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Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest for Providence
City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 10-2014 'Like Iron to a Magnet': Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest for Providence David Sclar Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/380 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] “Like Iron to a Magnet”: Moses Hayim Luzzatto’s Quest for Providence By David Sclar A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in History in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The City University of New York 2014 © 2014 David Sclar All Rights Reserved This Manuscript has been read and accepted by the Graduate Faculty in History in satisfaction of the Dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Prof. Jane S. Gerber _______________ ____________________________________ Date Chair of the Examining Committee Prof. Helena Rosenblatt _______________ ____________________________________ Date Executive Officer Prof. Francesca Bregoli _______________________________________ Prof. Elisheva Carlebach ________________________________________ Prof. Robert Seltzer ________________________________________ Prof. David Sorkin ________________________________________ Supervisory Committee iii Abstract “Like Iron to a Magnet”: Moses Hayim Luzzatto’s Quest for Providence by David Sclar Advisor: Prof. Jane S. Gerber This dissertation is a biographical study of Moses Hayim Luzzatto (1707–1746 or 1747). It presents the social and religious context in which Luzzatto was variously celebrated as the leader of a kabbalistic-messianic confraternity in Padua, condemned as a deviant threat by rabbis in Venice and central and eastern Europe, and accepted by the Portuguese Jewish community after relocating to Amsterdam. -
Hubert Kennedy Eight Mathematical Biographies
Hubert Kennedy Eight Mathematical Biographies Peremptory Publications San Francisco 2002 © 2002 by Hubert Kennedy Eight Mathematical Biographies is a Peremptory Publications ebook. It may be freely distributed, but no changes may be made in it. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Please write to [email protected] . 2 Contents Introduction 4 Maria Gaetana Agnesi 5 Cesare Burali-Forti 13 Alessandro Padoa 17 Marc-Antoine Parseval des Chênes 19 Giuseppe Peano 22 Mario Pieri 32 Emil Leon Post 35 Giovanni Vailati 40 3 Introduction When a Dictionary of Scientific Biography was planned, my special research interest was Giuseppe Peano, so I volunteered to write five entries on Peano and his friends/colleagues, whose work I was investigating. (The DSB was published in 14 vol- umes in 1970–76, edited by C. C. Gillispie, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.) I was later asked to write two more entries: for Parseval and Emil Leon Post. The entry for Post had to be done very quickly, and I could not have finished it without the generous help of one of his relatives. By the time the last of these articles was published in 1976, that for Giovanni Vailati, I had come out publicly as a homosexual and was involved in the gay liberation movement. But my article on Vailati was still discreet. If I had written it later, I would probably have included evidence of his homosexuality. The seven articles for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography have a uniform appear- ance. (The exception is the article on Burali-Forti, which I present here as I originally wrote it—with reference footnotes. -
Catholic Christian Christian
Religious Scientists (From the Vatican Observatory Website) https://www.vofoundation.org/faith-and-science/religious-scientists/ Many scientists are religious people—men and women of faith—believers in God. This section features some of the religious scientists who appear in different entries on these Faith and Science pages. Some of these scientists are well-known, others less so. Many are Catholic, many are not. Most are Christian, but some are not. Some of these scientists of faith have lived saintly lives. Many scientists who are faith-full tend to describe science as an effort to understand the works of God and thus to grow closer to God. Quite a few describe their work in science almost as a duty they have to seek to improve the lives of their fellow human beings through greater understanding of the world around them. But the people featured here are featured because they are scientists, not because they are saints (even when they are, in fact, saints). Scientists tend to be creative, independent-minded and confident of their ideas. We also maintain a longer listing of scientists of faith who may or may not be discussed on these Faith and Science pages—click here for that listing. Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1718-1799) Catholic Christian A child prodigy who obtained education and acclaim for her abilities in math and physics, as well as support from Pope Benedict XIV, Agnesi would write an early calculus textbook. She later abandoned her work in mathematics and physics and chose a life of service to those in need. Click here for Vatican Observatory Faith and Science entries about Maria Gaetana Agnesi. -
Maria Gaetana Agnesi Melissa De La Cruz
Maria Gaetana Agnesi Melissa De La Cruz Maria Gaetana Agnesi's life Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born on May 16, 1718. She also died on January 9, 1799. She was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. Her father, Pietro Agnesi, was either said to be a wealthy silk merchant or a mathematics professor. Regardless, he was well to do and lived a social climber. He married Anna Fortunata Brivio, but had a total of 21 children with 3 female relations. He used his kids to be known with the Milanese socialites of the time and Maria Gaetana Agnesi was his oldest. He hosted soires and used his kids as entertainment. Maria's sisters would perform the musical acts while she would present Latin debates and orations on questions of natural philosophy. The family was well to do and Pietro has to make sure his children were under the best training to entertain well at these parties. For Maria, that meant well-esteemed tutors would be given because her father discovered her great potential for an advanced intellect. Her education included the usual languages and arts; she spoke Italian and French at the age of 5 and but the age of 11, she also knew how to speak Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, German and Latin. Historians have given her the name of the Seven-Tongued Orator. With private tutoring, she was also taught topics such as mathematics and natural philosophy, which was unusual for women at that time. With the Agnesi family living in Milan, Italy, Maria's family practiced religion seriously. -
Progressing Toward Gender- Responsive Science and Technology*
United Nations Nations Unies United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Fifty-fifth session 22 February – 4 March 2011 New York INTERACTIVE EXPERT PANEL Key policy initiatives and capacity-building on gender mainstreaming: focus on science and technology PROGRESSING TOWARD GENDER- RESPONSIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY* by LONDA SCHIEBINGER Professor Stanford University *The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the United Nations. This paper presents key findings and recommendations from the expert group meeting (EGM) on Gender, Science and Technology, Paris, France, 28 September-1 October 2010.1 The potential of science and technology (S&T) to advance development and contribute to people’s well-being has been well-recognized. Science and technology are vital for achieving internationally agreed-upon development goals, for instance by facilitating efforts to eradicate poverty, achieve food security, fight diseases, improve education, and respond to the challenges of climate change. S&T have also emerged as important means for countries to improve productivity and competitiveness and to create decent work opportunities. The contribution of science and technology to development goals can be accelerated by taking gender into account. For example, greater access to and use of existing technologies, as well as products that respond better to women’s needs, can enhance women’s work. Acquiring science and technology education and training can empower women. Eliminating barriers to women’s employment in science and technology fields will further the goals of full employment and decent work. The EGM covered a wide range of issues related to the intersection of sex and gender with S&T. -
The In/Visible Woman: Mariangela Ardinghelli and the Circulation Of
The In/visible Woman: Mariangela Ardinghelli and the Circulation of Knowledge between Paris and Naples in the Eighteenth Century Author(s): Paola Bertucci Source: Isis, Vol. 104, No. 2 (June 2013), pp. 226-249 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History of Science Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670946 . Accessed: 29/06/2013 11:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. The University of Chicago Press and The History of Science Society are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Isis. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 130.132.173.211 on Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:12:01 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions The In/visible Woman Mariangela Ardinghelli and the Circulation of Knowledge between Paris and Naples in the Eighteenth Century By Paola Bertucci* ABSTRACT Mariangela Ardinghelli (1730–1825) is remembered as the Italian translator of two texts by the Newtonian physiologist Stephen Hales, Haemastaticks and Vegetable Staticks. This essay shows that her role in the Republic of Letters was by no means limited to such work. -
Cavendish the Experimental Life
Cavendish The Experimental Life Revised Second Edition Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge Series Editors Ian T. Baldwin, Gerd Graßhoff, Jürgen Renn, Dagmar Schäfer, Robert Schlögl, Bernard F. Schutz Edition Open Access Development Team Lindy Divarci, Georg Pflanz, Klaus Thoden, Dirk Wintergrün. The Edition Open Access (EOA) platform was founded to bring together publi- cation initiatives seeking to disseminate the results of scholarly work in a format that combines traditional publications with the digital medium. It currently hosts the open-access publications of the “Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge” (MPRL) and “Edition Open Sources” (EOS). EOA is open to host other open access initiatives similar in conception and spirit, in accordance with the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the sciences and humanities, which was launched by the Max Planck Society in 2003. By combining the advantages of traditional publications and the digital medium, the platform offers a new way of publishing research and of studying historical topics or current issues in relation to primary materials that are otherwise not easily available. The volumes are available both as printed books and as online open access publications. They are directed at scholars and students of various disciplines, and at a broader public interested in how science shapes our world. Cavendish The Experimental Life Revised Second Edition Christa Jungnickel and Russell McCormmach Studies 7 Studies 7 Communicated by Jed Z. Buchwald Editorial Team: Lindy Divarci, Georg Pflanz, Bendix Düker, Caroline Frank, Beatrice Hermann, Beatrice Hilke Image Processing: Digitization Group of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Cover Image: Chemical Laboratory. -
Celinda, a Tragedy
Celinda, A Tragedy VALERIA MIANI • Edited with an introduction by VALERIA FINUCCI Translated by JULIA KISACKY Annotated by VALERIA FINUCCI & JULIA KISACKY Iter Inc. Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies Toronto 2010 Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Tel: 416/978–7074 Fax: 416/978–1668 Email: [email protected] Web: www.itergateway.org CRRS Publications, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies Victoria University in the University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S 1K7 Canada Tel: 416/585–4465 Fax: 416/585–4430 Email: [email protected] Web: www.crrs.ca © 2010 Iter Inc. & the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies All Rights Reserved Printed in Canada Iter and the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies gratefully acknowledge the generous sup- port of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation toward the publication of this book. Iter and the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies gratefully acknowledge the generous sup- port of James E. Rabil, in memory of Scottie W. Rabil, toward the publication of this book. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Miani, Valeria Celinda : a tragedy / Valeria Miani ; edited and with an introduction by Valeria Finucci ; tranlated by Julia Kisacky ; annotated by Valeria Finucci & Julia Kisacky. (The other voice in early modern Europe : the Toronto series ; 8) Translation of the Italian play by the same title. Co-published by: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued also in electronic format. Text in Italian with English translation on facing pages. ISBN 978–07727–2075–7 I. Finucci, Valeria II. Kisacky, Julia, 1965– III. -
1.2.2 Due Professori Greci Amici Di Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia: Elementi Inediti 34
Scuola Dottorale di Ateneo Graduate School Dottorato di ricerca in Lingue, Culture e Società Moderne Ciclo XXVI Anno di discussione 2015 GIOVANNI COTTUNIO E GLI INTELLETTUALI GRECI A PADOVA NEL XVII SECOLO: DALLA MATRICE ACCADEMICA ALLA PROSPETTIVA PANELLENICA L-LIN/20: Lingua e Letteratura neogreca Tesi di Dottorato di Tatiana Bovo, matricola 955806 Coordinatrice del Dottorato Tutor della Dottoranda Prof. ssa Alessandra Giorgi Prof. ssa Caterina Carpinato INDICE INTRODUZIONE 7 GLI INTELLETTUALI GRECI A VENEZIA E A PADOVA 1.1 PREMESSA STORICA: LA PRESENZA GRECA A VENEZIA 1 1.1.1 BREVE CRONISTORIA DEI RAPPORTI FRA VENEZIA E IL MONDO BIZANTINO 1 1.1.2 LA COMUNITÀ GRECA DI VENEZIA: RICONOSCIMENTO RELIGIOSO E INTEGRAZIONE NELLA CITTÀ LAGUNARE 7 1.1.3 IL CONTRIBUTO DELLA CONFRATERNITA GRECO-VENEZIANA ALLA VITA INTELLETTUALE DELLA CITTÀ LAGUNARE 13 1.2 LA PRESENZA GRECA NELLA CITTÀ UNIVERSITARIA DELLA SERENISSIMA DURANTE IL XVII SECOLO 21 1.2.1 LA CITTÀ DI PADOVA E IL SUO STUDIUM 25 1.2.2 DUE PROFESSORI GRECI AMICI DI ELENA LUCREZIA CORNARO PISCOPIA: ELEMENTI INEDITI 34 1.2.3 LA MIGRAZIONE GRECA “DOTTA” NELLO STUDIO DI PADOVA 40 1.2.3.1 RICHIAMI AD UNA STORIA INIZIATA NEL XIV SECOLO 40 1.2.3.2 GLI INTELLETTUALI GRECI A PADOVA NEL XVII SECOLO: DALLA MATRICE ACCADEMICA ALLA PROSPETTIVA PANELLENICA 44 I COLLEGI PER STUDENTI DI LINGUA GRECA A PADOVA 2.1 UNA RISPOSTA A UN PROBLEMA EDUCATIVO ANCORA POCO INDAGATA 75 2.2 IL COLLEGIO “VENETO DE’ GRECI” O “PALEOCAPA” O DI “SAN ZUANNE” 82 2.2.1 L’ESECUZIONE DEL TESTAMENTO DI GIOSAFAT PALEOCAPA 82 2.2.2 IL COLLEGIO GRECO DELLA SERENISSIMA 86 2.2.3 IL COLLEGIO “VENETO DE’ GRECI”: UN RIFLESSO DI DELICATE QUESTIONI DI POLITICA VENEZIANA DELLA PRIMA METÀ DEL XVII SECOLO. -
Giving Voice to Student and Alumnae Opposition During the Transition to Coeducation by a College for Women
Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2011 Giving Voice To Student And Alumnae Opposition During The Transition To Coeducation By A College For Women Rebecca Grandstaff Clarke Virginia Commonwealth University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd Part of the Education Commons © The Author Downloaded from https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2418 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ©Rebecca Jean Grandstaff Clarke 2011 All Rights Reserved GIVING VOICE TO STUDENT AND ALUMNAE OPPOSITION DURING THE TRANSITION TO COEDUCTION BY A COLLEGE FOR WOMEN A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. by Rebecca Jean Grandstaff Clarke B.A., University of Richmond, 1976 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1979 M.A., George Washington University, 1999 Co-Director: Mary Hermann, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Counselor Education School of Education Co-Director: Teresa J. Carter, Ed.D. Assistant Professor and Adult Learning Program Coordinator, Teaching and Learning Department School of Education Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia April, 2011 ii Acknowledgment It may take a village to raise a child; however, it takes a great dissertation committee, a supportive family, and good friends to help a doctoral candidate earn a Ph.D. With their expertise and direction, my dissertation committee has assisted me in taking a nebulous idea and some ill-formed research questions and producing a dissertation of which I am proud. -
Science Foundation Ss
CONFERENCE REPORT WOMEN &SCIENCE CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTS, CHARTING CHALLENGES NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Women & Science Celebrating Achievements Charting Challenges Conference Report March 1997 National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/conferences/women95.htm The material presented in this report constitutes a summary of the views and opinions of those who participated in the Women & Science conference. In particular, the summaries of the various breakout sessions and the sidebars containing opinions of individual conference participants do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ii Table of Contents Executive Summary...................................................................................................v Statement from the Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation.........vii The Conference About the Conference and This Report..................................................................1 Disciplinary Breakout Sessions Biological Sciences ...............................................................................................5 Computer and Information Science and Engineering....................................10 Engineering ........................................................................................................15 Geosciences and Polar Programs ......................................................................20 Mathematical and Physical Sciences .................................................................25 -
První Filozofka S Doktorátem: Elena Lucrezia Cornarová Piscopiová
Pro-Fil 18 (1) 2017: 2–20 https://doi.org/10.5817/pf17-1-1599 PRVNÍ FILOZOFKA S DOKTORÁTEM: ELENA LUCREZIA CORNAROVÁ PISCOPIOVÁ ZDEŇKA KALNICKÁ Katedra filozofie FF OU, Ostrava, Česká republika, [email protected] JURAJ KALNICKÝ Ústav pedagogických a psychologických věd, Slezská univerzita, Opava, Česká republika, [email protected] PŮVODNÍ VĚDECKÁ PRÁCE ▪ OBDRŽENO: 8. 4. 2014 ▪ PŘIJATO: 13. 6. 2017 Abstrakt: Studie analyzuje podmínky a specifika, které vedly k tomu, že v roce 1678 získala na Univerzitě v Padově jako první žena na světě doktorát z filozofie Elena Lucrezia Cornarová. Autoři zpřítomňují širší dobový kontext této výjimečné události. Upozorňují na to, že i navzdory skutečnosti, že univerzity neumožňovaly řádné studium ženám, se Eleně Cornarové získat doktorát podařilo, a to díky souběhu několika okolností, které vytvořily příznivé podmínky pro jeho udělení. Z nich autoři vyzdvihují zejména tradici intelektuálních center na renesančních dvorech na území dnešní Itálie, vedených vzdělanými aristokratkami; rozvoj Benátské republiky v 16. a 17. století, který ovlivnil i postavení žen, zejména z aristokratických rodin; otevřený přístup univerzit, zejména Univerzity v Padově a v Bologni, ke studiu žen. Hlavní pozornost je věnována rodinnému prostředí, životním osudům a studiu Eleny Cornarové. Na závěr jsou zmíněny další filozofky a vědkyně 17. a 18. století. Klíčová slova: Benátská republika, doktorát z filozofie, Elena Lucrezia Cornarová, Laura Bassiová, Maria Gaetana Agnesiová, Univerzita v Padově, Univerzita v Bologni Abstract: The paper analyzes the specific conditions leading to the fact that Elena Lucrezia Cornaro received the doctoral degree in philosophy in 1678 as the first woman in the world. The authors map the broader social and intellectual context of this extraordinary event.