91181 |
SCI 125
A Artists’ Materials: Metals & Prints |
Simeen Sattar |
M . . . . . . W . . |
8:00 - 10:00 am 8:30 - 11:30 am |
HEG 106 Rose 108 |
SCI |
Topics covered in this
course are the properties of metals, formation of alloys, oxidation of metal
surfaces by chemical and electrochemical means, and
the chemistry of early photographic processes.
Laboratory work includes preparation of bronze, etching and anodization
of metals, and making prints by the salted paper, blueprint and gum bichromate
processes. Students registering for the
course in the spring are asked to review elementary topics from high school
chemistry and take an online quiz before the start of the fall semester to
assess their understanding of these topics.
91182 |
SCI 125
B Artists’s Materials: Metals & Prints |
Simeen Sattar |
. T . . . . . . Th . |
4:40 -6:40 pm 4:40 -7:40 pm |
HEG 106 Rose 108 |
SCI |
See
above.
91183 |
SCI 161 Astronomy |
Peter Skiff |
. T . Th . |
11:50 -1:10 pm |
HEG 102 |
|
An introductory course in astronomy and
astrophysics, developing the current status of knowledge and theories of the
solar system, individual stars, galaxies, and the interstellar medium. Theories
of particular unique objects (quasars, pulsars, supernovae, X-ray stars, and
black holes) will be discussed in terms of models of stellar, galactic, and
cosmic evolution.
91184 |
SHP 222 The History of Science before Newton |
Peter Skiff |
. T . Th . |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
HEG 102 |
HIST |
Cross-listed:
Science, Technology & Society;
related interest: Classical
Studies An
introduction to the history and philosophy of science. T. S. Kuhn's model of
historical progress will be used to examine selected parts of discourses
involving pre‑Socratic philosophy, mythology, Copernican astronomy,
Galileo's trial, and Newton's philosophy. A critique of method will introduce
modern historiographic and philosophic controversy. Designed as a core course
for studies in history, philosophy, and sociology of science; no prior
mathematical or technical expertise will be presumed at this level. Readings
include excerpts from the Enuma Elish, the Milesians, Pythagoras, Heraclitus,
Plato, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. Secondary
commentary by Nahm, Butterfield, Kuhn, Munitz, and others.