Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2006

     

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HIST 233 001 (CRN: 21631)

SCIENCE IN THE MODERN PERIOD

Long Title: MEDICINE FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURIES
Department: History
Instructor: Pearson, Carl W.
Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:20PM TR (11-JAN-2006 - 28-APR-2006) 
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Section Max Enrollment: 100
Section Enrolled: 13
Enrollment data as of: 19-MAY-2024 11:39AM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: Final Exam Unknown
 
Description: Survey of the emergence and eventual dominance of the scientific world-view, particularly in Europe in the modern period. Topics include: the institutionalization of science, Newtonian physics and its implications, Enlightenment faith in reason, the statistical world-view, psychology, public health, eugenics, and the atomic bomb.