12224 |
SHP 223 Physical
Science After Newton |
Peter Skiff |
. T . Th . |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
HEG 102 |
HIST |
Cross-listed: Science, Technology & Society (core
course) 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”. Class
size: 25