Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4313223 History of Science: Science, History and Society | OB | 0 | 1 |
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- To understand and characterize the major stages of the history of science, and the different views on the nature and social relations of science through history
- To communicate orally and in writing historical arguments
- To interpret, comment upon and edit scientific texts of the past and to be able to place them in their historical contex
1. Introduction: Science and History
2. Reading and writing seminar
3. Methodology seminar
Part 1. Science in Antiquity
4. The birth of science?
5. The natural philosophy of Aristotle
6. Astronomy and cosmology
7. Mathematics and Geometry
8. Ptolemy’s science
9. Medicine and the Life Sciences
Part 2. Medieval Science
10. Medicine and science in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
11. The establishment of a scientific corpus
12. The golden age of Arabic science
13. New institutions and translations
14. The transmission of knowledge
Part 3. The Scientific Revolution
15. The Copernican Revolution
16. Galileo and movement; Harvey and blood circulation
17. The reform of knowledge: Bacon and Descartes
18. Newton: The world system
Part 4. The Enlightenment
19. Actors and spaces of natural philosophy
20. The Chemical Revolution
21. The Encyclopedia and the crisis of the Enlightenment
Part 5. The Rise of Science
22. The Human Sciences
23. Evolution and laboratory medicine
24. The sciences of matter and energy
Part 6. Contemporary Science
25. Little Science, Big Science
26. Science in the Cold War
27. The molecular view of life
Oral Presentations and Synthesis
28. Oral presentations
29. Oral presentations
30. Oral presentations and conclusions
This compulsory module offers an overview of the historical development of science, from antiquity to the twentieth century. The course is arranged by chronological blocks taught by lecturers who specialize in each of the periods, and addresses both the different points of view about nature, as the social relations of science through history. It is a first approach to the development of science, technology and medicine over the centuries, which serves as a basis for further deepening into specific issues.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 93 | 3.72 | 20, 5, 1, 21, 16, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 12, 13, 15, 18, 17, 19, 22, 2 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Methodological seminars | 6 | 0.24 | 4, 6, 3, 23 |
Supervision of essays | 40 | 1.6 | 21, 6, 3, 10, 19, 26, 25, 24 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading and writing | 218 | 8.72 | 21, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15, 3, 10, 17, 19, 26, 24, 23, 2 |
Essays
Based on the compulsory readings and presentations in class, students must submit four essays of 1200-1500 words (A1-A4). The essays will be submitted through the Aula Moodle, in the indicated periods.
Oral Presentation
At the end of the module, each student will make a 15 minute presentation dealing with a specific topic previously agreed with the course coordinator.
In the event that activities and tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on TEAMS, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Essays A1-A2 | 40% | 6 | 0.24 | 20, 5, 1, 21, 4, 16, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 12, 11, 13, 15, 3, 10, 18, 17, 19, 22, 26, 24, 23, 2 |
Essays A3-A4 | 40% | 6 | 0.24 | 20, 5, 1, 21, 4, 16, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 12, 11, 13, 15, 3, 10, 18, 17, 19, 22, 26, 24, 23, 2 |
Presentation A5 | 20% | 6 | 0.24 | 3, 22, 25 |
Agar, Jon. Science in the 20th Century and Beyond. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2012 (online).
Bowler, Peter J.; Morus, Iwan Rhys. Panorama general de la ciencia moderna. Barcelona: Crítica: 2007.
Brunschwig, J.; Lloyd, Geoffrey (eds.), El saber griego. Madrid: Akal, 2000.
Bynum, William F.; Porter, Roy, eds. Companion encyclopedia of the history of medicine. London: Routledge, 1993, 2 vols.
Clark, W.; Golisnki, J.; Schaffer, S., eds. The Sciences in Enlightened Europe. Chicago/Londres: The University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Dear, Peter. La revolución de las ciencias. El conocimiento europeo y sus expectativas, 1500-1700. Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2007.
Fara, Patricia. Breve historia de la ciencia. Barcelona: Ariel, 2009.
Henry, John. The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science. Basingstoke y Nueva York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Henry, John. A Short History of Scientific Thought. Basingstoke y Nueva York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Krige, J.; Pestre, D., eds. Companion to Science in the Twentieth Century. Amsterdam: Harwood, 2003.
López Piñero, José María, La medicina en la historia. Madrid: La Esfera de los Libros, 2002.
Lindberg, David C. Los inicios de la ciencia occidental. Barcelona: Paidós, 2002.
Olby, R. C.; Cantor, G.N.; Christie, J.R.R.; Hodge, M.J.S. eds. Companion to the History of Modern Science. Londres: Routledge, 1990.
Pestre, Dominique, ed., Histoire des sciences et des savoirs, 3 vols. Paris: Seuil, 2015.
Porter, Roy. Breve historia de la medicina. Madrid: Taurus, 2003.
Principe, Lawrence M. La revolución científica. Una breve introducción. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 2012.
Shapin, Steven. La revolución científica. Una interpretación alternativa. Barcelona: Paidós, 2000.
Solís, Carlos; Sellés, Manuel. Historia de la Ciencia. Espasa. Madrid, 2005.
Vernet, Joan. Lo que Europa debe al Islamde España. Barcelona: Acantilado, 1999.