EUROPE AND THE RISE OF MODERN SCIENCE

January 1998

Chuck Rodell and Henry Jakubowski

THE SYLLABUS:

READING ASSIGMENT

• required: Tanford, Charles, and Reynolds, Jacqueline. 1992. THE SCIENTIFIC TRAVELER. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., NY.
  Please read this book before departure and bring it with you during the trip.
• recommended: Bronowski, jacob. 1973. THE ASCENT OF MAN. Little, Brown, and Co., Boston.
  This book is generally available at book stores and libraries, and it was the basis of a major public television series. Bronowski comments, in a very readable style, on many of the important conceptual advances that have improved our understanding of nature and the impact these advances have had on society. This book provides a good discussion of the development of scientific understanding.

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

The writing assignment is to prepare a biographical sketch of "your scientist", as indicated by the assignment sheet. We expect the paper to be 6-10 typewritten pages (or the equivalent), properly referenced. You will present your paper to the group at the appropriate location as indicated in the itinerary and then submit your paper for evaluation.

Recommended resources for this assignment include:

• The Dictionary of Scientific Biography
• Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
• The Encyclopedia Britannica

FINAL EXAM

On the first day of class we will give you a set of essays questions that will serve as the final exam for the course. You have the entire trip to gather information and ponder these questions. In other words, informaton that will enable you to formulate good answers will emerge during class, museum visits, and tours.

STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS

Just in case you forgot your assigned assigned, don't worry. It's just a click away:

STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS - JT 98

WEB SITES

Visit the web site for the other UMAIE class section for Europe and the Rise of Modern Science, led by Frank Rioux and Joe Braum. This site has links to all the cities we will be visiting. Don't pay attention to the dates since our section will be different from theirs.

Last update on December 3, 1997