Course	SHP 223 History of Science After Newton
Professor	Peter Skiff
CRN	18156
Schedule	TuTh 1:00 -2:20 pm HEG 102
Distribution	N/A

Cross-listed: Victorian Studies

A survey of major agendas of physical science since 1750. Characteristic episodes include Lavoisier and the theory of elements; Maxwell and the mathematization of physics; arguments about light from Newton, Young, Michelson, and Einstein; twentieth-century atomic theory; and the emergence of "big science." On-line registration