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Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Professor Rod Home.
Prerequisite: Normally 12.5 points of first-year HPS.
Contact: Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- be familiar with the main lines of development of science in Australia since 1788, and with the social and institutional factors that have shaped its development;
- be able to critically assess relevant historical source material;
- be aware of current historiographical debates about the establishment of science in countries like Australia.
Content:
Selected themes in the history of Australian science since the first European contacts.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 4,000 words and a final 3-hour examination.
Prescribed texts:
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2. History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Science (v4, p197) : Next:136-229 | Prev:136-226
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Professor R W Home
Contact: 26 lectures (two a week) and 13 tutorials (one a week)
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- be familiar with the main lines of development of science in Australia since 1788, and with the social and institutional factors that have shaped its development;
- be able to critically assess relevant historical source materials;
- be aware of current historiographical debates about the establishment of science in countries like Australia.
Content:
The place of science in European imperial expansion. 'Colonial' vs 'metropolitan' science; the nature and growth of Australian scientific institutions. Science and government in Australian history. The question of professionalism. 'Pure' vs 'applied' research. The education and training of scientists. The changing public image of science.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 5,000 words; a final 3-hour examination.
Prescribed texts:
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Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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