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CHEM349
Lives in Science
CHEM349 SP
Crosslistings: ENGL161
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 SP
This course, one of a series in the Science Writing Program,
gives critical consideration of the life and times of
exemplary men and women scientists in various fields of
endeavor. The relationship of their major creative work to
their cultural background, education, cycles of life, as
well as slings and arrows of outrageous fortune will be
discussed. Various theories on the nature of creative
endeavor will also be considered. Students in the course
will undertake writing projects in the area of essay,
biographical and autobiographical profiles, and interviews.
This is a special emphasis on writing course.
MAJOR READINGS
Subjects under consideration are Louis
Agassiz and the origins of American science, Erwin
Schroedinger and the discovery of Quantum Mechanics, Linus
Pauling and the nature of the chemical bond, Barbara
McClintock and jumping genes, and Nancy Wexler in the search
for the gene for Huntington's disease.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three to four assigned writing
projects. No exam.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Interested students
should pick up an application form available at Anne
Greene's office, 279 Court Street, Room 203, during the
preregistration period.
This course is recommended for students with an interest in
science or science writing from any major field, and for
present or prospective science majors seeking to increase
their perspectives on the field.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: NSM CHEM
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
GENIUS, James Gleick's biography of Nobel Prize winning
physicist Prchard Feynman, is amoung the books surveyed in
the course
Reference:
Gleick, James, GENIUS, New York: Pantheon Books, 1992
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