CSCE 496-004: Scientific and Inventive Processes
Offered fall semester 2020. This course will compare and contrast science and invention through their histories and philosophies.
Tentative reading list:
- John Maynard Keynes, "Newton, the Man"
- Karl R. Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
- Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- James B. Conant, Science and Common Sense
- Jeffrey Schox, Not So Obvious: An Introduction to Patent Law and Strategy
- Jill Jonnes, Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
- Susan J. Douglas, Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922
- Jon Gertner, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
- Brian Kernighan, UNIX: A History and a Memoir
- Tim Berners-Lee, Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web