I. PHYSICS TODAY, INSTITUTIONAL:
Klaw, The New Brahmins, ch. I, II, X
Greenberg, The Politics of Pure Science, ch. I. II, VII
Lewinton, “Why I Resigned from the National Academy of Science,” Science for the People, Vol. 3 No. 4, Sept. 1971.
Censored pamphlet
Derek Price, Big Science, Little Science
Materials from American Institute of Physics
National Academy Science study of Physics
Samples from Science, Scientific American, Physics Today, Science for the People, Physical Review (xeroxes and mimeoed excerpts for comparison)
II. GREEK COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY:
Butterfield, Origins of Modern Science, ch. II, IV
III. AFTER COPERNICUS:
Koestler, The Sleepwalkers
Galilei, Two World Systems
IV. KEPLER’S LAWS:
Drake, Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo—excerpts
(Starry Messenger) xerox
V. PRE-GALILEAN MECHANICS:
March, Physics for Poets, ch. I, II, IV
VI. GALILEAN MECHANICS:
Galilei, Two World Systems—excerpts
VII. GALILEO IN CONTEXT:
Brecht, Galileo
Goldsmith & MacKay, eds., Science and Society, Needham, “Science and Society in East and West” (comparative study)
Hessen, Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia
Santillana, Crime of Galileo
Geymonet, Galileo Galilei
VIII. NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS
March, ch. III
IX. UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION:
March, ch. V
Feynman, The Character of Physical Law, ch. I, II
X. NEWTONIAN SYNTHESIS
Principia, excerpts
Butterfield, “The Scientific Revolution,” Scientific American, 1960
Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science
XI. NEWTON IN CONTEXT:
Merton, Science, Technology and Society in 17th Century England—excerpt
Swift, Gulliver’s Travels—excerpts
Kemble, Physical Science, Its Structure and Development, ch. XI: “Impact of Newtonian Science on the Intellectual World of the 18th Century”
Bernal, Science in History
Randall, The Making of the Modern Mind, ch. XI-XV
XII. MOMENTUM:
March, ch. III
XIII. POTENTIAL ENERGY:
Project Physics Course No. 3, ch. X
Marx, The Communist Manifesto
XIV. HEAT:
Feynman, ch. III
XV. ENERGY IN CONTEXT:
Kemble, ch. XV
Bernal, Science in History
XVI. WAVES:
March. ch. VIII
Project Physics No. 3, ch. XII
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BUDGET: $1100
Special Services (xerox, etc.,): $1000
David Jhirad and Al Weinrub, "Course Bibliography: Action and Reaction: Teaching Physics in Context", contributed by Prerna Srigyan, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 20 November 2022, accessed 17 July 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/course-bibliography-action-and-reaction-teaching-physics-context
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This is a course bibliography of a 1972 undergraduate sophomore course titled 'Action and Reaction: Teaching Physics in Context' taught by David Jhirad and Al Weinrub.