Weekly Readings 2013
(Readings with a * are completely optional.)
(Plan your reading so that in general you have read the materials before they are discussed in class.)
(A Matter of Time is the manuscript by Lahr & Pastor.)
First Week: The Birth of Time
A Matter of Time: Unit I
*Empires of Time: Pp. 3-13
A Matter of Time: Unit II
*Enuma Elish: Pp. 1-37 / 59-81 / 111-115
The Book of Genesis: Pp. 2-16
Theogony
*Empires of Time: Pp. 325-341
*Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya: Pp. 35-90
Math Problems for Unit II
Math homework to hand in Friday 1/11: Unit II Math Exercises--1,2,3,4,5 (Be sure to staple or paper clip your papers together.)
Second Week: Listen to the Greeks
A Matter of Time: Unit III
Timaeus: Pp. 51-54
Physics IV: Sections 10-14
Oedipus Rex
Math Problems for Unit III
Math homework to hand in Friday 1/18: Unit III Math Exercises--1,3,4,5,6,9
Third Week: Reckoning with Time: Philosophers and Mathematicians
No class Monday, January 21: MLK Day.
A Matter of Time: Unit IV
Death and the Compass
*Hear no evil - speak no evil - Zeno evil
Math Problems for Unit IV
Math homework to hand in Friday 1/25: Unit IV Math Exercises--1,2,3,4,5
Fourth Week: A World of Clocks
Thursday, January 31, 12:00 to 12:50 (x-hour): Exam 1
A Matter of Time: Unit V
St. Augustine, Confessions: Book XI
*The Role of Music in Galileo's Experiments
Math Problems for Unit V
Math homework to hand in Friday 2/1: Unit V Math Exercises--1,3,4,5,6
Fifth Week: Harnessing Time
No class Friday, February 8: Winter Carnival.
A Matter of Time: Unit VI
Richard the II: Pp. 152-155
The Sonnets: Pp. 82-87 / 106-7 / 114-15 / 138-39
Math Problems for Unit VI
Math homework to hand in Friday 2/15: Unit VI Math Exercises--1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Sixth Week: A World of Reason
A Matter of Time: Unit VII
Discourse: Pp. 91-110
Principles: Pp. 310-337
*Clocks and the Cosmos: Pp. 65-101
Math Problems for Unit VII
Math homework to hand in Friday 2/15: Unit VII Math Exercises--1,3,4,5,7,9,11
Seventh Week: On Relativity and Gato Time
Thursday, February 21, 12:00 to 12:50 (x-hour): Exam 2 Part I
A Matter of Time: Unit VIII
Eternal Recurrence: Pp. 249-262
Wolf Man: Pp. 400-426
*L'Horloge
*The Bells
*Empires of Time: Pp. 13-37
*Le Voyage
Math Problems for Unit VIII
No more Math homework to hand in. These are for your info only: Unit VIII Math Exercises--1,2,3,6,9
Eighth Week: Time and the Fourth Dimension
Thursday, February 28, 12:00 to 12:50 (x-hour): Exam 2 Part II
A Matter of Time: Unit IX
*Time: An Essay: Pp. 93-141
*The Quantum Physics of Time Travel
100 Years of Solitude: Read these two selections of the pdf on our website before Monday, March 4;
100 Years of Solitude: Pp. 1-40
Math Problems for Unit IX
Ninth Week: Past, Present, and Elsewhere
Friday, March 8, 2013 is the last day of classes this term.
A Matter of Time: Unit X
100 Years of Solitude: Pp. 76-86 / 405-448
Math Problems for Unit X
Tenth Week: Wrapping It Up
A Matter of Time: Unit X
100 Years of Solitude (review past selections)