GENE 061History and Philosophy of Science
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Offered
- Fall, Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1985–86
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1971–72 to 1985–86; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
The major conceptual transformations in evolution of science and technology; Greek, modern classical, contemporary periods. Scientific technology as a determining characteristic of global civilization and some critical questions it poses. Not open to Year 1 students.
As printed in the 1976–77 to 1985–86 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1971–72 to 1985–86, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1976–77 to 1985–86 10 calendars
The major conceptual transformations in evolution of science and technology; Greek, modern classical, contemporary periods. Scientific technology as a determining characteristic of global civilization and some critical questions it poses.
Not open to Year 1 students.
Offered Fall, Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1973–74 to 1975–76 3 calendars
The major conceptual transformations in the evolution of science and technology.
The nature of science: science and technology in Egypt and Babylon. The development of science in Greece. The Alexandrian school and the separation of science and philosophy. The medieval attitude toward science. The Renaissance. Copernicus and Galileo. Sir Isaac Newton. Developments during the 18th and 19th centuries. The 20th century revolution in pure science and technology; scientific technology as a determining characteristic of global civilization and some critical questions it poses.
3 hours per week
1971–72 to 1972–73 2 calendars
The nature of science; science and technology in Egypt and Babylon. The development of science in Greece; the Orphic mysteries and the Ionian philosophers. Plato and Aristotle; Archimedes. The Alexandrian school and the separation of science and philosophy. Technology under the Roman Empire. The mediaeval attitude toward science. The Renaissance. Copernicus and Galileo. Sir Isaac Newton. The physical and biological sciences during the 18th century. Developments during the 19th century in physics, chemistry, technology, geology, evolution, and the rise of modern genetics. The 20th century revolution in pure science and technology. 3 lectures, I hour tutorial.