Lecture notes for Nats 1730A, Scientific Change
 

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·        Introductory lecture: prehistory                        Introductory lecture: prehistory             Introductory lecture: prehistory

·        Civilization                                                        Civilization                                            Civilization

·        Numbers and Counting                                     Numbers and Counting                         Numbers and Counting

·        Greece                                                              Greece                                                  Greece

·        Pythagoras                                                       Pythagoras                                           Pythagoras

·        Plato                                                                 Plato                                                     Plato

·        Aristotle                                                            Aristotle                                                Aristotle

·        Euclid                                                               Euclid                                                   Euclid

·        Ptolemy                                                            Ptolemy                                                Ptolemy

·        Rome                                                               Rome                                                   Rome

·        Renaissance                                                     Renaissance                                         Renaissance

·        Copernicus                                                       Copernicus                                           Copernicus

·        Tycho Brahe & Kepler                                       Tycho Brahe & Kepler                           Tycho Brahe & Kepler

·        Galileo, Astronomer                                           Galileo, Astronomer                               Galileo, Astronomer

·        Galileo, Physicist                                               Galileo, Physicist                                   Galileo, Physicist

·        Descartes                                                         Descartes                                             Descartes

·        Newton                                                            Newton                                                Newton

·        The Newtonian Synthesis                                 The Newtonian Synthesis                     The Newtonian Synthesis

·        The Three Traditions                                        The Three Traditions                            The Three Traditions

·        Scientific Discovery                                           Scientific Discovery                               Scientific Discovery

·        Scientific Method                                              Scientific Method                                  Scientific Method

·        Chemistry                                                         Chemistry                                             Chemistry

·        The Enlightenment                                           The Enlightenment                               The Enlightenment

·        Energy                                                             Energy                                                 Energy

·        Electromagnetism                                             Electromagnetism                                 Electromagnetism

·        Relativity                                                          Relativity                                              Relativity

·        Atoms                                                               Atoms                                                   Atoms

·        Cosmology                                                        Cosmology                                            Cosmology

·        Life                                                                   Life                                                       Life

·        Evolution                                                          Evolution                                              Evolution

·        The Microscope and Cell Theory                        The Microscope and Cell Theory            The Microscope and Cell Theory

·        Genetics                                                           Genetics                                               Genetics

·        DNA                                                                 DNA                                                     DNA

 

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Updated March 8, 2011

  

Dr. B. E. Wall
York University
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Email: bwall@yorku.ca