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Elena Castellani

elena.castellani@unifi.it

Associate Professor, Philosophy of science 

Department of Philosophy
Via Bolognese, 52
I-50139 Firenze, Italy

 

 Elena castellani

 

Research Interests

History and philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of space and time, Philosophy of quantum field theory, Ontological aspects of physical theories, History and meaning of symmetries, Reductionism and emergence, Structuralism in physics, Structural realism, Dualities, History and philosophy of string Theory.

Curriculum

Books

  • (ed.) Interpreting Bodies:Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
  • Simmetria e natura.Dalle armonie delle figure alle invarianze delle leggi, Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2000.
  • (ed.) Simmetria e realtà, special issue of Le Scienze (Italian version of Scientific American), n. 118, 2001.
  • (ed. with K. Brading) Symmetries in Physics: Philosophical Reflections, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • Feynman, special issue of Le Scienze, n. 35, November 2003 (in French: Feynman, special issue of Pour la Science, n. 19, 2004). In collaboration with Leonardo Castellani.
  • (ed. with  A. Cappelli, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia), The Birth of String Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 

    • Some Selected Papers

    Organization of Workshops/Seminars

    Teaching 2001-2013

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