[NPA Chat] Lectures for Boscovich

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ROGER ANDERTON

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Lectures for Boscovich on the Web

Boscovich lecture at Royal Society


part 1


Boscovich lecture at Royal Society 2012 by Ivica Martinovic.
Finishes Boscovich bio and starts on Boscovich's contributions to the natural sciences.



Boscovich lecture at Royal Society part 3 2012 by Martinovic.
Boscovich's theory and Bocovich's curve of force.
New insight into structure of matter.
Boscovich model of (chemical element) atom.
Boscovich on Relativity.
Boscovich changes Newton's 2nd law.




part 4



Boscovich lecture at Royal Society 2012 part 5
Boscovich introduces quantisation into physics - first mention of quantisation ever.
Quantum physics beginnings in the 18th Century
Boscovich's metrology papers - Northern lights caused by substances from the Sun
Boscovich's contributions to technical sciences




Boscovich lecture at Royal Society 2012 part 6
Structural engineering
Humanities




part 7



part 8






Boscovich exhibit at Royal Society 2012 part 1





part 2





part3



Other videos:






The Catholic Church - Builder of Civilization, Episode 3: Priests as Scientific Pioneers, by Thomas E Wood

15.59 –16.34 mentions Boscovich as Father of Atomic theory




The Catholic Church - Builder of Civilization, Episode 4: The Galileo Case, by Thomas E Wood



22.23- 22.40 Boscovich mentioned










James Burke: The day the universe changed


2.14- 4.00 says prohibition on Copernicus lifted mainly due to Boscovich





Galileo and Boscovich by J.L. Heilbron

-comparisons in their careers.



Boscovich 2011

--in foreign language, have to read subtext; lecture followed by operatic singer



Ivica Martinovic lecture on Boscovich audio:





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