Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2007

     

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HIST 233 001 (CRN: 21179)

SCIENCE IN THE MODERN PERIOD

Long Title: HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN THE MODERN PERIOD
Department: History
Instructor: Pearson, Carl W.
Meeting: 10:00AM - 10:50AM MWF (8-JAN-2007 - 25-APR-2007) 
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: 14
Enrollment data as of: 10-MAY-2024 4:07AM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: Final Exam Unknown
 
Description: Survery 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.