The History of Science: Nonwestern Origins and the Western Revolution (Cross-listed as HIST…

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Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (1A, 1B, 1C, 2) Survey of scientific history from 2000 BCE to the present that considers science as a set of made, lost, and found ideas and technologies. Fields of inquiry are examined by tracing their historical and cultural trajectories through the African, Arab, Babylonian, Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Incan, Indian, Japanese, Mayan, and Sumerian worlds. Same as: HIST 330 GenEd: UDGE-4 CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches