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Week 4: Ancient Greek science; Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle

This week's assignments

In our whirlwind tour of the history of science, this week we make our stop in ancient Athens and Greece. After spending a little time among the Pythagoreans, we will enjoy meeting two of the most influential scientists of all time, as we welcome Plato and Aristotle as our time travel tour guides! Our aim will be to get to know them in terms of their own place and time. We'll not be like tourists in Athens who seek fast food at McDonald's.

Ancient Greek science assignments
#	Due Date*	Pts	Activity	Time
1.1	Tuesday 8/26 11:59 p.m.*	10	1. Starting Assumptions Think about what you know already about the culture and period, share your knowledge and experience with other students in the class	30 min.
1.2	Wednesday 8/27 11:59 p.m.*	25	2. Topic 1: Pythagoreans and Plato + Quiz Background: Without a sense of context, history is anachronistic. Primary sources: Without documentary evidence, history is speculation The first of two topic assignments per week involving both background and primary sources.	90 min.
1.3	Thursday 8/28 11:59 p.m.*	25	3. Topic 2: Aristotle + Quiz Background: Without a sense of context, history is anachronistic. Primary sources: Without documentary evidence, history is speculation The second of two topic assignments per week involving both background and primary sources.	90 min.
1.4	Friday 8/29 11:59 p.m.*	20	4. Interpretation Unless it explains,* history is trivial.* Write a short persuasive essay agreeing or disagreeing with a common interpretation about the topic and expressing your own view.	60 min.
1.5	Monday 11:59 p.m.	10	5. Online Resource Project Over the course of the semester, we will assemble a catalog of online resources for exploring the history of science.	60 min.
1.6	Monday 8/31 11:59 p.m.*	10	6. Reflection + Peer Responses Think about all that you did this week, including reading the Interpretation Essays of other students, and share your thoughts and ideas with other students in the class	30 min.
Total pts		100	Total time	6 hours

"All men by nature desire to know." Aristotle, Metaphysics.

HSCI 3013. History of Science to 17th century
Kerry Magruder, Instructor, 2004-14
Brent Purkaple, TA

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Many thanks to the pedagogical model developed in Mythology and Folklore and other online courses by Laura Gibbs, which have been an inspiration for this course.

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