Stefano Furlan
Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Apr 2022-Jan 2025)
After classical studies and a degree in physics, Stefano Furlan specialized in theoretical physics with specific focus on the notion of minimal length in nature and its interplay with quantization in the context of quantum gravity. In order to integrate his styles of thought and competences, he is currently pursuing a PhD at Geneva University under the supervision of Christian Wüthrich and the co-supervision, in Berlin, of Alexander Blum, whose group (Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program) he joined in April 2019 to investigate issues at the intersections of physics, mathematics, and history and philosophy of science, with reference to analogical and visual practices in such domains.
Projects
Dirac, Wheeler, and Quantum Gravity in the 1950s–60s
Selected Publications
Furlan, Stefano (2023). “Leonardo come ‘maschera’ e come simbolo in Julian Schwinger e Jagdish Mehra.” Achademia Leonardi Vinci 3 (3): 155–168. https://doi.org/10.6093/2785-4337/10626 .
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Furlan, Stefano (2023). “Merging Labyrinths: Leibniz in J. A. Wheeler’s Quest.” Studia Leibnitiana 52.2020 (1/2): 123–155. https://doi.org/10.25162/SL-2020-0004.
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Furlan, Stefano (2023). “Trespassing Boundaries in Tartu, 1962: Zel’dovich, Pontecorvo, and the Future of Astrophysics.” In Atti del XLII Convegno annuale: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference, Perugia, 26-29 September 2022, Società Italiana…
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Costa, Maria Teresa and Stefano Furlan (2023). “Risalendo alla Fonte Castalia tra Arte, Storia e Scienza: Aby Warburg e John Wheele.” In Ad limina. Frontiere e contaminazioni transdisciplinari nella storia delle scienze: Atti del Convegno nazionale…
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Past Events
Seminar
John Wheeler between Cold Matter and Frozen Stars: The Road Towards Black Holes
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