Augusto Fitas
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History of Science, Technology, and Environment
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Biography
Augusto José dos Santos Fitas, who has a degree and doctorate in Physics, an aggregate in History of Ideas in Physics, Professor of Physics and History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Évora, has been retired since May 2012. He was a founding member of the Centre for the Study of the History and Philosophy of Science (CEHFCi) and is currently an Emeritus Researcher at the IHC.
Although his work interests in the field of Physics were initially orientated towards the study of the generation and propagation of seismic waves, he has always been active in the History and Philosophy of Science, a scientific area that has been his “major area” of research for the last fifteen years. He has carried out research into the History and Philosophy of Science (Physics and Maths) (18th to 20th centuries) and, in particular, the History of Science in Portugal (18th to 20th centuries), paying particular attention to Physics and scientific institutions in the 20th century.
Research fields
- History and philosophy of science
- History of ideas in Physics
- History of science in Portugal (18th to 20th centuries)
Selected publications
- Fitas, Augusto José dos Santos, João Príncipe, Maria de Fátima Nunes & Martha Cecília Bustamante (Ed.). A Junta de Educação Nacional e a investigação científica em Portugal no período entre guerras. Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio, 2013.
- Fitas, Augusto José dos Santos, João Príncipe, Maria de Fátima Nunes & Martha Cecília Bustamante (Ed.). A actividade da Junta de Educação Nacional. Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio, 2012. [link]🔓
- Fitas, Augusto José dos Santos. O princípio da menor acção: uma história de Fermat a Lagrange (acompanhado de uma colectânea de textos). Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio, 2012.
- Fitas, Augusto José dos Santos, Marcial E. Rodrigues & Maria de Fátima Nunes. Filosofia e História da Ciência no Portugal do século XX. Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio, 2008.
- Fitas, Augusto José dos Santos, & António A. P. Videira (Org.). Cartas entre Guido Beck e Cientistas Portugueses. Lisbon: Instituto Piaget, 2004.
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