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1. Is this is a course in history or in science? Or something else?

It is a History of Science course, which is something different all to itself. No matter what your background in either science or history, you will learn a lot.

It is definitely not a science course.

In fact, there is actually more history (people and ideas from distant, long ago cultures) than what many students expect from a course with the word science in the title. If you are a science major, you are probably expecting the course to be much like the historical sidebars in a science textbook, and this is not really what we're about. We will explore past scientific theories, but unlike the sidebars in most science textbooks, we will examine them not in light of current knowledge but in terms of the knowledge of the time. We will also spend more time than you probably expect exploring the cultural background and social context in which those theories arose.

Nor is it a typical history course.

So if you are interested in the relations between science and various pre-modern cultures, between science and philosophy, science and religion, or science and society in pre-modern periods, then this course is for you!

	HSCI 3013. History of Science to 17th century Kerry Magruder, Instructor, 2004-14 Brent Purkaple, TA Report typos or broken links	Go to this course at Janux spellcheck.net | wordcounter.net Many thanks to the pedagogical model developed in Mythology and Folklore and other online courses by Laura Gibbs, which have been an inspiration for this course.	Academic Calendar
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