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Academic Year 2003/2004

The Environmental Sciences
HIST 256 FA

The course treats the history of the sciences of the earth and environment from classical times to the plate tectonics and geospace physics of the late 20th century. Topics include early cosmogonies and cosmologies; the nature of hierarchically ordered space; the role of change played by heat, water and time; the Great Scale of Being; teleology in nature; the introduction and use of mathematics and the physical sciences in geology and biology; international cooperation in the geosciences; the discovery of the unknown (new worlds, polar regions, space); human response to boundary limits; environmental bonanzas and tragedies; big science.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Gillmor,C Stewart   

Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: PAC001

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: UNL)

Special Attributes:

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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