Impact of Science

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Week 2A-Thinking about design	Emotional Design, by Donald A. Norman	Read these notes. Read "Emotional Design" Do the in-class assignment Do this assignment
Week 2B-History of the personal computer, part 1	Transcript of the Movie We Saw in Class This Week Early Pre-IBM Personal Computers Major Events Leading to personal computers	Read these notes. Watch the movie "Triumph of the Nerds: Part 1", and/or read the transcript. Answer these questions.
Week 3-History of the personal Computer, part 2 (updated!)	Transcript of the Movie We Saw in Class This Week	Read these notes. Watch the movie "Triumph of the Nerds: Part 2", and/or read the transcript. Answer these questions.
Week 4-The internet and the World Wide Web (updated!)	Overview of the Movie We Saw in Class This Week (be sure to follow the links!) ARPAnet ARPAnet and E-mail Nice Powerpoint Presentation on the History of the 'Net More Than You Probably Want to Know About the Internet	Watch the movie "Nerds 2.0.1: part II (Serving the Suits)", and/or read the overview. Read the lecture notes. Answer these questions.
Week 5-Germs and diseases I	Sulfa drugs Penicillin I Penicillin II The Aftermath of Penicillin History of the Microscope	Read pages xi-58, 101-120, and 141-157 in Killer Germs Watch my lecture part 1 part 2 Read the class notes. Answer these questions Group project pre-proposal due today in class!
Week 7-Germs and diseases II		Read p. 159-245 in Killer Germs Group project short presentation due today in class! Answer these questions Turn in your individual outline
Week 8-Technology in the home	A Propane Refrigerator You Can Buy Today Composting/waterless Toilets	Read pp. 16-39, skim pp. 69-101, and read pp. 102-216 in More Work for Mother Watch my lecture part 1 part 2 Read the lecture notes Answer these questions Turn in your group outline
Week 9A - Space	A Very Nice History of the Space Program The Soviet Effort to Put Men on the Moon German, American, and Russian Rocket Pioneers	Work on writing up the project!! Watch my lecture part 1 part 2 Read these notes, and look at these helpful pictures Answer these questions
Week 9B - Space, Part II		Read these notes, and look at these pictures Read this assignment.
Week 9C(updated!)	What Happened to OTRAG What O'Neill and the Space Colonies People Envisioned (nice pictures!) Extropy Institute, a Leader in Transhumanist Philosophy Alcor Life Extention Foundation TransTime, Another Cryonics Group The Immortalist Society More About Nanotechnology Nanotechnology at Scientific American Recent Nanotechology Articles in Wired Magazine All About Interstellar Travel, from a NASA Website	The written part of the project is due! Make sure that you have done the reading for this week! Read these notes Final Exam!!
Week 10		The in-class presentation is due!