136-042 Science in Australian Society

Formerly available as 136-227/327. Students who have completed 136-227 or 136-327 Science in Australian Society are not eligible to enrol in this subject. For science third year, see 136-342 Science in Australia (Science 3).

Usually 75 points of first-year study across any discipline areas.

This subject will analyse key themes in the development of science in Australia since 1788, setting Australian work in the context of the scientific ideas generally held at the time and examining the conceptual, social and institutional factors that shaped local developments. Current debates about the establishment of science in other emergent countries as well as Australia will provide a comparative context. On completion of the subject students should be familiar with the main lines of development of science in Australia since 1788, with the social and institutional factors that have shaped its development, and be able to critically assess relevant historical source material.