Chemistry 250s - Introduction to the History of Chemistry

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Mount Holyoke College

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(Writing-intensive course) Traces the growth of chemistry in several ways: as a body of knowledge and beliefs, as a practical means of intervention, and as a community of practitioners linked (or divided) by sociopolitical bonds and common interests, intellectual and otherwise. A?er an overview of chemical history and an introduction to various scholarly traditions in the field, the balance of the course will be devoted to case studies of narrower topics or episodes, such as the alchemical tradition and Robert Boyle, the eighteenth-century Chemical Revolution, nineteenth-century organic chemistry, Ionism, atomism and elementalism, chemistry and war, the quantum revolution, educational traditions, the role of women. Meets Science and Math II-C requirement D. Cotter Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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