HIST 2209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tasmania
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Pay attention to 374-376, 386-91, 394-406 (query 30 and 31) In this course, we"ll talk about science in culture and science as culture. Examples: 1) older people at a research conference wore ties while younger people did not. Our view/obsession with progress a result of the last 200 years of history. Response essays - make sure to talk about all readings to get full credit. Isaac newton was born on christmas day in 1642. First child in his family who could write his own name. Man who heralded the age of reason. Was a heretic in an age of religious people but kept it to himself. People are looking with a certain frame already in mind. Newton was not the first of the age of reason. The man who gave us so many physics and math related theories spent most of his time not working on these things! Of newton"s manuscripts deal with alchemy, cults.
