Science, Religion, and Myth History 271 Prof. McCluskey Fall Semester, 2004 Surveys human understandings of nature from prehistoric astronomies and Babylonian myths, through ancient and medieval thought, to the new sciences of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. TTH 11:30-12:45 105 Woodburn

Course Materials

• Syllabus
• NEW Mid-Term Study Guide
  
• Working Bibliography
• Sample Essay Questions from Earlier Semesters
• Working Definitions of Science and Religion
• Bibliography and Prospectus Guide
• Bibliography and Prospectus Check List
• Term Paper Guide
• Babylonian Lunar Texts
• The Southwestern Pueblos (map)
• Puebloan Color-Direction Framework
• Plato on Mathematical Astronomy (Republic, 527^d-e; 528^e-530 ^c)
• Aristotle on Biology (On the Parts of the Animals, 644^b22 - 645 ^a26)
• Hipparchus and the Seasons
• Ptolemy's Planetary Models
• Time and Timekeeping in Late Antiquity
• The Sun in Renaissance Neo-Platonism
• The Copernican System of the World
• Newton's Early Prism Experiment
• Newton's Later Three-Prism Experiment