Module Identifier | HY36130 | ||
Module Title | SCIENCE AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE 1600-1700 | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Gareth Williams | ||
Semester | Intended For Use In Future Years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Mutually Exclusive | HA36130 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 18 Hours | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours | ||
Assessment | Exam | 3 Hours | 60% |
Essay | 2 essays (1 x 4,000 words, 1 x 2,500 words) | 40% |
Brief description
This option module aims to provide a social interpretation of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Traditional assumptions about the universe and the world of nature were not easily overthrown nor were magical beliefs rejected by major figures like Kepler and Issac Newton.