SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 384 - Changing Views of the Earth,1650-1850. Fall 2010

Institution:

Franklin and Marshall College

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A Very Wreck of a World: speculative cosmologies, descriptive natural history, and the origins of a science of the Earth. The age of the Earth and our "Place in Nature": a fall from grace, limitlesshorizons, and the Victorian commitment to progress. National and social origins of the science and scientists. Relation of new geological concepts to the Industrial Revolution and contemporary cultural themes, including their expression in the arts. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Same as GEO 384. Thomas

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.FANDM.EDU

Phone Number:

(717) 291-3911

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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