Further milestones in the development of science in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, selected from thermodynamics, relativity and cosmology, the physics of the small, modern genetics and contemporary evolutionary theory, and plate tectonics; consideration of science in its cultural contexts, including such topics as science and technology, the aesthetics of science, models of scientific development, science and ethics, scientific elitism, and images of science in popular culture. Laboratory exercises elucidating scientific concepts and principles. Prerequisite: SCI 4101. Laboratory fee required.