SECTION A
1. Has science always been on the side of power?
2. Laboratories have been the most important institutions in the history of
science. Do you agree?
SECTION B
3. How did early modern natural philosophers and physicians discover new
knowledge?
4. Why did early modern astronomers come to accept heliocentrism?
5. To what extent did new experimental evidence influence the development
of eighteenth-century chemistry?
6. How did global travel affect natural history?
7. What were the most significant changes in the sciences in the decades
around 1800?
8. Hospitals and laboratories became central to medicine before they could
offer any new treatments. Explain and assess this claim.
9. In what ways did the publication of On the Origin of Species change the
debate about evolution?
10. Should we be surprised that Albert Einstein developed the special theory
of relativity while working in the Swiss Patent Office?
11. The effect of World War II on the physical sciences was much greater
than its effect on the life sciences. Do you agree?
12. Where did electronic computers come from, and how have they altered
scientific research?