Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course introduces key developments in pre-modern science. Fundamental concepts in the physical sciences, astronomy and cosmology are treated through the study of primary sources from antiquity (Near Eastern and Greco-Roman) and the medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian cultures. We will be attentive to the wider cultural contexts in which science was pursued and to intersections between science and other ways of knowing (e.g., myth, magic, religion). CROSSLISTED: HSTC 2001 FORMATS: Lecture