Naslov
The Achievements of F. Patricius and R. Boscovich to the Notion of Force in the Philosophy of Nature

Autori
Petković, Tomislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
5th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Book of Abstracts / Nicolaidis Efthymios ; Skordoulis, Constantine ; Katsiampoura, Gianna - Atena : Institute of Historical Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation, 2012, 90-90

ISBN
978-960-9538-13-8

Skup
Scientific cosmopolitanism and local cultures: religions, ideologies, sicieties. Symposium: History of Slavic Science - Cultural interferences, Historical Perspectives and Personal Contributions

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 01.11.2012. - 03.11.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
force; Patricius' theory of tides; Boscovich's points; Boscovich's law of forces; Boscovich and modern particles

Sažetak
Frane Petrić (Franciscus Patricius ; April 25, 1529, Town of Cres – February 6, 1597, Rome) was a philosopher and scientist at the fall of Renaissance. A short review of the Patricius’ theory of tides developed in the three books of Pancosmia (28th Book, 29th Book, and 30th Book, respectively) will be emphasized in the presentation. A hierarchy of the more than 20 tidal causes was investigated by the Patricius’ unique method, taking into account observations of motions of the surface of the seas and oceans of his time. He identified the attraction of the Moon and Sun as the first two general tidal causes. In the famous book Concepts of Force, (M. Jammer, Dover, 1999 ; First ed. 1957), the name of F. Patricius and his treatise on tides are mentioned on page 83. In his Letter to H. von Hohenburg (1607) concerning the lunar theory of tides, Kepler quoted the work of Patricus. However, Patricius found neither epistemic meaning of gravity (a force due to the masses of celestial bodies) nor the true physics causes for the rise and fall of the sea surface. He rather ascribed tides to be caused by light and heat (lux and calor) within the framework of his capital work: Nova de Universis Philosophia. Ruđer Josip Bošković (Rogerius Joseph Boscovich ; May 18, 1711, Dubrovnik - February 13, 1787, Milano) was one of the great scientists and philosophers of all time. Boscovich used for the first time a method of thinking of Newton, Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, to synthesize them into his new original method of thinking of Nature. His Theory of Natural Philosophy (Vienna 1758 and Venice 1763, respectively) with the points-atoms as the ultimate building blocks of matter, was dynamically based on the single law of forces that exists in nature (universe). Depending on distances between the points in space, the curves of forces can be attractive or repulsive (curva Boscovichiana). Boscovich is the father of the pictorial representation of the atom important for the modern concept of subatomic and sub-elementary particles: starting by electrons, protons, neutrons, till quarks today. Therefore, N. Bohr, W. Heisenberg, R. Feynman, and L. Lederman have ad hoc occasionally emphasized the Boscovich’s Theory along the road of his legacy and thinking. As the forerunner of the modern dream of unification of fundamental forces in Nature or Universe (theory of everything), Boscovich may be particularly important due to the actual epistemic challenges of the 'new physics' at high energies.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Filozofija

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