The Institute of Studies in History and Philosophy of Sciences (IEHFC), formerly the Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences, invites participation in the Symposium to be held on 9 July in Lecture Theatre 2.2.15.

Programme:

10h00 | Carla Feliciano: Doctor–patient relationship: The right to (not) know.

10h40 | Gonçalo Martins: Carl Troll, Landscape Ecology and National Socialism.

11h20 | Ignacio Pereda: The woods and trees of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering: Tomás Mateus and Gonçalo Ribeiro Teles (1947–1979).

12h00 -14h00 | Lunch

14h00 | Verónica Conte: Seeds of blue: indigo, culture, natural history and science in dialogue.

14h40 | | Ines Bénard: The mariner’s compass in Iberian and Indian Ocean navigation practices: An early comparative history of magnetic declination.

15h20 | Samuel Gessner: The lives of a trigonometric instrument in five contexts (c. 1500–1570): Incompatible criteria of success.

16h00 | Presentation of the DHFC Award