Lecture and Seminar Programme

Term	Section	Week	Lecture and Seminar Topic
Autumn Term	Introduction	1	What is science and why should we study its history?
		2	The idea of the scientific revolution
	Ancient and Medieval origins	3	Science in ancient Greece and Rome
		4	Science in classical Islam
		5	Science in Medieval Europe
		6	~ Reading Week: No Seminar ~
	Sixteenth-century stimuli	7	Humanism
		8	Artists and artisans
		9	Trade, travel and plunder
		10	Reformation and counter-reformation
~ Christmas Vacation ~
Spring Term	Seventeenth-century changes	1	The Copernican revolution
		2	The ascent of mathematics
		3	The mechanical philosophy
		4	The experimental philosophy
		5	The classification of the world
		6	~ Reading Week: No Seminar ~
	Eighteenth-century outcomes	7	Science in the public sphere
		8	Science and democracy
		9	Science and empire
		10	Science and the industrial revolution
~ Easter Vacation ~
Summer Term	Conclusion	1	The second scientific revolution
		2	Revision