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Jul 01, 2025
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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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HIS 237 - Science, Technology, and Medicine in Western Civilization I
An examination of science, technology, medicine, and their social organization from 1450-1790 (from the Renaissance to the French Revolution) and the origin of those systems in Western cultures. Among the topics covered are experimentation and mathematics, funding of technological development by the state, organizations of scientists, the place of science and technology in cultural life, industrialization, and the character and organization of medical practice.
3 credits
DEC: H
SBC: STAS
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