362-190 Emergence of Western Technology

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Course Outline

Shown here are links to the course outline and supplemental text.

Topic Outline	Photos	Text Supplement
Understanding Science, Technology and their History		Pitfalls in the History of Science and Technology
Ancient Technology to 1000 A.D	Photos of Ancient Technology	Pre-Roman Technology Rome and After
Islam and Technology		About Islam
East meets West I - the Crusades and Mongol conquests		The Crusades The Mongol Invasions
The Middle Ages	Photos of Medieval Technology	Medieval Roots of Science The Disastrous 14th Century
Information Revolutions: Perspective and Printing Press	Principles of Perspective	Language, Communication and Writing Writing and Printing
Copernicus, Galileo and Newton
East Meets West II: The Age of Exploration		Shape of the World: The First Great High-Tech Superpower Rivalry
Credit Where It'39;s Due: The Industrial Revolution
Evolution and the Notion of Progress		Historical Background of Evolution Aftermath of Evolution
The Technology of War	Military Technology	Military Technology-Selected Themes The First Modern War and the Last Ancient War
Birth of the Modern World		The Conquest of Time The Conquest of Distance Social Impacts of Becoming Modern
Statistics: How we Became Numbers (What the Doctor Ordered)
Why Us? What Accounts for the Success of the West?

The following topics were explored from time to time but are not part of the current offering

Created 27 Dec 1996, Last Update 14 January 2020

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