Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2016 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Souza, Aroldo Quinto de
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| Orientador(a): |
Goldfarb, José Luiz |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Tese
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História da Ciência
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| Departamento: |
Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia
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| País: |
Brasil
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Palavras-chave em Inglês: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/19498
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Resumo: |
The period from the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, It was marked, among other things, by enable the widespread use of electricity and the discovery of the use of radiation. The Croatian inventor naturalized American Nikola Tesla developed a prominent role in both areas. With this research, we intend to contribute to the studies about Nikola Tesla and his work, the intention that his name again to be among the great scientists of his time, unlinked it from the esoteric sphere, with which it is so often associated and understanding why this association.. This thesis was developed in intention to accompany the discovery and development in applications of X-rays, emphasizing the contributions that Tesla developed for this area of science. His contributions to the discovery of the radiation will be analyzed, as well as the equipment developed by him for this purpose. From this research, it was possible to analyze how has the discovery, communication and reception by the scientific community and the ordinary people of the Information that X-rays could be used to photograph the inside of the human body, and risks associated with their use inconsequential |
