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Course Name	Turkish	Bilim Tarihi Metinleri
	English	History of ScienceTexts
Course Code	BVT 606E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Tuncay Zorlu
Course Objectives		1. To introduce the pioneers of history of science; 2. To introduce distinguished texts produced by leading historians of science; 3. To introduce the basic concepts, methods and sources used in the analysis of history of science texts; 4. To help the students grasp the ability to read, understand and write texts and make researches while building or assessing a text related to history of science
Course Description		Pioneering personalities and their major texts regarding history of science. Main themes are Methodology, Sources, and Selected History of Science Texts, Joseph Needham, Science and Civilisation in China, William Shea, Galileo, Isaac Newton Principia, Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, Thomas S. Khun, Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Maria Curie (Biography Analysis), Nicola Tesla (Biography Analysis),Albert Einstein (Biography Analysis), Franz Rosenthal, Knowledge Triumphant, İbn Sina, Kanun fit’Tıb, A.Adnan Adıvar, Osmanlı Türklerinde İlim, Aydın Sayılı, Observatory in Islam
Course Outcomes		Students who succeed in this course will improve their ability to; 1. Be familiarized with the leading figures of history of science and their works; 2. Be familiarized with the leading philosophical and ideological approaches to the history of science 3. Be familiarized with the basic concepts, methods and sources used in historiography of history of science; 4. Build a new text related to the history of science or assess a present one as well as grasp an ability to read, write, understand and carry out research in the field.
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