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Luca Guzzardi
Curriculum vitae
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Guzzardi
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Luca
28.03.1975
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[email protected]
http://unipv-it.academia.edu/LucaGuzzardi
Current position:
June 2012 Post-doctoral researcher (assegnista di ricerca) in History of Science,
– today
Department of Physics, University of Pavia (Italy), qualified for the function
of associate professor in Italian universities (Dec. 4th 2013).
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Postdoc Fellowships
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Foreign languages
Department of Physics
University of Pavia
Via Bassi, 6
I-27100 Pavia (Italy)
Tel.: +393334974524
History of Sciences, Epistemology and Theory of Science. Main topics of
current research: (i) Ruggiero G. Boscovich’s natural philosophy. (ii) The Vis
Viva debate and the emergence of energy conservation. (iii) The interface
between geometry and technology at the end of 19th century. (iv) The
interface between physics, psychology and philosophy since 19th century.
2007-2012
Scientific Collaborator and editor of Edizione Nazionale delle Opere e della
Corrispondenza Ruggiero G. Boscovich (R. Boscovich’s Opera Omnia). Coeditor of the Web Edition (Biblioteca Digitale).
2005-2006
Fixed-term research contract – INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera.
Project: The correspondence of Ruggiero G. Boscovich (sponsored by
Fondazione CARIPLO). Head of the project: Dr. Elio Antonello.
2004
PhD in Philosophy.
Dissertation title: Descrittività e fenomenismo. Università degli Studi di
Milano. Starting tutor: Prof. Dr. Francesco Moiso†. Final tutor: Prof. Dr.
Giovanni Micheli.
2000
Licentiate in Philosophy.
Thesis title: La filosofia della scienza di Wilhelm Ostwald. Tutor: Prof. Dr.
Francesco Moiso†. Università degli Studi di Milano. Thesis Mark: 110/110
cum laude.
2009
Association to INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) as a leading
researcher in the project “Edizione Nazionale delle Opere e della
Corrispondenza di R.G. Boscovich”.
May-July
2008
Alumni-DAAD Research Scholarship «Wiedereinladung» – Ludwig
Maximilian Universität / Forschungsinstitut des Deutschen Museums
München. Host: Prof. Dr. Ivo Schneider.
Oct. 2003
Jul. 2004
DAAD Research Fellowship – Univ. der Bundeswehr / Forschungsinstitut
des Deutschen Museums München. Tutor: Prof. Dr. Ivo Schneider.
2006-2012
2013-2014
Philosophy of Science Seminar (20 hours per year), University of Milan.
Lectures in the university course “History of Sciences”, University of Pavia.
Good spoken and written English and German
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Invited lectures and conference presentations (last five years)
Nov. 14-16, 2013
Boscovich’s Material Points. Invited Talk at the International Workshop “Ideas of Points”,
SISSA – Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste (http://www.math.sissa.
it/workshop/ideas-point)
Apr. 4, 2013
Ruggiero Boscovich and the Discovery of Uranus: a case study of a «shared discovery».
Invited talk (host: Jean Dhombres) at the Seminar “Cosmos: histoire, représentations,
politiques”, Centre Alexandre Koyré, Paris
Nov. 18, 2011
Una vaga idea di spazio. Il concetto di spazio fra Settecento e Ottocento (invited tallk at the
symposium “Pavia 1878. Il mondo della fisica onora Volta”), University of Pavia
Nov. 4, 2011
Roger Boscovich’s ‘philosophia prima’ (invited talk), Philosophische Fakultät der
Gesellschaft Jesu in Zagreb
May 19-20, 2011
Roger Boscovich and the Discovery of Uranus as an example of his astronomical activity.
(Invited talk at the Symposium in the 3rd anniversary of R.G. Boscovich’s birth) Ruđer
Bošković Institute – Zagabria
Dec. 15-17, 2010
How models “can serve two masters”: Schiaparelli’s geometric theory of evolution and the
concept of model. SILFS 2010: International Conference of the Italian Society of Logic and
Philosophy of Sciences, University of Bergamo
Sept. 25, 2010
Research, what a passion. A public debate on research and university, EGO-Virgo
(European Gravitational Observatory) – Cascina near Pisa
Jun. 30Jul. 3, 2010
Un'applicazione della "Legge di continuità" di Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich alla musica.
Convegno Società Italiana degli Storici della Fisica e dell'Astronomia – Urbino
Oct. 15-16, 2009
Lo specchio della natura. Colorni e la cultura scientifica del suo tempo. Eugenio Colorni e la
cultura italiana fra le due guerre, Università degli Studi di Milano
Sept. 18, 2009
L’edizione Nazionale Boscovich e il web. Edizione Nazionale delle Opere e della
Corrispondenza di Ruggiero Boscovich. Presentazione dei risultati del primo triennio di
attività. Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Roma
Conferences & Seminars Co-organisation (last five years)
8-10 Sept. 2011
Ruggiero Boscovich International Congress. Sponsored by Ministero dell’Università e della
Ricerca Scientifica, Organized by Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia.
May 18, 2011
Ruggiero Boscovich. Brera Colloquium for the tercentenary of his birth. Organized by INAF
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milano
Oct. 19-20, 2010
Virginio Schiaparelli Conference. Organized by INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera,
Milano.
Oct. 6-8, 2009
More Geometrico. An interdisciplinary conference on geometry, cognition, space, and
movement. Organized by Università degli Studi di Milano and SISSA (Trieste), Trieste.
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Teaching activity (20h seminars and courses)
Feb.-May 2006
Physical Theory and Philosophical Reflection: Ernst Mach and Albert Einstein
Feb.-May 2007
The Problem of Space: Geometric Intuition and Physical Modeling
Feb.-May 2008
On Eugene Wigner’s “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural
Sciences”
Feb.-May 2009
Logic and the Physical Sciences. The Concept of Model in Historical-Epistemological
Development
Feb.-May 2010
Time, Evolution, and History. An Introduction to Ludwig Boltzmann’s Philosophical-Scientific
Papers
Feb.-May 2011
The Concept of Objectivity. Scientific and Philosophical Readings
Feb.-May 2012
Paradigms and Revolutions in Science
Oct.-Dec. 2013
Lectures in the course “History of Sciences”, University of Pavia
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