News View All Renaissance Engineers. Outreach course (2013) Courses They built fortresses, channelled rivers, invented devices and machines, wrote treatises and travelled, describing new lands, in a century when experience became the key to knowledge and the science needed to govern the world was taught at the Academy of Mathematics founded by King Philip II. The course focuses on the Renaissance, an age when engineers were the professionals most highly esteemed by rulers. The many ingenious individuals who formed their ranks are studied and their works reviewed. Course participants are introduced to the subject by renowned experts in the field through academic classes as well as a visit to Segovia’s Royal Mint Museum. Course management: Alicia Cámara Muñoz and Bernardo Revuelta Pol. Download syllabus Download poster Read online publication (In Spanish)
Renaissance Engineers. Outreach course (2013) Courses They built fortresses, channelled rivers, invented devices and machines, wrote treatises and travelled, describing new lands, in a century when experience became the key to knowledge and the science needed to govern the world was taught at the Academy of Mathematics founded by King Philip II. The course focuses on the Renaissance, an age when engineers were the professionals most highly esteemed by rulers. The many ingenious individuals who formed their ranks are studied and their works reviewed. Course participants are introduced to the subject by renowned experts in the field through academic classes as well as a visit to Segovia’s Royal Mint Museum. Course management: Alicia Cámara Muñoz and Bernardo Revuelta Pol. Download syllabus Download poster Read online publication (In Spanish)