Evolution of Modern Science

Carhart & Rogers

Description

A course in scientific literacy covering four major periods

• science in the ancient Mediterranean (chiefly Greek)
• the scientific revolution (16-17c)
• classical science (18-19c)
• modern science (20-21c)

Instructional methodology blends both internalist (logic of scientific discovery) and externalist (science & technology in society) approaches. The course draws students from all six ODU colleges and meets the upper-division general education requirement on "the Impact of Technology."

Syllabus - available @ ODU Blackboard

Textbook - eBook, free of charge

• Thomas L. Isenhour, The Evolution of Modern Science (Bookboon.com, 2015)
  318pp., ISBN 978-87-403-0480-0