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Episodes in the History of Science I

Is Islam an enemy of science? Did the Catholic Church oppress free 

thinking? What does it mean to be a scientist in a world where there is 

no running water and absolutely no laboratories? 

Surgery without anesthetics and antibiotics, anyone? Could astrology be 

the reason why we have modern science at all? 

Where do we draw the border between myth and knowledge? This course 

covers the development of science from the Mesopotamian Ziggurat to 

Copernicus's deathbed and is intended to be the first of two consecutive 

courses that will help develop a deeper understanding of our own scientific 

culture. We will be treating science mainly as a cultural institution, whose 

development was neither necessary nor predictable. And we will be 

addressing some of the core issues of interest regarding science, such as 

the relationship between science and religion or the border between what 

counts as science and what does not.