New courses in Science, Technology, and Society from MIT OpenCourseWare, provider of free and open MIT course materials. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society 2022-02-11T17:22:29+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course focuses on science and technology policy—it will examine the science and technology innovation system, including case studies on energy, computing, advanced manufacturing, and health sectors, with an emphasis on public policy and the federal government's role in that system. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-081-innovation-systems-for-science-technology-energy-manufacturing-and-health-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Bonvillian, William 2019-07-10T17:43:30+05:00 STS.081 17.395J en-US innovation systems case studies advanced manufacturing health sectors public policy economic growth science policy technology policy energy medical science economic models society federal government energy innovation public agencies MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm With increasing public awareness of the multiple effects of global environmental change, the terms water, energy, and food crisis have become widely used in scientific and political debates on sustainable development and environmental policy. Although each of these crises has distinct drivers and consequences, providing sustainable supplies of water, energy, and food are deeply interrelated challenges and require a profound understanding of the political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors that have historically shaped these interrelations at a local and global scale. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-032-energy-environment-and-society-global-politics-technologies-and-ecologies-of-the-water-energy-food-crises-spring-2018 Spring 2018 San Martin, William 2018-08-09T18:20:07+05:00 STS.032 en-US energy sustainability environment public policy society history global politics world development developing countries case studies technology food scarcity water crisis natural resources environmental governance food security MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm To study MIT is to study the modern world. In 2016, MIT celebrated the 100th anniversary of the move from Boston to Cambridge; therefore, this course examines the history of the Institute through the lens of the history of science and technology, and vice-versa. It is about discovery, exploration, adventure, learning, creative thinking, and the synthesis of big ideas. Additionally, this course is about the importance of the research university, what it has been in the past and what it will be in the future. The course includes guest lecturers and field trips to the Institute Archives and the MIT Museum. The most important prerequisite for this class is curiosity, a desire to think deeply about MIT, and a willingness to communicate your thoughts and ideas. The ultimate aim is to fascinate you as much as to help you improve your skills synthesizing information from diverse sources about science, technology, and culture. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-050-the-history-of-mit-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Douglas, Deborah 2016-12-06T17:00:59+05:00 STS.050 en-US history of mit history of technology history of higher education history MIT boston cambridge MIT centennial history of boston history of cambridge museums MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides students with a broad historical and social-scientific introduction to a central aspect of modern economic life: Finance. By drawing upon a variety of disciplinary perspectives from the humanities and social sciences, the course offers a multi-dimentional picture of finance, not only as an economic phenomenon, but as a political, cultural, intellectual, material, and technological one. The course offers an introduction to foundational financial concepts and technologies, and will help students understand finance as a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. This course also provides students with the opportunity to improve skills in written communication, and to learn tools for historical analysis and textual interpretation. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-002-finance-and-society-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Deringer, William 2016-09-07T20:05:08+05:00 STS.002 en-US history finance society economics politics culture technology history of finance MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course places contemporary youth activities in perspective by surveying young American's political participation over the past 200 years. Each week, students will look at trends in youth political activism during a specific historical period, as well as what difference—if any—youth media production and technology use (radio, music, automobiles, ready-made clothing) made in determining the course of events. A central theme in accounts of political participation by those who have not yet reached the age of majority are the opportunities for mobilization and expression that new technologies supply. This class explores what is truly new about "new media" and reviews lessons from history for present-day activists based on patterns of past failure and success. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-080-youth-political-participation-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Light, Jennifer 2016-08-25T20:10:13+05:00 STS.080 11.151 en-US politics youth politics political history political participation new media technology political activism activism youth groups youth activism MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course offers an introduction to the history and historiography of science from ancient Greece to the present. It is designed to serve as an introduction for those who have no prior background in the field and to deepen the knowledge of those who already do. We will consider how the history of science has responded to its encounters with philosophy, sociology, economics, and anthropology. Our readings and discussions will focus on determining what makes particular works effective, understanding major contemporary trends and debates in the history of science, and establishing resources for further research. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-310-history-of-science-fall-2015 Fall 2015 Scheffler, Robin 2016-06-23T09:56:16+05:00 STS.310 en-US history science darwin galileo goethe mesmer boyle hobbes einstein bethe oppenheimer scientific revolution victorian philosophy science in cultural context imperialism natural history institutions biomedical research modern physics post-war physics scientific advancement evolution MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Using the American Civil War as a baseline, the course considers what it means to become "modern" by exploring the war's material and manpower needs, associated key technologies, and how both influenced the United States' entrance into the age of "Big Business." Readings include material on steam transportation, telegraphic communications, arms production, naval innovation, food processing, medicine, public health, management methods, and the mass production of everything from underwear to uniforms—all essential ingredients of modernity. Students taking the graduate version must complete additional assignments. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-427-the-civil-war-and-the-emergence-of-modern-america-1861-1890-spring-2015 Spring 2015 Smith, Merritt Roe 2016-02-08T18:50:07+05:00 STS.427 21H.205 STS.027 en-US civil war modern America Union Confederacy America technology, industrial revolution secession Abraham Lincoln industrialization Ulysses S. Grant muskets naval history Yankee railroad telegraphy medicine, public health, reconstruction, Morrill Land Grant Act Pacific Railroad Act international arms trade machine tool industry modern management labor relations MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The histories of information, communication, and computing technologies have attracted attention from scholars across a variety of disciplines. This course introduces students to prominent voices in these topics across fields. Alongside readings introducing students to this broad scholarly terrain, the course offers guidance in research and writing for publication based on the reality that PhD candidates on the job market need to be published authors, and that every term paper has the potential to be a journal article. We work towards publication by reading widely-cited scholarly histories both for their content and for what they can tell us about scholarly craft. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-460-histories-of-information-communication-and-computing-technologies-spring-2015 Spring 2015 Light, Jennifer 2015-10-13T18:09:10+05:00 STS.460 en-US history information communication computing technology ICT military intelligence agency business government entertainment cultural history proto-ICT dissertation metanarrative monograph secondary sources primary sources knowledge publishing MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm What do technology and innovation mean from Africa? This is the central question of this course, which tackles a double absence: Of the meanings and role of technology in African history, on the one hand, and of Africa's place in the global history of technology, on the other. This course alternates between technologies from outside and technologies from within Africa and their itineraries in everyday life, and it is designed to provide students with grounded understandings of technology in Africa for intellectual and action-oriented purposes. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-089-technology-and-innovation-in-africa-fall-2014 Fall 2014 Mavhunga, Clapperton Chakanetsa 2015-06-23T15:22:24+05:00 STS.089 en-US technology innovation Africa entrepreneurship colonization food production textiles cotton climate engineering mining metallurgy medicine culture guns horses cell phones music MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This class is an introduction to studies in science, technology, and society (STS), through examining a series of issues, events, conflicts, and problems as illuminated by STS approaches. This iteration includes units on the Aaron Swartz case, photography, and utopia / dystopia. There are regular guest speakers, and several field trips to encourage hands on learning. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-004-science-technology-world-fall-2013 Fall 2013 Williams, Rosalind 2014-07-15T20:56:17+05:00 STS.004 en-US sts science technology and society aaron swartz photography utopia dystopia archives interdisciplinary reflexivity two cultures technics technological determinism actor network semantic void reification MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores recent historical and anthropological approaches to the study of medicine and biology. Topics might include interaction of disease and society; science, colonialism, and international health; impact of new technologies on medicine and the life sciences; neuroscience and psychiatry; race, biology and medicine. Specific emphasis varies from year to year. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-330-history-and-anthropology-of-medicine-and-biology-spring-2013 Spring 2013 Helmreich, Stefan Jones, David 2014-01-10T19:57:48+05:00 STS.330 21A.319 en-US bodies natural biological organization watson crick darwin evolution race medicine biopolitics bioeconomics MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides a broad conceptual and historical introduction to scientific theories of evolution and their place in the wider culture. It embraces historical, scientific and anthropological/cultural perspectives grounded in relevant developments in the biological sciences since 1800 that are largely responsible for the development of the modern theory of evolution by natural selection. Students read key texts, analyze key debates (e.g. Darwinian debates in the 19th century, and the creation controversies in the 20th century) and give class presentations. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-009-evolution-and-society-spring-2012 Spring 2012 Durant, John Wildman, Jeanne Thompson, Michaela 2013-05-31T20:33:17+05:00 STS.009 en-US evolution darwin huxley scopes natural theology natural science wallace bates on the origin of species MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This class develops the abilities of students to communicate science effectively in a variety of real-world contexts. It covers strategies for dealing with complex areas like theoretical physics, genomics and neuroscience, and addresses challenges in communicating about topics such as climate change and evolution. Projects focus on speaking and writing, being an expert witness, preparing briefings for policy-makers, writing blogs, and giving live interviews for broadcast, as well as the creation of an interactive exhibit for display in the MIT Museum. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-034-science-communication-a-practical-guide-fall-2011 Fall 2011 Durant, John Venkataraman, Bina 2012-05-18T18:54:57+05:00 STS.034 en-US science communication popular science technical writing communication memos articles science policy MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines the history of MIT through the lens of the broader history of science and technology, and vice versa. The course covers the founding of MIT in 1861 and goes through the present, including such topics as William Barton Rogers, educational philosophy, biographies of MIT students and professors, intellectual and organizational development, the role of science, changing laboratories and practices, and MIT's relationship with Boston, the federal government, and industry. Assignments include short papers, presentations, and final paper. A number of classes are concurrent with the MIT150 Symposia. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-050-the-history-of-mit-spring-2011 Spring 2011 Mindell, David Smith, Merritt Roe 2012-01-12T15:29:53+05:00 STS.050 en-US history of mit history of technology history of higher education history MIT boston cambridge mit 150 MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course covers the role of physics and physicists during the 20th century, focusing on Einstein, Oppenheimer, and Feynman. Beyond just covering the scientific developments, institutional, cultural, and political contexts will also be examined. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-042j-einstein-oppenheimer-feynman-physics-in-the-20th-century-spring-2011 Spring 2011 Kaiser, David 2011-12-21T19:55:24+05:00 STS.042J 8.225J en-US STS.042J STS.042 8.225J 8.225 general relativity theory of relativity einstein history of physics cold war physics in the 20th century electrodynamics special relativity Heisenberg Bohr world war II big science feynman MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This subject introduces the history of science from antiquity to the present. Students consider the impact of philosophy, art, magic, social structure, and folk knowledge on the development of what has come to be called "science" in the Western tradition, including those fields today designated as physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, astronomy and the mind sciences. Topics include concepts of matter, nature, motion, body, heavens, and mind as these have been shaped over the course of history. Students read original works by Aristotle, Vesalius, Newton, Lavoisier, Darwin, Freud, and Einstein, among others. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-003-the-rise-of-modern-science-fall-2010 Fall 2010 Jones, David Kaiser, David 2011-08-05T15:29:58+05:00 STS.003 en-US history of science philosophy ancient history medieval history industrial revolution natural history cosmology psychology relativity MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Today many people assume that technological change is the major factor in historical change and that it tends to lead to historical progress. This class turns these assumptions into a question—what is the role of technology in history?—by focusing on four key historical transitions: the human revolution (the emergence of humans as a history-making species), the Neolithic Revolution (the emergence of agriculture-based civilizations); the great leap in productivity (also known as the industrial revolution), and the great acceleration that has come with the rise of human empire on the planet. These topics are studied through a mix of textbook reading (David Christian's "Maps of Time"), supplementary readings (ranging from Auel, "The Clan of the Cave Bear" to Hersey, "Hiroshima"), illustrated lectures, class discussions, guest lectures/discussions, short "problem paper" assignments, and a final project defined by the student. Because MIT is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2011, this version of the class will also focus on connections between MIT as an institution and technology in the history of the last 150 years. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-007-technology-in-history-fall-2010 Fall 2010 Williams, Rosalind 2011-07-06T15:04:30+05:00 STS.007 en-US civilization history of agriculture industrial revolution military history prehistoric fossil fuels invention MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This class is a global survey of the great transformation in history known as the "Industrial Revolution." Topics include origins of mechanized production, the factory system, steam propulsion, electrification, mass communications, mass production and automation. Emphasis on the transfer of technology and its many adaptations around the world. Countries treated include Great Britain, France, Germany, the US, Sweden, Russia, Japan, China, and India. Includes brief reflection papers and a final paper. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-025j-making-the-modern-world-the-industrial-revolution-in-global-perspective-fall-2009 Fall 2009 Smith, Merritt Roe 2011-01-11T17:45:40+05:00 STS.025J 21H.913J en-US STS.025J STS.025 21H.913J 21H.913 world history British history European history Asian history South American history American history 18th century 19th century 20th century transportation warfare capitalism electrification factories mass communication industrialization MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research at once reflect and reshape social attitudes and agendas. Topics include brain imaging and popular media; neuroscience of empathy, trust, and moral reasoning; new fields of neuroeconomics and neuromarketing; ethical implications of neurotechnologies such as cognitive enhancement pharmaceuticals; neuroscience in the courtroom; and neuroscientific recasting of social problems such as addiction and violence. Guest lectures by neuroscientists, class discussion, and weekly readings in neuroscience, popular media, and science studies. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-010-neuroscience-and-society-spring-2010 Spring 2010 Schüll, Natasha 2010-08-12T20:08:01+05:00 STS.010 en-US cognitive science evolutionary psychology neurobiology brain imaging MRI CT scan fMRI brain mind morality moral reasoning decision making intelligence empathy trust religion love emotion gender differences sexuality stress prejudice attention psychopharmaceuticals antidepressant neuroeconomics neuromarketing neurotheology cognitive enhancement witness courtroom testimony addiction violence learning behavior MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This seminar examines the history and legacy of the Cold War on American science. It explores scientist's new political roles after World War II, ranging from elite policy makers in the nuclear age to victims of domestic anti Communism. It also examines the changing institutions in which the physical sciences and social sciences were conducted during the postwar decades, investigating possible epistemic effects on forms of knowledge. The subject closes by considering the place of science in the post-Cold War era. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-436-cold-war-science-fall-2008 Fall 2008 Kaiser, David 2009-06-19T20:25:06+05:00 STS.436 en-US cold war history of science nuclear age post-cold-war era atomic bomb nuclear weapons atom bomb hydrogen bomb atomic energy McCarthyism espionage anti-communism spying soviet union american science HUAC oppenheimer arms race disarmament Sputnik iron curtain space race globalization capitalism academic freedom CIA National Security Agency NSA military-industrial complex quantum physics physics MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm