PHYSICS, ASTRONOMY AND ENGINEERING

XXXII International Congress of The Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA)

27-29 Septembre 2012, Roma Italy

The Italian Society of Historians of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA)

Research Centre For Theory and History of Science (RCTHS)

Faculty of Engineering, University of Roma La Sapienza.

Venue: Faculty of Engineering, University of Roma "La Sapienza", Italy

International Plenary Speakers

• Marco Ceccarelli (University of Cassino, Italy)
• Jean Dhombres (Centre Alexandre Koyré/CNRS/EHESS, France)
• Peter Heering (University of Flensburg, Germany)
• Frank A.J.L. James (The Royal Institutution of Great Britain, United Kingdom)
• Radim Kocandrle (University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic)
• Aleandro Nisati (I.N.F.N. Sezione di Roma–ATLAS Experiments–CERN, Italy–Switzerland)
• Walter Noll (Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America)

Special event: Evening Plenary "Faraday Lecture"

• Frank A.J.L. James (The Royal Institutution of Great Britain, U.K, and Chair of the National Organising Committee for the XXIVth International Congress for the History of Science and Technology to be held in Manchester in July 2013). The "Faraday Lecture" is an important lecture in UK. Its objective is to present science and correlated technologies in an exciting manner (like Michael Faraday used to do) talking to large audience and exploring the fascinating world of pure and applied sciences. (Several Faraday Memorial lectures were presented in the past: see here)

Chairpersons:

• Danilo Capecchi (Italy): This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Raffaele Pisano (France/Czech Republic): This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it