362-190 Emergence of Western Technology

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Course Outline

Shown here are links to the course outline, Power Point slides, and supplemental text. Note: Power Point slides with copyrighted materials (cartoons, etc.) are shown in text-only format.

Topic Outline	Power Point Slides	Text Supplement
Understanding Science, Technology and their History	About the Course Values of Scientists and Technologists Pitfalls in the History of Science and Technology	Pitfalls in the History of Science and Technology
Ancient Technology to 1000 A.D	Legacy of the Ancient World Highlights of Ancient Technology Rome After the Fall of Rome	Pre-Roman Technology Rome and After
Islam and Technology	Islam Views of the Islamic World End of the Islamic Golden Age	About Islam
East meets West I - the Crusades and Mongol conquests	The Crusades The Mongols	The Crusades The Mongol Invasions
The Middle Ages	The Middle Ages Medieval Technology The 14th Century	Medieval Roots of Science The Disastrous 14th Century
Information Revolutions: Perspective and Printing Press	Perspective Printing	Language, Communication and Writing Writing and Printing
Copernicus, Galileo and Newton	Copernicus
East Meets West II: The Age of Exploration	Exploration	Shape of the World: The First Great High-Tech Superpower Rivalry
Credit Where It's Due: The Industrial Revolution	Credit Where It's Due
Evolution and the Notion of Progress	Evolution	Historical Background of Evolution Aftermath of Evolution
The Technology of War	From Swords to Guns Military Values Military Technology	Military Technology-Selected Themes The First Modern War and the Last Ancient War
Birth of the Modern World	Making 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)	What the Doctor Ordered
Why Us? What Accounts for the Success of the West?	Why the West?

Additional Topics of Interest

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

The Achievements of Non-European Technologies
Coping in an Evil World I: Inquisition and Conquistadors
Coping in an Evil World II: Holocaust and Gulag
When the System Crashes
Energy: A Technological Web
The End of Scientific Certainty
You Can Stop Progress
Major World Cultures, Values and Technology

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