Weekly Readings
(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 1/9: Unit II Math Exercises--1,2,3,4,5
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 1/16: Unit III Math Exercises--1,3,4,5,6,9
Third Week: Reckoning with Time: Philosophers and Mathematicians
No class Monday, January 19: MLK Day. Meet Thurs. 12-12:50 (x-hour).
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 1/23: Unit IV Math Exercises--1,2,3,4,5 (Be sure to staple or paper clip your papers together.)
Fourth Week: A World of Clocks
Thursday, January 29, 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 1/30: Unit V Math Exercises--1,3,4,5,6
Fifth Week: Harnessing Time
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 2/6: Unit VI Math Exercises--1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Sixth Week: A World of Reason
No class Friday, February 13: Winter Carnival.
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 Monday 2/16: Unit VII Math Exercises--1,3,4,5,7,9,11
Seventh Week: On Relativity and Gato Time
Thursday, February 19, 12:00 to 12:50 (x-hour): Exam 2
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
Math homework to hand in Friday 2/27: Unit VIII Math Exercises--1,2,3,6,9
Eighth Week: Time and the Fourth Dimension
A Matter of Time: Unit IX
*Time: An Essay: Pp. 93-141
*The Quantum Physics of Time Travel
100 Years of Solitude: Pp. 1-40
Math Problems for Unit IX
Ninth Week: Past, Present, and Elsewhere
A Matter of Time: Unit X
100 Years of Solitude: Read these two selections in the pdf on our website before Monday, March 2;
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)