Science in the Enlightenment

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the history and historiography of science in the long eighteenth century Enlightenment along with Romantic views of nature that extend into the early nineteenth century. Beginning with the Newtonian achievement in mathematics, physics and optics, this course evaluates the immediate spread and legacies of Newtonianism and then considers more broadly developments in astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology and the emerging life sciences along with their impact on culture and society. EXCLUSIONS: HSTC 3000X/Y.06 FORMATS: Lecture | Seminar