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)

W 24 Aug               

Introduction        

Introduction

F 26 Aug

Ancient Science  

Chapter 1 part A (3.3k words) Plato & Frankfort (2k)

M 29 Aug

Medieval  Science

Chapter 1-B(2.6k) Medieval Prof (2.1k)

W 31 Aug

Medieval Technology        

Chapter 1-C (3.5k) Horse Harness (5.1k)

F 2 Sep

Early Astronomers                             

Chapter 2-A (2.9k) Butterfield, Chapt. 1 (5.8k)

M 5 Sep

17th century Technology & Science 

Chapter 2-B (3.1k) Butterfield, Chapt. 2 (7.4k)

W 7 Sep                

17th century Science         

Chapter 2-C (2.7k) Butterfield, Chapt. 4 (6.6k)

F 9 Sep

Philosophes                          

Chapter 3-A (2.9k) Butterfield, Chapt. 5 (7k)

M 12 Sep

Enlightenment                     

Chapter 3-B (2.8k) Butterfield, Chapt. 6 (7.6k)

W 14 Sep

Women Scientists

Chapter 3-C (3k)Tom Telescope (4k)

F 16 Sep

Industrial Revolution

Chapter 4-A (2.9k) ) Berry Article (2.6k)

M 19 Sep

Industrial Revolution

Chapter 4-B (2.9k) Wedgwood (3.6k)

W 21 Sep

Industrial Revolution

Chapter 4-C (3.1k) South Sea Bubble and Mumford a (4.4k)

F 23 Sep

EXAM 1

 

M 26 Sep

Steam Engine

Chapter 5-A (3k) Watt (4.8k)

W 28 Sep

Steam Effects

Chapter 5-B (3.1k) Children's Commission Report (4.1k)

F 30 Sep

Steam Effects

  Chapter 5-C (3.2k) ) Medical Commission Report (3.5k)

M 3 Oct

Classical Economics&Marx

Chapter 6-A&B (3.2k&3k)

W 5 Oct

Social Reform

Chapter 6-C (2.9k) Marx Article (4.3k)

Fall Break

W 12 Oct

19th Century Chemistry   

Chapter 7-A (2.7k) Chapter 7-B (3.3k)

F 14  Oct

Founder's Day

M 17 Oct

19th Century Biology

Chapter 7-C (2.5k)

W 19 Oct

Engines

 Chapter 8-A (2.6k) Brody Article (3.4k)

F 21 Oct

Chemicals

Chapter 8-B (3.4k) Postman Article (6.4k)

M 24 Oct

Second Industrial Revolution               

Chapter 8-C (2.5k) Weinberg Article (3.5k

W 26 Oct

Newtonian Problems

Chapter 9-A (2.9k) Goodman Article  (6.6k)

F 28 Oct

20th Century Cosmology                 

Chapter 9-B (2.6k) ) Hughes Article (4.2

M 31 Oct

20th Century Cosmology 

Chapter 9-C (3.2k) Dvorak Keyboard (1.3k)

W 2 Nov

Thomas Kuhn     

Kuhn (14.5k)       

F 4 Nov

EXAM 2

 

M 7 Nov

Medicine                              

Chapter 10-A (3.7k ) Schumacher Article (3.2k)

W 9 Nov

Medicine

 Chapter 10-B (3k) Health Crisis (7.4k)

F 11 Nov

Medicine              

Chapter 10-C (2.6k ) Pathology (6.6k)

M 14 Nov

Automobiles        

Chapter 11-A (4.5k) Kunstler -1 (7.3k)

W 16 Nov

Automobiles                        

Chapter 11-B (3.2k ) Kunstler -2 (7.5k)

F 18 Nov

Automobiles        

 Chapter 11-C (2.6k ) Kunstler -3 (7.6k)

M 21 Nov

Age of Electricity                

Chapter 12-A (3.1k) Florman Article (4.1k)

Thanksgiving

M 28 Nov

Age of Electricity                

Chapter 12-B (2.9k) Cerruzi Article (5.3k)

W 30 Nov

Age of Electricity                                                                

Chapter 12-C(3.1k ) Popper -1 (5.3k) 

F 2 Dec

Age of Electricity                                                                

Chapter 13-A(2.8k) Popper-2 (5.6k)

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