INVESTIGADORES
GARCIA beatriz Elena
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Astronomy in the City for Astronomy Education
Autor/es:
ROS, ROSA; GARCIA, BEATRIZ
Lugar:
Hawaii
Reunión:
Congreso; IAU-XXIXa-GA-2015; 2015
Resumen:
Aremarkable series of milestones in the history of the science oflight allow us to ensure that their study intersects with science andtechnology. Inthe frame of the IAU Plan for 2010-2020, where Science and reseach,Technology ans Skills and Culture ans Society are the relevat axes ofaction, this celebration of Light and the associated Technologies isan inflexion point to develope the main objectives of the Union. NASEproposes to use different sections of the course to talk about:1015- Islamic Golden Age: Ibn al-Haytham published the famous works onoptics and eye behaviour1815-France Agustin Fresnel exhibeted the theory of wave nature of light; 1865-England James Maxwell described the electromagnetic theory of light,the precursor of relativity1915-Germany: Einstein developed general relativity which confirmed thecentral role of light in space and time1965-United States: Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovered the cosmicmicrowave background, fossil remnant of the creation of universe