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Science in the Modern World: Introduction in the History of Science
Karl Dittrichzaal, Studenten Service Centrum Bonnefantenstraat 2, Maastricht“Science has made the modern world.” Few people would argue with this statement, but what exactly does it mean?
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Karl Dittrichzaal, Studenten Service Centrum Bonnefantenstraat 2
Bonnefantenstraat 2
Maastricht
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On one common reading, science has simply made the discoveries that have materially created the modern condition: steam engines, electricity, nuclear missiles, COVID vaccines. But has science only happened to us or is it also the creation of modern culture? Does it perhaps reflect the values and preconceptions particular to our times and to this part of the world? Visiting the history of science will shed light on these questions. Five lectures will address central themes on the relation of science and society, and consider the work of key modernizers, such as Galileo, Isaac Newton, Ulugh Beb, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.
The individual lectures
1. The Rise of Modern Science (2 Mar)
2. Science and Religion (9 Mar)
3. Art and Science (16 Mar)
4. Science and Geopolitics (23 Mar)
5. The West and the Rest? (30 Mar)
Date
Thursday 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 March – 19:30 to 21:30
Costs whole series
UM students €10
(Fo…
On one common reading, science has simply made the discoveries that have materially created the modern condition: steam engines, electricity, nuclear missiles, COVID vaccines. But has science only happened to us or is it also the creation of modern culture? Does it perhaps reflect the values and preconceptions particular to our times and to this part of the world? Visiting the history of science will shed light on these questions. Five lectures will address central themes on the relation of science and society, and consider the work of key modernizers, such as Galileo, Isaac Newton, Ulugh Beb, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.
The individual lectures
1. The Rise of Modern Science (2 Mar)
2. Science and Religion (9 Mar)
3. Art and Science (16 Mar)
4. Science and Geopolitics (23 Mar)
5. The West and the Rest? (30 Mar)
Date
Thursday 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 March – 19:30 to 21:30
Costs whole series
UM students €10
(Former) UM employees and students from other schools €25
Others €50
Registration
You can register herefor the whole series.
About the speaker
Geert Somsen, PhD
Associate Professor History, UM
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