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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • STS.310 (Fall 2005) 
  • Course Title:
  • History of Science 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Science, Technology, and Society 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. David Jones 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • STS.310 History of Science



    Fall 2005




    Course Highlights


    This course features a complete reading list.


    Course Description


    This seminar explores recent historiographical approaches within the history of science. Students will read a wide variety of studies covering topics from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, from the physical sciences to natural history and medicine. Emphasis will be placed on: deciphering different theoretical approaches; the pros and cons of different research questions, subjects, and sources of evidence; and what makes for good and interesting history of science.

    *Some translations represent previous versions of courses.

     

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