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HIST518 History of Science in the Modern Age
Spring, 1997
Reading: Required: Anthony M. Alioto, A History of Western Science Recommended: Kenneth Korey, The Essential Darwin
January 23--Lecture 1: The Ancients [Alioto 1-116]. II. Classical Physics and Astronomy January 24--Lecture 2: Aristotle and the Great Chain of Being [Alioto 117-177]. January 25--Lecture 3: A New Cosmology: Copernicus and Galileo [Alioto 178-207]. January 30--Laboratory 1 Introduction to the Laboratory, Dr. Thomas L. Isenhour. January 31--Laboratory 2 Classical Physics, Dr. Chris Sorensen, Prof. of Physics. February 1--Lecture 4: Galileo and the Language of Nature [Alioto 208-222]. February 6--Lecture 5: A Mechanistic World: Descartes and Kepler [Alioto 223-233; Jaffe 25-36]. February 7--Laboratory 3 Classical Physics, Prof. Sorensen. February 8--Lecture 6: Space and Time: Newton [Alioto 233- 249]. III. Classical Chemistry and Electricity February 13--Lecture 7: The Age of Scientific Revolution February 14--Laboratory 4: Classical Physics, Prof. Sorensen. February 15--Lecture 8: The Enlightenment and the Idea of Progress [Alioto 262-279]. February 20--Lecture 9: The Foundations of Modern Chemistry: Priestly, Cavendish, Lavoisier and Dalton [Alioto 250-279; Jaffe 27-99]. February 21--Laboratory 5 Classical Chemistry, Prof. Isenhour. February 22--Lecture 10: The Chemical World of Berzelius, Avogadro Mendeleev, and Arrhenius [Jaffe 100-128; 150-180]. February 27--Lecture 11: Foundations of Organic Chemistry--Woehler, Berzelius, and Pasteur [Jaffe 129-149; Alioto 312-332]. February 28--Hour Exam; Laboratory 6 Classical Chemistry IV. Natural History (Classical Geology and Taxonomy) February 29--Lecture 12: Time is Everything--Foundations of Natural History [Alioto 280-281]. March 5--Lecture 13: Natural History and Classical Geology [Alioto 293-302]. March 6--Laboratory 7 Classical Geology, Dr. Ronald West, Prof. of Geology. V. Classical Biology March 7--Lecture 14: Darwin, Origin of Species [Korey 57-228; Weiner begin]. March 12--Lecture 15: The Beak of the Finch [Weiner entire]. March 13--Laboratory 8 Classical Biology March 14--Lecture 16: Darwinism in America March 19--Lecture 17: Origins of Social Science: Marx and Freud March 20--Laboratory 9 Classical Biology , Dr. John Zimmerman, Prof. of Biology. March 21--Lecture 18: The Structure of Science Revolution- Kuhn [Kuhn]. March 25-29--no classes Spring Vacation
April 3--Laboratory 10 Classical Biology, Prof. Zimmerman. VI. The Atomic and Molecular Era April 4--Lecture 20: 19th Century Physics - Thermodynamics and Kinetics [Alioto 333-349]. April 9--Hour Exam April 10--Lecture 21: Radioactivity and Atomic Structure [Alioto 350-375; Jaffe 181-217; Rhodes 13- 53]. April 11--Lecture 22: Radioactivity and Atomic Structure [Jaffe 218-264; Rhodes 53-275]. April 16--Lecture 23: Relativity and Uncertainty [Alioto 376-399; Rhodes 279-442]. April 17--Laboratory 11 Atomic Energy April 18--Lecture 24: The Making of the Atomic Bomb [Jaffe 265-307; Rhodes 443-678]. April 23--Lecture 25: Science and the Federal Government [Jaffe 308-309; Rhodes 679-788]. April 24--Laboratory 12 Atomic Energy April 25--Lecture 26: A New Understanding of Life [Alioto 400-430.] VII. The Chemical and Biological Revolution April 30--Lecture 27: The Chemical Bond, Prof. Isenhour. Watson begin. May 1--Laboratory 13 Ecology of the Konza Prairie May 2--Lecture 28: The Double Helix, Prof. Isenhour [Watson entire]. May 7--Lecture 29: The New Ecology [Alioto 431-443]. May 8--Laboratory 14 Ecology of the Konza Prairie May 9--Lecture 30: The Frontiers of Modern Science History of Science in the Modern Age Send comments and questions to jackholl@ksu.edu This page was modified and is maintained by Jim Ehrman and Susannah Bruce of the History Department's Online History Project.
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