Propostas para a educação científica com base em estudos de história da física na primeira metade do século XX em uma abordagem transnacional

Abstract

We present studies about history of physics in the first half of the 20th century, in particular about cosmology and nuclear physics, from the scientific trajectories of George Gamow, Robert Oppenheimer e Gleb Wataghin, which allowed the creation of didactic proposals whose goal is to contribute to science education in an approach that values discussions about science, technology and society. For this, we selected historians who adopted a transnational approach to history of science, that highlights the circulation of scientists and knowledge in the interwar period, with focus on how the scientists’ complex national identities influenced their scientific trajectories.