Read Chapter I (Introduction: A Place for History) in Kuhn’s SSR
Read Case 8 in Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science, Vol. I and II (CHES) p. 543-71 (available as a pdf)
Reading Quiz 1: Submit 1-2 pages in response to the following prompts:
List and describe three aspects of science that Kuhn thinks will be revealed by the new way of approaching the history of science that he advocates.
How did Hauksbee explain the fact that barometric light appears in an unrubbed globe when it is placed close to another globe that has been electrified by rubbing?
Who first noticed electrical repulsion? Explain.
