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Jun 15, 2024
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HC 883 - Knowledge in Motion: Local Science, World Contexts3 credits
This course surveys the history of science from the dawn of agriculture to the present day, seeking to move beyond classic accounts of “the West and the rest” to examine the history of science in the global contextand in the process, to challenge our very notions of science itself. Topics to be explored include the history of ancient, Arabic, and medieval European science and mathematics; the “Scientific Revolution” and the new uses of mixed mathematics in astronomy and natural philosophy; and the integration of biological and other field sciences with larger colonialist and nationalist projects. We will broaden our understanding of the contributions of various world cultures to the history of science, and explore the ways in which particular local cultural realities make certain kinds of scientific developments possible. We will pay particular attention to places and practices of knowledge (school, laboratory, field, museum, journal); the relations of science/mathematics and religio
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