The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science

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The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science
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The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science
The course The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science is an online class provided by University of Groningen through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn about the seventeenth-century Scientific Revolution and its role in shaping the modern Western world.

Course description
  • Trace the roots of modern science
  • 3 weeks
  • How did the science of today come about? What constitutes ‘modern’ science? How does science relate to religion?
  • Answer these questions and more with this course that travels back in time to the seventeenth-century Scientific Revolution to explore the roots of modern science. In this course you will critically explore the history of science, challenging established simplistic narratives of how science has developed. You will also examine modern scientific methods, the relationship between science, religion and secularism, and, if you work in science, consider the origins of our own discipline.
  • Understanding ‘science’
  • Aristotelian ‘science’ vs. the ‘new’ science
  • Experience, experiments and instruments
  • The role of scientific hypotheses
  • Science and society
  • Science, religion and secularisation
  • Reflect on the historical background of your own scientific discipline by tracing it back to its seventeenth-century roots
  • Interpret texts about scientific practices of the past
  • Engage critically with ideas about the overall role and meaning of scientific disciplines and practices
  • Produce a short blog post about the historical background of your discipline
  • This course has been created for those working in science who wish to know more about the origins of modern science. It’s also been created for people with a general interest in science and history.
  • University of Groningen
  • The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands.
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The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science

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University, College, Institution

University of Groningen

Course Skill Level

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Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science

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