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Link to PDF of the slides shown in the session.
The Module dealt with the objectives and syllabus for Season 2, discussed the concept of the Axial Age in the light of a new, scientific approach to history, and finally considered the pre-Socratic philosophers and their impact on Western History.
Timeline
Link to a PDF showing a timeline of the periods covered by each of the proposed fourteen modules in Season 2.
Link to Seshat: Global History Databank.
This website provides information on the nature of historical data contained in the databank, as well as free downloads of specific research databases that have been used in peer-reviewed journal publications.
Link to National Geographic Video: The Secrets of Flight
Georgio Paresi, a 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics winner, has used complexity science to study the dynamics involved in the murmuration of starlings. This beautiful short film captures this amazing phenomenon.
Link to “The Roots of Western Thought”
Click on this link to read an article summarising this month’s module.
Additional Background Information
Why Was Greece Unique?
Quotations from “The Geography of Thought” and “Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History”
Lifestyles
Notes from the Internet on lifestyles in Ancient Greece.
Books referenced during the Module
(Click on a cover picture for further details about the book)
Link to Course Home Page
Click on this link to return to the Home Page for Season 2 of the Shepway and District u3a Science, Philosophy and Spirituality programme.
