Reckoning History: Quantities, Measurements, and Computing
HIST 114
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Description
We reside in a number-driven world. From long divisions to population censuses, and from standardized testing to the personal computer, numerical tools direct how we make judgements, perceive the world, and “buff our stats” to succeed. Nonetheless, their dominance did not emerge out of nowhere. This seminar explores the global history of quantitative data and discusses the ways numerical reasoning came to shape the nature of knowledge as we know it.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
History
Course Component
Seminar
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
Primarily for Undergraduate Students
