Explores the creation of early modern scientific and religious knowledge by focusing on one of the most famous conflicts between the two: The Trial of Galileo. During this class students study the foundations of early scientific knowledge, read primary sources related to early modern understanding of the natural world, and seek to understand how conflicts between different regimes of knowledge have been navigated in the past. The influence of Galileo's trial on the perception of science and the Church in European history are considered at the end of the course.
4
UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitLetters and science
Collegesimply the best professor on earth.
Covid forced Trial of Galileo to be online, but Bouley adapted to it as well as anyone could have wanted. Despite this class being specifically designed for interacting with classmates, doing it online was still extremely fun. If you get a chance to take it (or any one of his other classes), don't miss the opportunity. Absolutely fantastic Prof
The lectures felt like story hour -- very engaging speaker and obviously very knowledgeable.
midterm gets a cheat sheet, and the final is a paper. Each week has a reading and a short writing assignment, but it's def manageable. He's really nice and passionate about the class. My TA was also great
Lecture is def mandatory, but he has been my fav lecturer so far!! He is so entertaining and makes lectures seem like a fun gossip sesh! Only prof I will ever glaze
take this class! graded on 1 midterm where he gives all possible q's + a cheat sheet, section participation, final essay, and 6 300 word papers. i didnt go to class at all after the midterm (go before to get notes and be able to do well on the midterm). i got a 99 in the class bc lectures are interesting, content+paper arent hard, midterm is easy.
Cecilia Mendez
1.9
Elizabeth Digeser
2.8
Hilary Bernstein
4.0