HSP
124-02
Fall 02021
Great Issues In Science: 8 Big Ideas That Shaped Science
Reading Schedule and Discussion Questions
Texts: The Canon, by Natalie Angier. (TC)
The Discoveries, by Alan Lightman. (TD)
The Double Helix, by James D. Watson. (TDH)
Fortune’s Formula, by William Poundstone (FF)
Mendeleev on the Periodic Law, edited by William B. Jensen. (MPL)
The Non-Euclidean Revolution, by Richard J. Trudeau. (TNER)
The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin. (TOS)
Plate Tectonics, edited by Naomi Oreskes (PT)
Tentative schedule of events |
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Week of (M) |
Reading assignments and other news (Text codes appear above) |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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8/30 |
Introduction |
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9/6 |
Labor Day |
Project 1 due |
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9/13 |
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9/20 |
Project 2 due |
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9/27 |
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10/4 |
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10/11 |
Filler |
Project 3 due |
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10/18 |
Fall Break |
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10/25 |
Orientation to axiomatics |
p. 22-86 |
p. 86-105 |
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11/1 |
GSP Lab 1 Project 4 due |
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11/8 |
GSP Lab 2 |
GSP Lab 3 |
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11/15 |
GSP Lab 4 |
Project 5 due |
Lab 3 report due |
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11/22 |
Lab 4 report due |
Thanksgiving Break |
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11/29 |
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12/6 |
Project 6 due |
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12/13 |
Final Exam Week: Meeting Thursday, December 16, 1130 AM–130 PM. Final projects–papers and presentations–due at this meeting. |