HOS 591 The Scientific Revolution (also HIS 591)
Michael S. Mahoney
Problems in the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries, including both the development of scientific thought and practice and the changing role of science in the surrounding culture. The precise topic varies from year to year; representative subjects include mathematics, mechanics, experimentation, and Isaac Newton.

HOS 592 Science in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (also HIS 592)
Staff
Problems in the history of science before the Scientific Revolution, including both the development of scientific thought and practice and the changing role of science in the surrounding culture. The precise topic varies from year to year; representative subjects include medieval mechanics, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, and the relation between medieval and Renaissance science.

HOS 593 Science from the Enlightenment to the Present (also HIS 593)
Staff
Problems in the history of science since the Scientific Revolution. The precise topic varies from year to year; representative subjects include the history of the human sciences and science in colonial context.

HOS 594 Introductory Colloquium in the History of Science I (also HIS 594)
Staff
A colloquium for beginning graduate students, designed to introduce them to the central problems and principal literature of the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution.

HOS 595 Introductory Colloquium in the History of Science II (also HIS 595)
Staff
An introduction for beginning graduate students to the central problems and principal literature of the history of science from the Enlightenment into the 20th century.

HOS 596 History of the Life Sciences (also HIS 596)
D. Graham Burnett, Angela N. H. Creager
Problems in the history of the life sciences. The precise topic varies from year to year; representative subjects include the construction and reception of Darwin’s theory of evolution, the history of physiology, and the emergence of molecular biology.

HOS 597 History of the Physical and Mathematical Sciences (also HIS 597)
Michael D. Gordin
Problems in the development of the physical and mathematical sciences. The precise topic varies from year to year; representative subjects include the history of thermodynamics, chemistry in the 19th century, and the physical sciences since 1900.

HOS 598 History of Technology (also HIS 598)
Michael S. Mahoney
Reading and research in techniques and technology from antiquity to the present are the focus of this course. The precise topic varies from year to year; representative subjects include Renaissance engineering, technology and science in the Industrial Revolution, the formation of industrial research laboratories, and the development of the computer industry.

HOS 599 Special Topics in the History of Science (also HIS 599)
Staff
Explores specialized topics in the history of science. The precise topic varies from year to year.

Program Seminar
Staff
Focuses on current problems in and approaches to the historiography of science. Most meetings take the form of discussions of research papers, dissertation chapters, and other forms of research-in-progress by graduate students and faculty members. Some meetings are devoted to the discussion of published work by scholars outside the program. All program graduate students in residence are expected to attend the seminar.

Pertinent Courses in Allied Departments

Anthropology

415 The Anthropology of Science

Philosophy

520 Logic

527 Philosophy of the Social Sciences

531 Philosophy of Science

536 Philosophy of Mathematics

538 Philosophy of Physics