HIST 865 - Science in Early Modern Europe

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Trinity College

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Description:

This seminar considers what has traditionally been called the "Scientific Revolution". Students will explore a number of topics related to the expanding horizons of scientific inquiry in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Major themes will include: science and religion, science and the arts, science and travel, patronage, and also the tensions between observation and authority. We will also consider the coexistence of other practices - such as magic and astrology - that were only subsequently written out of the picture. Assignments will be focused on reading primary sources, including the works of Galileo, reading interesting new scholarship, and completing a research paper on a topic of choic 1.00 units, Seminar

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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