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136-046 Physical Science in the 18th Century | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-508, 136-634 and 136-346. Students who have completed 136-508, 136-634 or 136-346 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Prof R Home |
Prerequisites | Usually admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in HPS, Fourth Year Honours in HPS or a postgraduate coursework program. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Subject Description | This subject involves a close historical study of topics such as: the changing content and place of physics in the university curriculum during the course of the 18th century; the emergence of experimental natural philosophy; science and the Enlightenment; the growth and mathematisation of various fields of experimental inquiry (especially electricity, magnetism, heat and optics); and specialisation and the development of new institutional forms. Students should complete the subject familiar with the development of the discipline of physics between 1700 and the early 19th century. |
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