GRHCT - Grup de Recerca d'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica
a) Realitzar i promoure la recerca en l'àmbit de la història de la ciència i de la tècnica.
b) Estendre el coneixement dels resultats de la recerca a la UPC i a la resta del món universitari i educatiu, especialment en l'ús de la història de la ciència en l'ensenyament de les ciències.
c) Donar suport a les activitats docents i investigadores d'altres unitats i grups de la UPC que ho requereixin.
d) Fomentar la conservació, recuperació, reutilització i estudi del nostre patrimoni cultural científic, tècnic i industrial
The group's aims are as follows: a) to carry out and promote research on the history of science and technology; b) to disseminate the results of research to the School of Industrial Engineering, to the Technical University of Catalonia and to the academic world in general; c) to lend support to the teaching and research activities of the units and groups of the Technical University of Catalonia; and d) to foster the conservation, recovery, reuse and study of our cultural and technical heritage.
The group's aims are as follows: a) to carry out and promote research on the history of science and technology; b) to disseminate the results of research to the School of Industrial Engineering, to the Technical University of Catalonia and to the academic world in general; c) to lend support to the teaching and research activities of the units and groups of the Technical University of Catalonia; and d) to foster the conservation, recovery, reuse and study of our cultural and technical heritage.
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Articles de revista [72]
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Capítols de llibre [20]
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Llibres [3]
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Reports de recerca [18]
Recent Submissions
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Modelización empírica de la epidemia COVID-19
(2020-07)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyUna epidemia, aparición y propagación de una enfermedad infecciosa en una comunidad, es un proceso dinámico y susceptible de ser modelizado o representado mediante estrategias o perspectivas diversas. El objetivo de este ... -
Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799): molt més que una corba
(Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques (SCM), 2020)
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Aristarc de Samos, el geòmetra que va mesurar l'univers
(Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques (SCM), 2020-02)
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Open AccessEn aquest article després de la presentació biogràfica d'Aristarc de Samos, s'analitzen les demostracions que va emprar a la seva obra per trobar les mides i les distàncies del Sol i la Lluna. -
The impact of the relationship between Peter I and Leibniz on the development of science in Russia
(2020-01)
External research report
Open AccessPeter the Great (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia, travelled to Western Europe specifically to German Lands, to familiarize himself with new developments and to contact with men of science, like Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ... -
Introduction to the special issue: Les mathématiques dans les écoles militaires (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles)
(2020-03-01)
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Internationalization of Scientific Activity in Spain in the interwar period. The 1922 course of Hermann Weyl in Barcelona and Madrid
(Springer, 2019-10-15)
Part of book or chapter of book
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn 1922, Hermann Weyl (1885–1955) was invited to teach a course of eight lessons in Barcelona and Madrid. At that time, Weyl was working on his theory of space in order to tackle several problems posed by the Theory of ... -
L’astronomia i la meteorologia en el curs matemàtic de Pasqual Calbó (1752-1817). Una aproximació
(2018)
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Narcís Monturiol (1819-1885). Ciència, tècnica i militància
(2019-11-01)
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The algebraization of mathematics: using original sources for learning mathematics
(2020-03)
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Open AccessThe knowledge of the processes in the history of mathematics is very useful for a greater and complete comprehension of the foundations and nature of mathematics. The algebraization of mathematics was a key process in the ... -
The role of Mathematics in Spanish military education in the 1750’s: two transient cases
(2020)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyVers la fin des années 1750, une Académie de Mathématiques fut créée au sein de l’Académie Militaire de la Garde du Corps à Madrid, dirigée par Pedro Padilla (1724-1807?) jusqu’à sa fermeture en 1760. En 1753, Padilla ... -
Optimization of goat milk vacuum-assisted block freeze concentration using responsesurface methodology and NaCl addition i
(2020-04-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyResponse Surface Methodology was applied to optimize the effects of freezing time, vacuum conditions, and time under vacuum regarding concentrated yield response, resulting from optimal parameters of the milk vacuum-assisted ... -
Sources from 16th century for the teaching and learning of mathematics
(2019)
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Open AccessABSTRACT The use of original texts from History of Mathematics is a way to introduce the sources on which mathematical knowledge is based into the classroom. Choosing historical texts carefully can help students to develop ...