HSCI3611: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Rise of Modern Science

3 CreditsGlobal PerspectivesHistorical Perspectives

Understanding the origins of our own culture of Modern Science in the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Newton's ambiguous legacy; science as wonder and spectacle; automata and monsters; early theories of sex and gender; empire and scientific expeditions; reshaping the environment; inventing human sciences; Frankenstein and the limits of science and reason.

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