Pesquisa e produção de réplicas de aparatos históricos de Faraday e de Tesla para promoção da abordagem da história da ciência

Abstract

This course conclusion work presents the process of research and production of a set of materials containing reports of experiments and scientific historical episodes and, in particular, replicas of historical apparatus handcrafted from the original works of Michael Faraday: Ring-coil, Galvanometer and Battery, in the context of the Electromagnetic Induction Experiment (1831), and by Nikola Tesla: Tower Wardenclyffe, related to the episode of Wireless Electric Power Transmission (end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century). The central idea is to embrace the bias of presenting not only the scientists' lives, but also the entire construction process as experienced by the scientists themselves, with all the steps involved and the challenges faced. The research mode was guided by the search, whenever possible, of reliable, accessible and supported primary sources by renowned institutions. The results achieved show that the materials produced enable a historical-scientific immersion in doing Science and the consequent implication in the construction of scientific knowledge and may be able to mobilize for a more critical, reflective and attractive study. It should be noted, however, that due to technical limitations - inherent complexity to certain parts of the apparatus - and budgetary, which made access to information that demanded a high financial cost unfeasible, which ended up making the work difficult, especially to clarify details and doubts, the functioning of the apparatus was not made possible.