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Spring 2009

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Undergraduate

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Humanities
- History
  - European History
  - History of Science and Technology
- Literature

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A Defense of the Doctrine Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air

A Flea

A Louse

An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland

Ben Jonson - Mercury Vindicated

Book of Genesis

Housefly

Magnified Cork

Micrographia

Microscopy Setup

Nahum Tate's "The History of King Lear" — Excerpt from Act III

Notes on History of Cosmology

Seeds

Snowflakes

The Grand Remonstrance, with the Petition accompanying it

The Head of a Housefly

The Petition of Right

King Lear: Act 3, Scene 1

The Life of Galaleo scene breakdown (circa 1947, 48)

Course Info

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Departments

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Spring 2009

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Humanities
- History
  - European History
  - History of Science and Technology
- Literature

Learning Resource Types

Image Gallery

Presentation Assignments

Projects with Examples

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