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Title: Eureka
Course Section Number: CLA-113-02
Department: Classics
Description: HYBRID COURSE. NOT AVAILABLE TO VIRTUAL LEARNERS. 2ND HALF SEMESTER. CLA-113-02=HIS-210-02. Eureka! Science, Tech, Engineering and Math in the Ancient World Archimedes. The famous Sicilian-Greek mathematician and inventor, is said to have founded the discipline of fluid dynamics in the 3rd century BC while taking a bath. But beyond the confines of Archimedes' bathtub, the evolution of what we now think of as "science" was often a freewheeling and haphazard affair, with many fascinating detours and dead ends along the way. This course will survey ancient Greek and Roman innovations in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, along with their varied connections to the modern world. We will study the earliest attempts to understand, quantify, and control the natural world of the ancient Mediterranean, tracing the origins and growth of modern "STEM" fields from Archaic Greece to Imperial Rome.
Credits: 0.50
Start Date: March 16, 2021
End Date: May 11, 2021
Meeting Information:
03/16/2021-05/04/2021 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Detchon, Room 109
Faculty: Gorey, Matthew

Course Status & Cross-Listings

Cross-list Group Capacity: 18
Cross-list Group Student Count: 15
Calculated Course Status: OPEN
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