HSCI 224: Schedule

1. Fri., Feb. 2	Introduction	fillertype
2. Mon., Feb. 5	The Medieval World View - a Lecture. Everything you need to know to satisfy the Division III requirement at a medieval university.	fillertype
3. Wed. Feb. 7	Basic Astronomical Phenomena and Planetary Models. Terms and Concepts	Packet: "What Every Young Person Should Know about Naked-Eye Astronomy." and "Astronomical Coordinate Systems" Additional Resources: Naked-Eye Astronomy Web Page Retrograde Motion
4. Fri., Feb. 9	Astronomical Models. Qualitative and quantitative. "Saving the Appearances."	fillertype
5. Mon., Feb. 12	Planetary Astronomy and the Ptolemaic Paradigm. A model of success for 1500 years.	Cohen, 25-35, "The Earth and the Universe" Additional Resources: Ptolemaic Astronomy Links
6. Wed., Feb. 14	Strains in the Fabric: Social Change and Astronomical Reform Copernicus' Revolutionary Ideas	PROBLEM SET 1 DUE Cohen, 24-25; 35-45, "The Earth and the Universe"
Fri. Feb. 16	No Class: WINTER CARNIVAL WEEKEND	fillertype
7. Mon., Feb. 19	Copernicus v. Ptolemy. The Copernican Revolution as anomalistic. The equivalence of Copernican and Ptolemaic astronomical models.	Butterfield, 29-48, "The Conservatism of Copernicus" Cohen, 45-52, "The Earth and the Universe" Packet, "Equivalence of Geocentric/Heliocentric"
8. Wed., Feb. 21	Consolidation and Change: An Overview. [Brahe, Kepler, Galileo.]	Butterfield, 67-88, "The Downfall of Aristotle and Ptolemy" Cohen, 53-80, "Exploring the Depths of the Universe" [B,K,G; telescope; Sidereus Nuncius] Notes: Mts. on the Moon Additional Resources: Tycho Brahe Web Page Kepler Web Page Astronomy of the Rennaisance
9. Fri., Feb. 23	Kepler‚ Kepler's Laws‚ Heavenly harmony and Pythagoreanism.	Cohen, 127-147, "Kepler's Celestial Music"
10. Mon., Feb. 26	The Old Physics of Motion: Aristotle Impetus	FIRST PAPER DUE Cohen, 3-23: [Ch. 1 & 2]. "The Physics of a Moving Earth," and "The Old Physics" Butterfield,13-28, "The Historical Importance of a Theory of Impetus" Packet, Excerpt from Aristotle's Physics
11. Wed., Feb. 28	The New Physics: Kinematics- the 'how' of motion.	Cohen, 81 - 126, "Towards an Inertial Physics" Packet, "Accelerated Motion" [Galileo] Additional Resources: The Galileo Project
12. Fri., Mar. 2	The New Physics: Kinetics- the ''why' of motion.	Cohen, 81-126, "Towards an Inertial Physics"
13. Mon. Mar. 5	The New Physics Completed. Galileo's Trial.	Problem Set 2 DUE
14. Wed., Mar. 7	The New Scientific Method of the Seventeenth Century. [Galileo], Bacon, and Descartes. An Exemplar	Butterfield, 89-150, "The Experimental Method in the Seventeenth Century," "Bacon and Descartes," and "The Effect of the Scientific Revolution on the Non-Mechanical Sciences" Packet, "Opticks," [Newton]
15. Fri., Mar. 9	Newton. His life. The apple myth.	Cohen, 148-184, "The Grand Design -- A New Physics" Butterfield, 151-170, "The History of the Modern Theory of Gravitation" Packet, Heuristic 1/r2; Huyghens; Moon-Apple Additional Resources: Newton Web Page
16. Mon., Mar. 12	The Grand Design: Newton's Principia. Contents, Laws, Rules of Reasoning.	PROBLEM SET 3 DUE Packet, Excerpts from Principia
17. Wed., Mar. 14	Finishing Up. Considerations and Reflections.	Butterfield, 171-202, "The Transition to the Philosophe Movement in the Reign of Louis XIV," and "The Place of the Scientific Revolution in the History of Western Civilisation" Packet: "The Newtonian World Machine" [Randall]
18. Fri., Mar. 16	Hour Exam	fillertype
Spring Vacation	fillertype	fillertype
19. Mon. Apr. 2	Revolutions in Chemistry	Butterfield, 203-221, "The Postponed Scientific Revolution in Chemistry"
20. Wed., Apr. 4	Revolutions in Cosmogony - the Origins of Things	Greene, 1-13, "Setting for Conflict"; 15-37, "The Inconstant Heavens" Notes: Towards Another Scientific Revolution
21. Fri., Apr. 6	The Development of Modern Geology	Greene, 39-87, "A Wreck of a World"
22. Mon., Apr. 9	About Darwin and his Legacy Guest: Prof. Edward J. Larson	To be announced, if any
23. Wed., Apr. 11	The Creation of Paleontology Establishing Order: New Taxonomies	Greene, 89-127, "Lost Species" Greene, 129-173, "From Monad to Man"
24. Fri., Apr. 13	Primates, and the Origin of Human Races	Greene, 174-199, "Man‚s Place in Nature," 201-219, "The Perfectible Animal," and 221-224, "The Origins of Human Races"
25. Mon., Apr. 16	Darwin - The Triumph of Chance and Change	Problem Set 4 DUE Greene, 249-307, "The Triumph of Chance and Change" Notes: pre-Darwinian Developments
26. Wed., Apr. 18	The Debate over Human Evolution Critiques of Darwin‚s Theory	Greene, 309-339, "Darwin and Adam"
27. Fri., Apr. 20	The Darwinian Revolution - Reception and Legacy	Paper #2 Due Class Discussion, Presentations, Review
28. Mon., Apr. 23	The Convergent Century.	fillertype
29. Wed., Apr. 25	The Beginning of Modern Physics: Rutherford to Planck	Cline, 1-63, "Ernest Rutherford: Discovery of the Nucleus," "Ernest Rutherford: Radioactivity," "Max Planck: Pursuit of an 'Absolute,' the Entropy Law," "Max Planck: The Quantum Theory"
30. Fri., Apr. 27	Einstein and 1905	Problem Set 5 DUE Cline, 64-87, "Albert Einstein: Work of 1905"
31. Mon., Apr. 30	Special and General Relativity	Cline, 219-234, "Albert Einstein: The General Theory of Relativity"
32. Wed., May 2	Hour Exam	fillertype
33. Fri., May 4	Bohr and the Theory of the Atom	Cline, 88-126, "Niels Bohr: Early Quantum Theory of the Atom," "Early Days of Quantum Physics"
34. Mon., May 7	Copenhagen, and the Creation of Quantum Mechanics	Cline, 127-191, "Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg, and Bohr's Institute," "An Introduction to Modern Quantum Theory," "Creation of Quantum Mechanics"
35. Wed., May 9	The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics The Legacy of Modern Physics	Cline, 192-218; 235-244, and 245-259, "Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics," "The Debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein," "Afterward"
36. Fri., May 11	Quiz. Retrospect. SCS.	fillertype