Web Resources for LBST 302A
Historical Dimensions of Liberal Studies
Craig McConnell

Course Materials:
Syllabus (Fall 2006)
Lecture Outlines and Study Guides:
        Natural Science (McConnell)

A timeline with a few key figures to start you off -- you might want to print this and update it as we go along.   
        Key to my grading marks.

Retrograde Motion of the Planets (animated images and text).
Greek and Roman Medicine (images).
Natural Philosophy in Islam (images).
Renaissance Anatomy and Linear Perspective (images and diagrams).

You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to access some of these files. 

General Web Sources of Interest to Liberal Studies Students
    MIT Classics on the Web
    Internet Public Library, online access to many great texts
    The Perseus Project, texts, images, and more
    The Catholic Encyclopedia, A vast collection of articles on the historical development and impact of the Catholic Church, Catholicism, and important historical Catholic figures.
    The Enjoyment of Music

Specific Sites Pertinent to 302A:
   Herodotus on History
   Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War
   Greek Astronomy
   Plato:
      Plato's Life
      Plato's Republic
      Plato's Timaeus
      Plato's Matter Theory
      Plato's Cosmology
   Eudoxus
   Aristotle:
      Aristotle's Life
      Aristotle's On the Heavens
      Aristotle's Physics
      Aristotle's The History of Animals
   Archimedes:
      PBS Nova Episode on a recently recovered Archimedes text.


Last update: 8-22-2005.
Current Update Frequency: Weekly.

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