HISTORY, TEACHING AND POPULARISATION OF MATHEMATICS
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- Academic year
- 2020/2021
- Teacher
- ALESSANDRA FIOCCA
- Credits
- 9
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- MAT/04
Training objectives
- Strengthen communication skills, even with multimedia tools, of mathematical / scientific topics; enhance the ability to work in groups, develop the ability to find and critically evaluate sources, promote the knowledge of professional perspectives in the field of communication and scientific dissemination.The course also aims to provide methodological insights for the teaching of mathematics in the school.
Prerequisites
- no specific requisites are required
Course programme
- the following themes will be developed: relationships between mathematics and literature, between mathematics and art, between mathematics and cinema, between mathematics and theater,the relationship between science and faith in Galilean thought and the position of some popes. How to organize an exhibition, how to write a popularizing article on a mathematical / scientific subject, paying attention to the choice of the theme and to the target audience. Some particularly interesting websites will be presented, and you will virtually visit some museums and exhibitions for mathematics. The next year the work of the student will be devoted to the different approaches to the conic sections from Apollonius to the XVIII century.
Didactic methods
- lessons and seminars
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral exam and presentation of a personal work agreed with the teacher
Reference texts
- For the conic sections in Apollonio: G. Loria, Le scienze esatte nell’antica Grecia;
For the conic sections in Boscovich: A. Del Centina, A. Fiocca, “A Masterly Though Neglected Work”: Boscovich’s Treatise on Conic Sections,Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. , 72, 2018, 453-495.
For the treatises on the conics in the XVII Centuty: L. Maierù, Le sezioni coniche nel Seicento, Rubettino 2009.
