HTY 420: Science and Society Since 1800
Instructor: Professor Howard Segal
Days/Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Course number: 46983
Description: Examines the development of science, with emphasis on America, since the Scientific Revolution, both ‘internally’–as ideas and experiments–and ‘externally’–as related to America and other societies that have produced them and upon which they in turn have had impact.
Prerequisites: Not open to first-year students.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the Western Cultural Tradition requirement.