Hist 100: Western Civ (Science & Society)

  • Robinson B111
  • Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9:00 am–10:15 am

Bibliography

Monographs

Hunt, Lynn. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, A Concise History. Boston: Bedford St. Martin's, 2007. Robinson, Kim Stanley. The Years of Rice and Salt. New York: Spectra, 2003. Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City. New York: Vintage, 2004. Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2nd edition, 2005.

Webpages

“Via Appia (Image).” Aristotle, . “Physics.” “Pont du Gard (Image).” Avicenna, . “On Medicine.” “Muslim Spain.” In Our Time (Podcast). Ricci, Matteo. “The Art of Printing.” Cortes, Hernan. “Second Letter to Charles V.” Bacon, Roger. “On Experimental Science.” Paracelsus, . “Coelum Philosophorum, or Book of Vexations.” “The Measurers.” Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. Newton, Isaac. “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.” Descartes, Rene. “Principles of Philosophy.” Bacon, Francis. “The New Atlantis.” “Joseph Wright of Derby (Images).” von Humboldt, Alexander. “Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New World.” Bronte, Charlotte. “A Visit to the Great Exhibition.” “Mr. Molony's Account of the Crystal Palace.” The Times of London. 1851. “Sears, Roebuck & Company Catalogue.” 1897. Freud, Sigmund. “The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis.” “White House Press Release, August 6, 1945.” Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Bush, Vannevar. “As We May Think.” The Atlantic Monthly. July 1945. Negroponte, Nicholas. “Bits and Atoms.” 1995.