SCIENCE 110 Introduction to Scientific Thought                                   Spring 1998

Wednesdays & Fridays  11:00 a.m. -- 12:20 p.m.                                  Section 7322

                                                                                                              Room 325A

Instructor:  Bob Koningsor, Jr.

Office:        305B

Hours: 1/2 hr before class or by appointment

Phone:    644-7338

Textbooks: HWK  Goldstein, M. and F. Goldstein 1978.

                              How we know. Da Capo, New York, 357p.

                   S&U   Radner, D. and M. Radner. 1982.

                              Science & unreason. Wadsworth, Belmont, 110p.

WEEK  DATES     TOPIC/ACTIVITY                                              ASSIGNED READING

 7           11-13 Mar   Hypothesis & scientists                                      HWK Ch. 11-12

                                  Movie: "Dive to the edge of creation", Part 1

 8             18 Mar       Review for midterm                                            HWK Ch. 1-3,6-12,14

                 20 Mar      MIDTERM

 9              25-27 Mar  Case study: Is heat a substance?                       HWK Ch. 13, 4

10             1-3 Apr     Case study: Who is mad?                                   HWK Ch. 5

                  8,10 Apr   Spring recess

11              15,17 Apr   Probability & statistics                                      HWK Ch. 15, 16

12               22 Apr       The fringe of science                                         S&U  Preface, I-III
                  24 Apr       Last day to drop

13               29 Apr       Anything is possible!                                         S&U  IV-VI

14               6 May        The mystery of science                                      S&U  VII-VIII

                    8 May       CLASS PROJECT DUE

15               13 May       Summary; "In search of the edge"                      Review All!

16                20 May      Review                                                           REVIEW ALL!