank A.J.L. James, University College London/Royal Institution, AV.EXT

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  The visit of Dr. Piyo Rattansi, Emeritus Professor, Department of Science and Technology Studies (DSTS), UCL, is included in the exchange program established for our Thematic Project "Revealing natural processes through the laboratory (phase 2): the search for the principles of matter in the three kingdoms until the specialization of science in the 1800s" (grant #2011/14040-9 São Paulo Re…

  Visiting researcher: Prof. Piyo Rattansi, University College London, AV.EXT

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  The aim of this Project is to investigate the relationships between health, food and science, particularly medical and chemical concepts, in Brazilian and foreign cookbooks published between 1840 and 1889. The main object of this study will be Justus von Liebig`s ideas (1803-1873). The observations by that time indicating the importance of nitrogen for human diet lead the German chemist t…

  Plastic and respiratory foods: concepts and discussions about nutrition in chemical medical sciences and their role in 19th Century cookbooks, BP.PD
• Music as science in the Sixteenth Century work of Vincenzo Galilei, BP.DR
• Chemical and medical connections in 17th Century theories of chemical philosophers, BP.PD