Texts A History of Western Science, second edition, Anthony M. Alioto, Prentice-Hall, 1993. The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics, Lucas N. Bunt, Philip S. Jones, Jack D. Bedient, Dover, 1988. Theories of the World from Antoquity to the Copernican Revolution, Michael J. Crowe, Dover, 1990. The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, Colin McEvedy, Penguin Books, 1967. Selections from Physics in Perspective, Eugene Hecht, and The Measure of Reality , Alfred W. Crosby, available together in a Course Pack from the Copy Center in Swirbul Library.
Papers are due at the beginning of the class on the due date.
Late papers will be accepted within a week of the due date, but will receive a penalty. Papers more than one week late will not be accepted.