His 385
Fall 2011
Science, Technology, and Society
Instructor: Philip Jones (pdj@bradley.edu)
Office: 336C Bradley Hall
Classroom: BR 235
Class Time: 10:00-10:50 MWF
Texts:
P.D. Jones, Science Technology, and Society
(online)
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W 24 Aug |
Introduction |
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F 26 Aug |
Ancient Science |
Chapter 1 part A (3.3k words) Plato & Frankfort (2k) |
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M 29 Aug |
Medieval Science |
Chapter 1-B(2.6k) Medieval Prof (2.1k) |
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W 31 Aug |
Medieval Technology |
Chapter 1-C (3.5k) Horse Harness (5.1k) |
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F 2 Sep |
Early Astronomers |
Chapter 2-A (2.9k) Butterfield, Chapt. 1 (5.8k) |
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M 5 Sep |
17th century Technology & Science |
Chapter 2-B (3.1k) Butterfield, Chapt. 2 (7.4k) |
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W 7 Sep |
17th century Science |
Chapter 2-C (2.7k) Butterfield, Chapt. 4 (6.6k) |
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F 9 Sep |
Philosophes |
Chapter 3-A (2.9k) Butterfield, Chapt. 5 (7k) |
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M 12 Sep |
Enlightenment |
Chapter 3-B (2.8k) Butterfield, Chapt. 6 (7.6k) |
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W 14 Sep |
Women Scientists |
Chapter 3-C (3k)Tom Telescope (4k) |
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F 16 Sep |
Industrial Revolution |
Chapter 4-A (2.9k) ) Berry Article (2.6k) |
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M 19 Sep |
Industrial Revolution |
Chapter 4-B (2.9k) Wedgwood (3.6k) |
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W 21 Sep |
Industrial Revolution |
Chapter 4-C (3.1k) South Sea Bubble and Mumford a (4.4k) |
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F 23 Sep |
EXAM 1 |
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M 26 Sep |
Steam Engine |
Chapter 5-A (3k) Watt (4.8k) |
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W 28 Sep |
Steam Effects |
Chapter 5-B (3.1k) Children's Commission Report (4.1k) |
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F 30 Sep |
Steam Effects |
Chapter 5-C (3.2k) ) Medical Commission Report (3.5k) |
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M 3 Oct |
Classical Economics&Marx |
Chapter 6-A&B (3.2k&3k) |
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W 5 Oct |
Social Reform |
Chapter 6-C (2.9k) Marx
Article (4.3k) |
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Fall
Break |
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W 12 Oct |
19th Century Chemistry |
Chapter 7-A (2.7k) Chapter 7-B (3.3k) |
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F
14 Oct |
Founder's
Day |
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M 17 Oct |
19th Century Biology |
Chapter 7-C (2.5k) |
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W 19 Oct |
Engines |
Chapter 8-A (2.6k) Brody Article (3.4k) |
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F 21 Oct |
Chemicals |
Chapter 8-B (3.4k) Postman Article (6.4k) |
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M 24 Oct |
Second Industrial Revolution |
Chapter 8-C (2.5k) Weinberg Article (3.5k |
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W 26 Oct |
Newtonian Problems |
Chapter 9-A (2.9k) Goodman Article (6.6k) |
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F 28 Oct |
20th Century Cosmology |
Chapter 9-B (2.6k) ) Hughes Article (4.2 |
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M 31 Oct |
20th Century Cosmology |
Chapter 9-C (3.2k) Dvorak Keyboard (1.3k) |
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W 2 Nov |
Thomas Kuhn |
Kuhn (14.5k) |
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F 4 Nov |
EXAM 2 |
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M 7 Nov |
Medicine |
Chapter 10-A (3.7k ) Schumacher Article (3.2k) |
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W
9 Nov |
Medicine |
Chapter
10-B (3k) Health Crisis (7.4k) |
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F 11 Nov |
Medicine |
Chapter 10-C (2.6k ) Pathology (6.6k) |
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M 14 Nov |
Automobiles |
Chapter 11-A (4.5k) Kunstler -1 (7.3k) |
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W 16 Nov |
Automobiles |
Chapter 11-B (3.2k ) Kunstler -2 (7.5k) |
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F 18 Nov |
Automobiles |
Chapter 11-C (2.6k ) Kunstler -3 (7.6k) |
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M 21 Nov |
Age of Electricity |
Chapter 12-A (3.1k) Florman Article (4.1k) |
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Thanksgiving |
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M 28 Nov |
Age of Electricity |
Chapter 12-B (2.9k) Cerruzi Article (5.3k) |
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W 30 Nov |
Age of Electricity |
Chapter 12-C(3.1k ) Popper -1 (5.3k) |
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F 2 Dec |
Age of Electricity |
Chapter 13-A(2.8k) Popper-2 (5.6k) |
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M 5 Dec |
Contemporary Problems |
Chapter 13-B ( 2.9k) Chapter 13-C (2.6k ) Bill Gates and Microsoft (5.3k) |
Each exam -
20% of final grade
Quizzes - 40% of final grade