Cândido Marciano da Silva

Full Professor (Retired)
Department of Applied Sciences, FCT/NOVA

Research interests

  • History of Astronomy (Neolithic: the concept of Megalithic Equinox and data analysis on orientation in archaeological records);
  • History of Science in Portugal (18th to 20th centuries).

Projects

Participation

  • “On the instruments' trail: Exploring Royal Cabinets of Natural Philosophy in Portugal (18th-19th century)", (PTDC/HIS-HCT/098970/2008).

Publications (selection)

  1. Cândido Marciano da Silva, "Note on the Mafra Meridiana", Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, No. 110 (2011), 43.
  2. Cândido Marciano da Silva, "Neolithic Cosmology: The Equinox and the Spring Full Moon", The Journal of Cosmology, vol. 9 (2010), 2207-2216.
  3. Catarina Oliveira, Cândido Marciano da Silva, "Moon, Spring and Large Stones", in David Calado, Maxmiliam Baldia, Matthew Boulanger (eds.), Proceedings of the World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4–9 September, 2006) (Lisboa: BAR International Series 2122, vol. 7, 2010), pp. 83-90.
  4. Cândido Marciano da Silva, “Bianchini’s Patron: El Rei D. João V de Portugal”, in J.A.Rubiño-Martín, J.A.Belmonte, F. Prada, A.Alberdi (eds.), Cosmology Across Cultures (Granada: APS Conference Series, Vol. 409, 2009), pp. 203-208.
  5. T. Widemann et al, Titania's radius and an upper limit on its atmosphere from the September 8, 2001 stellar occultation, Icarus 199 (2009) 458-476
  6. Catarina Oliveira, Leonor Rocha, Cândido Marciano da Silva, “Megalitismo funerário no Alentejo Central”, Revista Portuguesa de Arqueologia, vol.10, nº 2, (2007), 35-74.
  7. Cândido Marciano da Silva, “The Spring Full Moon”, Journal for the History of Astronomy, XXXV (2004), 475-478.
  8. Cândido Marciano da Silva, Manuel Calado, “New astronomically significant directions of megalithic monuments in the Central Alentejo”, Journal of Iberian Archaeology, vol.5 (2003), 67-88.
  9. Cândido Marciano da Silva, “Sobre o possível significado astronómico do cromelech dos Almendres”, Boletim A Cidade de Évora, II Série, N.º4, Évora, 2000, 109-127.
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