Nuno Castel-Branco

PhD Student
Departament of History and Philosophy of Sciences, FCUL

Research interests

  • History of Exact Sciences, 15-17th Centuries;
  • History of Sciences in Portugal, 15-17th Centuries;
  • Natural Philosophy, Mechanics and Physics, 15-17th Centuries;
  • Science and Religion.

Projects

  • "Entre a Filosofia Natural e a Física: Estudos de mecânica em Portugal nos séculos XVI e XVII". PhD Dissertation in History and Philosophy of Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Supervisor: Henrique Leitão, 2015-2019.

Publications (selection)

  1. "Perturbation of the metric around a spherical body from a nonminimal coupling between matter and curvature"; Physics Letters B, Vol. 735, 2014, pp. 25-32. 
  2. A Nonminimal Coupling Model and its Short-Range Solar System Impact (MSc Thesis in Theoretical Physics, Cosmology); 2014, arXiv:1407.2751.
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