Supernovae, Comets and Aristotelian Cosmology

Event date:

Monday 27 June

Time:

08:00

Illuminated manuscript image of man using stellar observation device

A Susan Manning Workshop from IASH, University of Edinburgh/Ca’Foscari University of Venice

Supernovae, Comets and Aristotelian Cosmology: a collapse of philosophical paradigms and the birth of the new sciences in the 16th and 17th centuries?

Monday 27 June 2022, 09:00 – 16:45 CET (08:00 - 15:45 BST)

In person: Aula Biral, Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà, Ca’Foscari University of Venice
A Zoom link is available for this event for remote attendees. Please contact organisers Dr Xiaona Wang (xiaona.wang@warwick.ac.uk) or Dr David McOmish (davidmalcom.mcomish@unive.it) to register and for further details.

Speakers include Pietro Daniel Omodeo, Darrel Rutkin, Monica Azzolini, Matteo Cosci, Jonathan Regier, Richard Oosterhoff, Anna Jerratsch and Sergio Orozco-Echeverri.

Please note that this workshop will run on Central European Time and therefore begins at 08:00 UK time.