Giulio Barsanti
Professor
Department of Biology
University of Firenze
Italy
Biography
After gaining his scientific maturity, he was a pupil, Lamberto Borghi, Antonio Carbonaro, Giulio Preti, Giorgio Spini, Lydia Tornatore, in the Florentine Magisterium. He graduated with Sergio Moravia discussing a thesis on Lamarck and pre-Darwinian evolutionism. Already associate professor in the departments of Philosophy then of History of the faculties of the Magisterium and of the Arts and Philosophy, is currently ordinary of History of Science in the Department of Biology of the University of Florence. For the Natural Science Degree Course holds the teaching of History of Natural Sciences. For Master's Degree in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science holds that of History of Biology. For the Master's Degree in Historical Sciences, he will hold, starting from aa. 2014-2015, the teaching of History of Human Sciences. For the Ph.D. in Philosophy (Pisa-Florence Consortium) holds that of Quantitative and Experimental History of Science.
Research Interest
History of natural sciences, experimental and theoretical biology, anthropology, ethics, comparative psychology, exploration journeys and naturalism museology.
Publications
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Giulio Barsanti (2013). The "transformation" and its eclipses. In: Barbara Continence. Open Boundaries, pp. 49-64, Milan: Franco Angeli.
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Giulio Barsanti (2014). Paolo Mantegazza and the "natural history of man". In: Guido Cimino. The birth of human sciences in post-united Italy, pp. 231-265, Milan: Franco Angeli.
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Giulio Barsanti; Mariangela Landi (2014). Anthropology, ethnology and comparative psychology: the museum of the "natural history of man". In: Iacopo Moggi Cecchi. The Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence, pp. 2-21, Florence: FUP - Firenze University Press.
