HIST174 Syllabus
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Study Questions
  Midterm (Topics 1 & 2)
  Topic 3
  Topic 4
  Topic 5
  Topic 6

Essay Reviews
  Assignment #1 - Short Essay
  Assignment #2 - Essay Review
  Example #1 by Student
  Example #2 by Student
  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:
December 04, 2003
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HIST 174
Introduction to the History of Science

Spring 2004 Course Syllabus Page 7

Schedule

Readings for each topic should be completed according to instructions given by the Teaching Assistants, but no later than date indicated.  "73L" means left-hand column of page 73.  Total number of pages for each topic is in [italics]; total for course = 748 pages.


I. Clockwork Universe (Feb. 16) [150]
Physics, pages 1-64, 70, 72-73L, 77-86, 98-99, 101-114L, 115R, 118-119L, 123-127L, 128-129, 131-144, 151R-154, 209-213, 217R-221, 250-253, 265-270L, 341-344, 350-351

II. Revolution and Scientific Method (Feb. 25) [87]
Physics, pages 155-197
HIST 174 Lecture Notes, Chapters B1-B5

Midterm Exam on Feb. 25 (covers topics I & II)
Short Essay due in sections, week of March 1-5

III. Evolution (March 13) [96]
HIST 174 Lecture Notes, Chapters C1-C10

IV. Sex, Mind and Behavior (April 5) [117]
HIST Lecture Notes, Chapters D1-D7

V. Energy (April 19) [95]
Physics, pages 144R-145, 201-207, 223-224L, 226-229L, 234-238, 253R-261, 344R-350L, 352-353, 357R-359, 369-379, 462-468, 474-477L, 481-484
HIST 174 Lecture Notes, Chapter E3

VI. Atom and Universe (May 8) [203]
Physics, pages 270-292L, 296-306, 308-315, 322R-326, 327R-328L, 333R-337, 365-367, 379R-404, 216R-217, 409-460, 477R-480, 487-530
HIST 174 Lecture Notes, Chapters E7, F7, F8

Essay Review due in sections, week of April 26-30

Final exam May 17 at 1:30 pm (covers topics I-VI but with more emphasis on III-VI)

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