As seen from Coimbra, the College of Jesus between Portugal and the World

Authors

Carlota Simões
Departamento de Matemática, FCTUC, UC
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7210-5299
Margarida Miranda
CECH, FLUC, Universidade de Coimbra
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3129-6356
Pedro Casaleiro
Observatório Geofísico e Astronómico, FCTUC, Universidade de Coimbra
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9783-9379
Keywords: As seen from Coimbra, College of Jesus

Synopsis

This book is the result of many contributions presented at the Colloquium 'COIMBRA VIEW - The College of Jesus between Portugal and the World' which took place at the University of Coimbra in May 2017 and culminated with the homonymous exhibition at the Science Museum of the UC in September of the same year, but also of the cycle 'Culture, Science and Cult' which took place throughout the year of 2016. This cycle included two documentary exhibitions ('Culture, Science and Cult' in the Archive of the University of Coimbra and 'A Conimbriga Vrbe Ad Orbem - De Coimbra para o Mundo' in the Library Joanina), as well as several lectures and book presentations.
On the cover there is an engraving of the Moon made by Cristovão Borri (Collecta Astronomica, 1631), most probably the oldest graphic document of an astronomical observation made in Portugal and which took place in the city of Coimbra. On the figure one can read 'in Coimbra, the exact face of the crescent moon, aged six days, seen by an optical tube in July 1627'.

Author Biographies

Carlota Simões, Departamento de Matemática, FCTUC, UC

She holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (UC) and a member of the Centre for Physics of the UC. She was part of the direction of the Science Museum of the UC between 2007 and 2019 (Vice-Director between 2007 and 2015 and Director between 2015 and 2019). Her main interests are the history and the dissemination of science.

Margarida Miranda, CECH, FLUC, Universidade de Coimbra

She is a member of the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies and Associate Professor at the University of Coimbra, where she did her PhD and teaches in the area of Latin Language and Classical Studies. Her main research areas are the neolatine sources of Renaissance Humanism, namely the cultural and pedagogical action of the Jesuits and their cultural, literary, artistic and philosophical production.

Pedro Casaleiro, Observatório Geofísico e Astronómico, FCTUC, Universidade de Coimbra

Museologist, dedicated to teaching, communication and management of museums in the field of science. He holds a PhD in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester in the UK in 1997 and was a member of the Content Department of EXPO'98 and of the Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva Installation Committee. He is an Assistant Researcher at the University of Coimbra since 2003, he was the manager of the project of requalification of Laboratorio Chimico for the installation of the Museum of Science of the UC, of which he was a Member of the Board (2006-2015) and Vice-Director (2015-2019). He is part of the Earth and Space Research Centre of the UC.

Published
September 24, 2020

Details about this monograph

ISBN-13 (15)
978-989-26-1871-5
doi
10.14195/978-989-26-1871-5