The Scientific Revolution
HIST 253
Fall 2007
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01
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| Crosslisting:
MDST 253, SISP 253 |
This lecture and discussion course provides an introduction to the history of modern science by studying its origins in the period around 1500 - 1700. In areas ranging from astronomy to alchemy, medicine, natural history, and mathematics, Europeans developed new ways to see, understand, and shape the world around them. In addition to studying the origins of new practices for securing systematic knowledge, this course will focus connections between the traditions of natural philosophy, natural magic, and experimentation. We will also the examine the developments in the cultural and social role of natural knowledge and the ways it was organized and supported. The weekly class discussion will focus on primary sources. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENVS)(HIST-MN)(HIST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Peter Dear, Revolutionizing the Sciences
Thomas Kuhn, Copernican Revolution
Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
-----, Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
William Harvey, De motu cordis
Francis Bacon, New Organon
Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method
Isaac Newton, Newton: Texts, Background, Commentaries (ed. Cohen)
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Examinations and Assignments:
TBA |
| Instructor(s): Cohen-Cole,Jamie Nace Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: PAC004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: 5 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
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