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21L.448J / 21W.739J Darwin and Design, Fall 2009
(2009-12)
In the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin gave us a model for understanding how natural objects and systems can evidence design without positing a designer: how purpose and mechanism can exist without intelligent ...
STS.310 History of Science, Fall 2005
(2005-12)
This seminar explores recent historiographical approaches within the history of science. Students will read a wide variety of studies covering topics from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, from the physical ...
STS.310 History of Science, Fall 2003
(2003-12)
This seminar offers a review of recent historiographical approaches within the history of science. Students will read a wide variety of recent studies covering topics from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. ...
STS.066 Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002
(2002-12)
Subject examines the brain as a cultural object in contemporary media, science, and society. Explores cultural assumptions about neuroscience by drawing on anthropology, history, semiotics, and the cognitive sciences. ...
STS.011 American Science: Ethical Conflicts and Political Choices, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
Explores the changing roles, ethical conflicts, and public perceptions of science and scientists in American society from World War II to the present. Studies specific historical episodes focusing on debates between ...