Aspects of the history of chemistry

Aspects of the history of chemistry

Fall 2002

Contents:

It is the aim of the course to treat aspects of the history of chemistry within the period 1700﷓1940 taking into account both chemistry's internal, theoretical and conceptual development as well as the social and institutional dimensions of the discipline.

Text-books:

Trevor H. Levere: Transforming Matter, A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001) and hand out material.

Evaluation:

To pass requires active participation or passing an exam. It is possible to obtain further credits by writing an essay.

ECTS-credits:

5, by writing an essay 5 ECTS-credits further.

Semester:

Fall 2002.