The History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Kean University now offers course work in the history of science, technology and medicine. These courses are open to all majors, and cover a range of fascinating topics from the Industrial Revolution to the role of doctors in America to technological advances from Asia to controversies over human evolution, to the growing corporate control of medicine: From our earliest ancestors to the Egyptians to Darwin to electromagnetic theory and thermodynamics to the dinosaurs.
In these courses students study the history, development and social impact of scientific ideas, machines, medical practices and the lives of the men and women who promoted, defended and attacked them.
One can also minor in the history of science by fulfilling
the standard
minor in history requirement (21 credits)
by taking all history of science courses.
Courses available:
HIST 3321 Introduction to the History of Medicine
http://www.kean.edu/~bregal/HIST3321.htm
NOTE: formerly HIST2050
HIST 3323
History of Medicine in America
http://www.kean.edu/~bregal/HIST3323.htm
HIST 3852 History of Science
http://www.kean.edu/~bregal/HIST3852.htm
HIST 4235
Industrial Revolution
http://www.kean.edu/~bregal/HIST4235.htm
HIST 4236 History of Alchemy and the Origins
of Modern Science
http://www.kean.edu/~bregal/HIST4236.htm
HIST 4876 Human Evolution and Modern Society
http://www.kean.edu/~bregal/HIST4876.htm
HIST 4882 Modern Scientific and Technological Impact
HIST 5810 Impact of Science and Technology on Culture (Graduate)
Coming new for Spring 2010:
HIST 3853 Charles Darwin: A Life and Times
http://www.kean.edu/~bregal/HIST3853.htm
Course under construction for Fall 2010
HIST 3854 A History of Pseudoscience in America
Course under construction for Spring 2011
HIST 4881 Philosophy of Science
NOTE: These courses can be taken in any sequence
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Main Kean catalog (see p.107 for history offerings):
http://www.kean.edu/catalogs/Undergraduate_Catalog_09-10.pdf
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Useful links:
These are the premier history of science and technology societies:
History of Science Society
http://www.hssonline.org/
British Society for the History of Science
http://www.bshs.org.uk/
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
http://www.historyoftechnology.org/
All things Darwin including correspondence and diaries:
Darwin OnLine
http://darwin-online.org.uk/
All things Thomas Edison:
The Edison Papers
http://edison.rutgers.edu/
An excellent local group:
Medical History Society of New Jersey
http://www.mhsnj.org/
Student originated pod casting on the History of Science
'The Missing Link'
http://missinglinkpodcast.wordpress.com/
The most notorious body snatchers in history:
New York Academy of Medicine "The Resurrectionists"
http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/historical_collections_resurrectionists
Source for historical scientific instruments:
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford University
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/
Radio and television history resource:
The David Sarnoff Library
http://www.davidsarnoff.org/
American Museum of Natural History, New York
http://www.amnh.org/home/?gclid=CLXEjK6EqZUCFQ-SHgodNxualA
Medieval Astrolabe
A knowledge of the history of science, technology and medicine adds to a student's wider understanding of the human condition. For history majors these classes provide a grounding in one of the central engines that drives human history. For science and technology majors these courses offer the crucial historical background to their major fields.
• For more information contact
Dr. Brian
Regal
History Department
W-205
908-737-4252
Website: http://www.kean.edu/~bregal
