Topics include technology in European expansion, the industrial revolution, and the rise of the United States as a technological superpower. Jr st or cons inst. Grads must enroll concurrently in Hist Sci 637. The Darwinian Revolution. Scientific, social, religious and related dimensions of the evolution hypothesis from predarwinian speculation and Darwin's own work to later support, criticism and continuing investigation.
Coverage reaches into the twentieth century.
Jr st or cons inst. 350 Special Topics in the History of Science. Jr st or cons inst. 353 History of Ecology. The development of the science of ecology and related scientific issues and social attitudes, with a primary emphasis on developments from the late nineteenth century to the present.