BEHAVIOUR CHANGE|NUTRITION|PHYSICAL ACTIVITY| OBESITY|HEALTH BEHAVIOURS|

‘Health and Behaviour’ is a module which deals with questions which are central to understanding population health, such as ‘What is...

Ancient History|History of Science and Medicine|Philosophy|Philosophy of Science

ANCIENT SCIENCE|ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY|ANCIENT GREECE|ANCIENT ROME

This module examines the activities of the ancients in attempting to understand, predict and control the world around them. The main focus is the Greek...

This module examines the activities of the ancients in attempting to understand, predict and control the world around them. The main focus is the Greek ‘investigation concerning nature and its philosophical, religious and social context. We investigate how they studied of the heavens (including theories of how the world came into being), medicine, mathematics and technology. We also investigate how the Greeks thought in subjects such as astrology and alchemy and how their activities related to magic. In addition to the Greeks, we also investigate Babylonian and Roman cultures, medicine, and technology as well as how they conceived of the world around them.

Early Modern History|History|History of Science and Medicine

EARLY MODERN HISTORY|HISTORY OF SCIENCE|NATURAL HISTORY

The early modern period, from roughly 1400 to 1800, experienced a radical transformation in Europeans’ understanding of the natural world. We explore...

The early modern period, from roughly 1400 to 1800, experienced a radical transformation in Europeans’ understanding of the natural world. We explore these changes through a series of key moments in the history of early modern science, including the trial of Galileo, Newton’s experiments on light and gravity, Hooke’s studies with the microscope, and the creation of the first map of India. The module examines these episodes through critical perspectives developed recently by historians of science. These include studies of patronage; the place of magic and alchemy in science; the role of collecting and museums in the development of science; relations between science and art; and the connections between early modern science and religion. We also pay attention to the value of STS approaches for better understanding early modern science by examining issues of trust, gender, science as practice and culture, science and social order, and the public understanding of science. Using ideas from there approaches transforms our understanding of science in the early modern period.