Efthymios Bokaris
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- Affiliation
- University of Ioannina
- Position
- Academic Staff
- Research interests
His current research interests are in the field of Industrial Chemistry and History and Epistemology of Chemistry. He is interested in the reception of new scientific ideas during the Hellenic Enlightenment as well as alchemy in Byzantium.
- Short CV
Education: BsC Chemistry, University of Athens, BsC Chemical Engineering,
University of Patras, PhD Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Sabbatical in Strasbourg, France (CNRS)Position: Assistant Professor
Teaching : Industrial chemistry, History and Epistemology of Chemistry
Membership in scientific and other associations :
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal ‘ Kritiki / Critical Science and Education’
Member of the Greek Society of History, Philosophy and Didactics of Science
Member of the Greek Chemists’ Association. Also member of the Division on History of Chemistry of the Greek Chemists’ Association
Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece.
Participation as Senior Researcher in the European research Programme HePHaESTUS (Hellenic Philosophy, History and Environmental Science Teaching Under Scrutiny), run by the Institute of Neohellenic Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation of Athens.Books
1.E.P. Bokaris, “Epistemology and History of Chemistry” (University Press of Ioannina, 2000) p. 309
2. E.P. Bokaris, ‘Chemistry as discontinuity of Alchemy’ in “Issues on the Theory of Sciences of Nature’’, Ed. C. Scordoulis, Topos, 2008).Selected papers :
1. E.P. Bokaris, "The Chemical Revolution as a speculation field of historiographic strategies: The advantage of Althusser 's thinking’’, Kritiki/Critical Science & Education,6,19-32,2007
2. Bokaris E. * & Koutalis V.: "The spread of Chymia and Lavoisier's views in the Greek speaking Regions", in JR Bertmeu-Sanchez, D. T. Burns B. van Tiggelen (eds.), Neighbours and Territories The Evolving Identity of Chemistry, Proccedings of the Sixth International Conference on the History of Chemistry (memosciences asbl, Leuven,Belgium,2008),pp.597-607.
3.Bokaris E. and Koutalis V.The "System of Chymists" and the "Newtonian dream" in Greek-speaking Communities in the 17th - 18th centuries, Science and Education, 17, 641-661, 2008.
4.Bokaris Efthymios, 'The encounter of Lavoisiers' Chemical Nomenclature with the empiricist "Experimental Philosophy" of Demetrious-Daniel Philippides in the Hellenic-speaking regions at the dawn of 19th century' Archives Internationales D’ Histoire Des Sciences,60(164),117-136,2010
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