Readings for the fall term:
Bennick, A. (1991). And yet it moves. Dubuque, IA: W.H. Brown.
Conant, J.B. (1966). Case 1: Robert Boyle's experiments in pneumatics. Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science (pp. 3-11). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Dalton, J. (1964). A new system of chemical philosophy (pp. 144-148, 162-168). New
York: Philosophical Library.
Forbes, R.J. (1956). Metallurgy. In Singer et. al. (Eds.) A history of technology, Vol. II
(pp. 41-61). New York: Oxford University Press.
Holmyard, E.J. (1956). Alchemical equipment. In Singer et. al. (Eds.), Alchemical
equipment (pp. 731-752). New York: Oxford University Press.
Lowry, T.M. (1936). Historical introduction to chemistry (pp. 64-101, 291-359).
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.
McKenzie, A.E.E. (1960). The major achievements of science (pp. 382-391, 406-412).
New York: Cambridge University Press.
Posin, D.Q. (1948). Mendeleyev: The story of a great scientist (pp. 138-203).
NewYork: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Readings for the spring term:
Benfey, T. (1975). From vital force to structural formulas. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.
Bigelow, S. L. (1914). Theoretical and physical chemistry. New York: The Century Co.
Blinn, W. C. (Ed.). (1968). The search for explanation: Studies in natural science (Vol. III). East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.
Bock, W. J. (1985). The arboreal theory for the origin of birds. In M. K. Hecht, J. H. Ostrom, G. Viohl, & P. Wellnhofer (Eds.), The beginnings of birds. Eichstatt: Jura Museum.
Crum, R. (1989, March-April). Uncovering the tectonic engine. Harvard Magazine, 32-36
Darlington, C. D. (1959, May). The origin of Darwinism. Scientific American, 60-66.
Futuyma, D. J. (1986). Evolutionary biology. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Jones, H. C. (1913). A new era in chemistry. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company.
Lavallee, D. (1993). Notes on molecular size and polarity. New York: Hunter College.
Mayer, E. (1991). One long argument. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Nance, R. Damian, W., Thomas R., & Moody, J. B. (1988, July). The supercontinent cycle. Scientific American, 72-79
Rook, A. (1958). The origins and growth of biology. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books.
Schwartz, A., & Bishop, P. W. (Eds.). Moments of discovery: The development of modern science, Vol. II (pp. 681-697). New York: Basic Books, Inc.
Shahn, E. (1991). Reproduction and cell division. Unpublished manuscript, Hunter College [Available from Dr. Ezra Shahn].
Shahn, E. (1991). Genetics. Unpublished manuscript, Hunter College [Available from Dr. Ezra Shahn].
Shahn, E. (1991). Molecular genetics. Unpublished manuscript, Hunter College [Available from Dr. Ezra Shahn].
Shahn, E. (1994). The kinetic-molecular theory. Unpublished manuscript, Hunter College [Available from Dr. Ezra Shahn].
Shahn, E. (1994). Radioactivity and atomic structure. Unpublished manuscript, Hunter College [Available from Dr. Ezra Shahn].
Watson, J. D., & Crick, F. H. C. (1953, April). A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid.
Nature, 171, 737.
Young, L. B. (Ed.). (1965). The mystery of matter. New York: Oxford University Press.
Zumdahl, S. S. (1989). Chemistry (2nd ed.). Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath & Co.
Recommended, but not required:
Hallam, A. (1993). Great geological controversies (2nd ed.) New York: Oxford University Press.