The Rise of Modern Science

Lecture Notes

LEC #	INSTRUCTOR	TOPICS	FILES
1		Introduction	(PDF)
1. Matter
2	Kaiser	The stuff of matter in the ancient world	(PDF - 3.0MB)
3	Kaiser	Alchemy and experiment in the Renaissance	(PDF - 3.4MB)
4	Kaiser	Textbooks and chemical order, from Lavoisier to Mendeleev	(PDF - 3.1MB)
5	Kaiser	Quantum alchemy?	(PDF - 2.1MB)
2. Nature
6	Jones	The nature of nature in ancient and medieval worlds	(PDF - 12.4MB)
7	Jones	Exploring, collecting, classifying	(PDF - 6.3MB)
8	Jones	Evolution and the origin of species	(PDF - 8.2MB)
9	Jones	Ecology and environment	(PDF - 3.9MB)
3. Motion
10	Kaiser	From “natural motions” to “laws of motion”	(PDF - 1.8MB)
11	Kaiser	Beer brewing, steam engines, and the fate of the cosmos	(PDF - 2.9MB)
12	Kaiser	Space, time, and spacetime	(PDF - 2.5MB)
4. Body
13	Jones	Blood, guts and images	(PDF - 14.9MB)
14	Jones	Cell theory	(PDF - 5.2MB)
15	Jones	Physiology and experiment	(PDF - 6.0MB)
16	Jones	Models of inheritance and genetics	(PDF - 4.0MB)
5. Heavens
17	Kaiser	To save the phenomena	(PDF - 1.7MB)
18	Kaiser	Copernicus: Round and round we go	(PDF - 2.9MB)
19	Kaiser	The Newtonian cosmos	(PDF - 2.3MB)
20	Kaiser	Einstein, gravity, and politics	(PDF - 2.1MB)
6. Mind
21	Jones	Mind-body	(PDF - 9.0MB)
22	Jones	Madness	(PDF - 8.4MB)
23	Jones	Brains in the lab: Experimental psychology	(PDF - 3.9MB)
24	Jones	Man-machine	(PDF - 7.4MB)
25	Kaiser	Conclusion	(PDF)