This course contains several related modules suitable as a Capstone course of History of Science course. The goal of this course is to understand the thinkin8 behind the science, technology, and medicine of the ancient world. Ho Peng Yoke. Peter James and Nick Thorpe.
Attendance is mandatory.
Students are allowed two absences For absences beyond this limit, your final grade will be marked down one grade. The assignment provides a chance to synthesize material or to articulate your own ideas about the issues under discussion that particular week. In exchange for the weekly writing assignments, this course will have no mid-term and no final examination. Students will submit a total of five writing assignments. Needham's The Grand Titration.