Syllabus
1W 4/01 Introduction 2M 4/06 The Hermetic tradition 2W 4/08 Fludd, the Rosicrucian tradition 3M 4/13 the Fludd/Kepler problem 3W 4/15 QUIZ 1: the Hermetic tradition 4M 4/20 the Newton/Hooke correspondence 4W 4/22 cometography: 1679-84 5M 4/27 Leibniz 5W 4/29 QUIZ 2: the line from Hermes to Newton 6M 5/04 Discussion of math and society 6W 5/06 from Newton to Poincare 7M 5/11 Poincare and Liapounov 7W 5/13 QUIZ 3: ross, arnol'd, osen, duhem 8M 5/18 the computer revolution DRAFT REPORT DUE 8W 5/20 nova video on chaos 9M 5/26 (Exchange day) computers and the chaos revolution 9W 5/27 chaos and society 10M 6/1 presentations 10W 6/3 PROJECTS DUE, presentations 11Th 6/11 FINAL 4-7pm