The Role of Non-Western Science and Technology
The Role of Non-Western Science and Technology
What are some of the debatable issues related to the connections between Western and non-Western science and technology?
The purpose of this paper is to prepare you for the written assignments in the remainder of the course. It is designed to familiarize you with the kinds of thesis statements and source material that are expected in an upper level course. The suggested order for approaching this assignment is as follows:
Review the course material and any other resources you might have easily available and choose an aspect of non-Western science and technology (an invention, type of technology, scientific theory or scientific discipline), with a focus on the period from the start of Western civilization through the Middle Ages.
Using good quality academic sources (not encyclopedias and non-scholarly web sites), do some research on this aspect and connect it to features or elements of major institutions, economy, society, and/or culture of one or more countries or regions.
Complete the following two parts of the assignment (to be submitted as one file):
Required readings
Volti Chapter 4 Scientific Knowledge and Technological Advance
Volti Chapter 5 The Diffusion of Technology
McClellan and Dorn Chapter 4 Greeks Bearing Gifts
McClellan and Dorn Chapter 5 Alexandria and After
McClellan and Dorn Chapter 6 The Enduring East
McClellan and Dorn Chapter 7 The Middle Kingdom
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