Laird, Walter Roy -

Soumis par root le jeu, 2010/06/24 - 16:52
Personal Information
First Name: 
Walter Roy
Nom: 
Laird
Affiliation universitaire: 
Carleton University
Phone: 
6135202600
Extension: 
2833
Email Address: 
wrlaird@ccs.carleton.ca
Area of Research
Objet: 
Science
Région géographique: 
Europe
Italy
Champ d'études: 
History of science, especially mechanics (16th c.) and the science of motion; Plato, Aristotle, scholasticism, humanism, and Galileo; medieval and renaissance intellectual history; history of the university
Academics
PHD Program: 
Medieval Studies
PHD University: 
University of Toronto
PHD Date: 
1983
Major Publications: 
The Unfinished Mechanics of Giuseppe Moletti: An Edition and English Translation of His Dialogue on Mechanics (1576). Toronto: Univ. Toronto Press, 2000. Walter Roy Laird and Sophie Roux (eds), Mechanics and Natural Philosophy before the Scientific Revolution. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Dordrecht/Boston: Kluwer/Springer Verlag, 2008.
Membre des sociétés académiques: 
History of Science Society, Renaissance Society of America, Medieval Academy, Soci
Courses Taught: 
HIST 3210 History of Science; HUMS 2000 Reason and Revelation