HON 400A Spring 2002 Syllabus and Schedule of assignments.
Please read the articles at the following sites:
whyWest1
Wealth of nations
Steven Dutch (U. of Wisconsin) Home Page.
Please visit the site to get his
sometimes irreverent views on science and pseudoscience. Read as much else
as you like.
WhyWest2 by
Steven Dutch. Spring 2002 Seminar
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History of Technology
By DAVID S. LANDES
By DAVID S. LANDES
2-Apr
Malone, Alicia
Does automation cause unemployment?
4-Apr
Lutfi, Issa
Military Supremacy: US past 100 years
25-Apr*
Bazarganvali, Bita
Fraud Prevention Technology
11-Apr
Gentles, Roselynn
Space Technology: Rockets
16-Apr
Gutierrez, Antonio
Communications Technology:19th cent. Telephone and Telegraph
18-Apr
Pizzi, Michael
Communications
23-Apr
Bennes, Robert
External Influences on Gene Therapy
*
Pres. date changed
to Thursday, April 25
Origins:
Reading assignment for week of Monday 1/28:
Origins: Tanzania
and paleo-art (France)
Early Cultures: sumer
Egypt: History and Civilization
Egypt: more Civilization
Greece: Math
Greece: Ptolemy
Greece: History
Take a look at this beautiful page out of Gutenberg's bible. File size:
450KB!
Download the Powerpoint files below to your PC! Click on the URL. In
the dialog box, choose 'Save File' and save at a location of your
choice. You must have MS Powerpoint (Office 97) to view the
slides. As of 1/06/2002, access to the files below has been disabled.
Power point file 'ch2-eg~1.ppt': Chapter 2, Egypt, 4 MB! Download
to a network PC
File name: ch3-gr~1.ppt.
The first slide show on Greece. File size:
2.2 MB!
File name: greece_2.ppt.
The second slide show on Greece. File size:
2.4 MB!
File name: gr3_sci.ppt.
Slide show on Greek Science. File size:
11 MB!
File name: rome.ppt.
Slide #1 show on Roman Technology. File size:
6.3 MB!
File name: rome_civ.ppt.
Slide show on Roman Civil Engineering. File size:
2 MB!
File name: mediev~1.ppt.
Slide show #1 on Greek Medieval Science and Technology. File size:
11 MB!
File name:engines.ppt.
Internal Combustion Engines and Automobiles. File size:
2.8 MB!
Materials covered in Exam II on Tuesday, April 30, 2002:
File name: steam.ppt.
Steam engines. File size:
8.3 MB!
File name: industri.ppt. The
Industrial Revolution. File size:
1.8 MB!
File name:thermo.ppt.
Thermodynamics. File size:
0.8 MB!
File name:manufact.ppt.
Manufacturing and Mass Production. File size:
2.2 MB!