HIST 423 — History of Science and Technology up to the Industrial Revolution.
History · University of Ghana
This course does not intend to do more than give a general survey of man‘s scientific and technical achievements, without too much technical detail. It explores the development of science and technology in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome; the collapse and revival of Western Civilisation, Humanism and the Renaissance, discovery of the heavens, of the earth and its creatures. The Age of Reason, the academies; enlightenment, classification and order, popularisation of science and experiments will be explored.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- HIST 111 — Earliest Civilizations
- HIST 112 — Selected Topics in World History
- HIST 421 — Aspects of Intellectual History from 1500 to the Enlightenment
- HIST 422 — Modern Trends in Intellectual History
- HIST 424 — History of Science & Technology since the Industrial Revolution
- HIST 425 — History of Political thought up to St. Augustine
- HIST 426 — History of Political Thought since St. Augustine
- HIST 427 — Colonial Rule and African Response: Partition or Pacification
- HIST 428 — Colonial Rule and African Response: Nationalism and Independence
- HIST 429 — History of Latin America
- HIST 432 — Latin America since the Haitian Revolution
- HIST 433 — History of Modern Russia & U.S.A: 1700-1860
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).