Minor in Health Studies - Hidden Worlds: Microscopy in Early Modern Europe EMSP 3310   Hidden Worlds: Microscopy in Early Modern Europe
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Microscopes were introduced into Europe at the beginning of the seventeenth century. In the words of Robert Hooke, the microscope opened up a “new visible World” to the understanding -- a strange new landscape populated by vast numbers of new creatures. This course will explore the influence of the microscope, and the micro - world that it opened up, in the development of early modern science.
FORMAT: Seminar
CROSS-LISTING: HSTC 3310.03