The Scientific Revolution

Graduate Seminar (HSTS 512)

Spring Quarter 2005

last update:26 April 2005

Additional resources for the history of the Scientific Revolution


Seminar meeting time and place: 8:00 - 8:50 AM Tuesdays, Javastop / Memorial Union

Readings: (all from Margaret J. Osler, ed., Rethinking the Scientific Revolution [New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000]; available at the Memorial Union bookstore)


Week 2 [week of April 4]: no meeting

Week 3 [week of April 11]: Chapter 1

Week 4 [week of April 18]: Chapters 2 and 3 [also: discussion of sources for research paper]

Week 5 [week of April 25]: Chapters 4 and 5 [research paper topic due in seminar]

Week 6 [week of May 2]: Chapters 7 and 9 [and brief discussion of research paper topics]

Week 7 [week of May 9]: Chapters 10 and 11

Week 8 [week of May 16]: Chapters 12 and 13

Week 9 [week of May 23]: Chapters 14

Week 10 [week of May 30]: Chapter 15



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