HSOC 001 - Emergence of Modern Science

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

May be counted toward the Hum/SocSci or NatSci/Math Sectors. Class of 2010. Adams. Examines the emergence and development of the scientific world view, from the Renaissance to the end of the 20th century. Explores the history of scientific ideas, the social contexts which gave rise to them, and their social and human implications. Sample topics include: Copernican revolution; Galileo, science and the Church; Newton and the mechanical worldview; Enlightenment and Romantic science; Lavoisier, industrialization and the rise of modern chemistry; Darwin; Darwinism and evolution; atomic physics, the bomb and its aftermath; the emergence of modern genetics; the DNA revolution; computers on the information age; and science and the human future.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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