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Different ASSESSMENT
Source=[Written work not exceeding 4,000 words together with a 3-hour examination. Exemption from the examination may be granted on the basis of the written work and a class test late in the semester.]
Xref = [Satisfactory performance in up to 4,000 words of written work including a class test. Or, a 3-hour examination.]
Different CONTACT
Source=[Up to three hours of lectures and tutorials a week.]
Xref = [26 lectures (two a week) and 13 tutorials (one a week)]
Different CONTENT
Source=[Changing conceptions of the universe in 16th and 17th century Europe.]
Xref = [Ancient Greek notions of the universe as finite with a central spherical earth; the transmission of these notions to renaissance Europe; their abandonment; arguments for and against a sun-centred solar system; the transition to an infinite universe.]
Different COORDINATOR
Source=[Dr Keith Hutchison.]
Xref = [Dr K Hutchison]
Different OBJECTIVES
Source=[Students successfully completing this subject should develop:
<ul>
<li>an understanding of the central issues in one of the major episodes in the history of science; an appreciation of the rationality of views of the universe different from our own;
<li>a sense of the complexity of the processes governing the acceptance of scientific theories; skills in the collection and analysis of evidence, and in the presentation of arguments.
</ul>]
Xref = [Students successfully completing this subject should develop:
<ul>
<li>an understanding of the central issues in one of the major episodes in the history of science;
<li>an appreciation of the rationality of views of the universe different from our own;
<li>a sense of the complexity of the processes governing the acceptance of scientific theories;
<li>skills in the collection and analysis of evidence, and in the presentation of arguments.
</ul>]
Different POINTS
Source=[12.5 1st year]
Xref = [12.5]
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