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Bruno Almeida

Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences, FCUL

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Research interests

  • History of science in Portugal (mainly XVI and XVIIth c.);
  • History of nautics;
  • Works of Pedro Nunes.

Projects

  • "On the influence of Pedro Nunes' work on 16th and 17th century's nautical science: a study on knowledge transmission". PhD project in History and Philosophy of Science, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. Orientação: Henrique Leitão. (FCT/MCTES, SFRH/BD/22952/2005). [Completed]

Participation

  • MEDEA-CHART: "The Medieval and Early Modern Nautical Chart: Birth, Evolution and Use", Starting Grant do European Research Council (714033 - MEDEA-CHART), 2017-2023.

Publications (selection)

  1. Almeida, Bruno. (2022). A Carta de Navegar: antologia de textos, 1464-1599. Lisboa: Althum.com.
  2. Almeida, Bruno. (2012). On the origins of Dee’s mathematical programme: The John Dee–Pedro Nunes connection. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 43, 460–469.

  3. Almeida, Bruno. (2011). A Influência da Obra de Pedro Nunes na Náutica dos séc. XVI e XVII: Um estudo de transmissão de conhecimento (Dissertação de Doutoramento). Universidade de Lisboa.

  4. "Navegar através dos livros nos séculos XVI e XVII: um estudo comparativo.", Actas das Jornadas do Mar 2006, Escola Naval, Alfeite, 13 a 17 de Novembro de 2006, p. 492-498
  5. "Pedro Nunes and seamen: a study in the transmission of scientific knowledge", Synergia: Primer Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Historia de la Ciencia (Actas), Valência 18 a 20 de Novembro de 2005. (Madrid: CSIC, 2007), p. 349-362
  6. "O Tratado da Esfera", Revista História, 84 (2006) 44-47.
  7. "The legacy of Sacrobosco: Tractatus de sphaera", Actas do XV ENAA - Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica, 28 a 30/7/2005.
  8. "Sobre a génese da curva loxodrómica de Pedro Nunes", Actas das Jornadas do Mar 2004, (Lisboa: Escola Naval, 2004), pp. 489 - 500.
  9. "A curva loxodrómica de Pedro Nunes" in La ciencia y el mar, Maria Isabel Vicente Maroto, Mariano Esteban Piñeiro (coords.), (Valladolid: Los autores, 2006), p. 149 - 181.
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