Hidden Worlds: Microscopy in Early Modern Europe

3 credits · Undergraduate

Microscopes were introduced into Europe at the beginning of the seventeenth century. In the words of Robert Hooke, the microscope opened up a “new visible World” to the understanding -- a strange new landscape populated by vast numbers of new creatures. This course will explore the influence of the microscope, and the micro - world that it opened up, in the development of early modern science. CROSSLISTED: HSTC 3310.03 FORMATS: Seminar