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Mark your calendar for spring semester! — Registration begins Jan. 5; classes start Feb. 2

FRENCH SCIENCE IN THE ERA OF THE REVOLUTION (G509)

G – History

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On-Demand (online viewing is on your own schedule)

This course covers France’s contributions to science during the revolutionary era. Topics include: Antoine Lavoisier, founder of modern chemistry and acquaintance of the DuPonts; Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, potato advocate; blight and food preservation; and the science of gunpowder and nitroglycerin. Course also covers: weather patterns, atmospheric layers, evolutionary theory, acquired characteristics and the metric system. This is a recorded “on-demand” version of a class originally taught in a previous semester. View this class on your own schedule. Viewing link is emailed to participants prior to the semester start.

INSTRUCTOR: John Bullock

BULLOCK, JOHN — A.B., St. Joseph’s University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania. Retired from Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Western Washington University, Holy Family University and Villanova University. (G524, G525)

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