- Instructor
- Sander Gliboff
- Location
- Ballantine Hall 141
- Days and Times
- Tuesday 2:20PM - 4:50PM
- Course Description
- This course provides an advanced introduction to the history of the modern sciences. It emphasizes recent secondary literature as it surveys key events in the physical, biological, medical, earth, and human sciences, along with the variety of historians’ approaches to them. Overarching themes include the history of scientific ideas, science in national and international contexts, and scientific disciplines and institutions. Each week, class participants will take up a book or selection of articles for critical analysis. After brief remarks by the instructor, participants will discuss the contents, point of view, aims, and methodology of the selections, as well as their places within the scholarly tradition. Intended for beginning grad students and advanced undergraduates. There are no particular prerequisites, but some knowledge of modern science or modern European or American history will be helpful.
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