The Birth of Modern Science It was in the 17th ... out the time-scale of some of the major events in Earth history and developments in science and technology. It shows something of the parallel ...

As a rule, their methods and conclusions, while often ingenious, were misdirected when viewed from the perspective of modern science. In the 1600s thinkers such as Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Bacon ...

Recently published research looks at the possibility that rainwater played a crucial role in stabilizing early cells, paving ...

For all of human history, the Sun has served as a great constant in daily life. As this brilliant orb blazes across the sky, ...

Science 333, 623-627 (2011 ... Has the combination of genetic and fossil evidence solved the riddle of modern human origins? Evolutionary Anthropology 13, 145-159 (2004). Powell, A., ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

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Science fiction (SF) writing may seem a definitively modern phenomenon, but it has a rich and varied history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In this course, we examine early modern SF not ...

Introductory experience in anthropology (e.g. 100, 104, 105) or an allied discipline (e.g. History, Sociology, Geography, WGSS) is an asset, but not required to do well. (Gen. Ed. SB, DG) Science has ...