HIST401 Syllabus
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Study Questions
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Essay Reviews
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  Assignment #1
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  Example #1 by Student
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  Example by Instructor

Instructor:
Dr. Stephen G. Brush
Distinguished University Professor of the History of Science
Department of History
  and
Institute for Physical Science & Technology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 USA

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Last modified:
July 30, 2004
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HIST 401, Fall 2004 , p. 6

3. Decline of Islamic & Chinese Science; The European Renaissance (10/7)
    Required:
  • Huff, Rise, pages 91-236, 287-341
  • Dear, Revolutionizing, pages 10-29
  • Diamond, Guns, pages 405-425
  • Lindberg, Beginnings, pages 183-315, 355-367
    Recommended:
  • Diamond, Guns, pages 334-401
  • Lindberg, Beginnings, pages 317-354
Review session for Midterm Exam, to be announced.

Midterm Exam Thursday, October 7, at 12:30 pm (based on topics 1-3)

4. The Astronomical Revolution (10/21)
    Required:
  • Lindberg, Beginnings, pages 355-367
  • Huff, Rise, pages 341-364
  • Cohen, Birth, pages 35-147, 185-217
  • Dear, Revolutionizing, pages 30-57, 65-79
  • Drake, Galileo, 1-93
  • Matthews, Scientific Background, pages 33-44 (Copernicus), 53-86 (Galileo)

Essay Review #1 due November 4

5. Science in the 17th Century (11/16)
    Required:
  • Dear, Revolutionizing, pages 57-64, 80-157
  • Matthews, Scientific Background, pages 45-52 (Bacon), 87-108 (Descartes), 109-132 (Boyle)
6. Newton and "The Scientific Revolution" (12/7)
    Required:
  • Cohen, Birth, pages 148-184, 218-239
  • Cunningham & Williams, "De-centring" pages 407-432
  • Dear, Revolutionizing, pages 158-170
  • Gleick, Isaac Newton, pages 3-191
  • Matthews, Scientific Background, pages 133-158

Essay Review #2 due December 2
December 2 , last day to hand in extra credit answers to Study Questions if you want them graded and returned before Final Exam.
December 9 , last class; last day to hand in extra credit answers to Study Questions.
Review session for Final Exam, to be announced.

Final Exam: Friday, December 17, at 1:30 pm

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