Course Description

HS217: History of Science Technology in East Asia

This course provides a general survey of the history of science in East Asian countries: China, Korea, and Japan. It consists of two parts. In the first part of the course, the traditional East Asian scientific fields, such as cosmology, astronomy, mathematics, geography, alchemy, and medicine, are studied. The second half of the course deals with the interaction between traditional East Asian and Western sciences from the 17th to 20th centuries.