HIST 404: Historical Foundations of Modern Science (Rev. C3 and C4) Report a Broken Link
Textbook
| Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity to the Late Nineteenth Century. London: The Women’s Press, 1986. |
Unit 1
| “What Is Science?” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
Unit 2
| “Why the Greeks?” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
Unit 3
| “The Great Bazaar of Science.” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
Unit 4
| “Science in the Renaissance.” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
| Assignment 1 - Part A |
| Galileo Galilei: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany, 1615 |
| Assignment 1 - Part B |
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Averroes’s commentary on Book IV of Aristotle’s Physics.
Source: Grant, Edward, ed. A Source Book in Medieval Science. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1974. |
Unit 5
| “Was There a Scientific Revolution?” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
Unit 6
| “Purpose and Construction of Maps.” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
Unit 7
| “The Age of Empire.” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
| “The Origin of Species.” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
| Assignment 2 - Part A |
| The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon |
| Assignment 2 - Part B |
| Discourse on the Method by René Descartes. |
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(English) http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/59 |
Unit 8
| “Science and War.” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
| “The End of Classical Physics.” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
Unit 9
| “The Challenge of 20th Century Biology.” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |
Unit 10
Unit 11
| “Where Is Science Headed?” A History of Science in Society. Canadian Learning Television, 2005. |