Topics to be discussed in the course are: The human
need to know and the differences between science and other forms of knowing, the
emergence of science in ancient civilizations, scientific works of Plato,
Aristotle, Eucleides, Archimedes and Ptolemy, science and philosophy in
medieval Europe, science in Islamic
Civilization, the scientific studies of Farabi and Avicenna, the effect of
Islamic science on the West, scientific studies of Roger Bacon, Francis Bacon
and Copernicus, science in Renaissance and Enlightenment, the intellectual
foundations of the scientific revolution, the works of Kepler, Galileo and
Newton, the birth of the first science societies in Europe, examples from 20th
century science, developments in physical, biological and social sciences in
the 20th and 21st century.
- Teacher: Hasan Samani