History – From History to Science

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A Smorgasbord of Topics in History and Science.

This is a new class which will run on Mondays from 3:00 to 4:20 pm.

Andrew Leopold, the tutor, was born in Melbourne in 1936. With a BAppSc and Dip Ed he served his bond in Victorian schools before travelling to Europe, including a period teaching in Switzerland. Returning to Australia he worked for a period as systems engineer for IBM before returning to teaching in Melbourne finishing as Deputy Principal of Eltham High School through to 1993.

He has taught variations of this class for many years at Nillumbik U3A.

See here for Andrew’s full profile.

Andrew has provided the following information about the class:

My intention is to offer the class the choice of topics selected from the following list of topics that I have prepared since 2014.

I am starting it with Notable Books because a member of my online class remarked that it was the most interesting topic I have presented.

Maybe more of you would like to join the class.

Andrew Leopold

Topics

  • History of: Byzantine Empire, China, Holy Roman Empire, India, Italy, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Jews.
  • History of: Byzantine Empire, China, Holy Roman Empire, India, Italy, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Jews.
  • History of Medicine. The Spanish Flu.
  • Bloody Mary, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots was presented as a separate topic but in now included in The History of Scotland.
  • Bloody Mary, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots was presented as a separate topic but in now included in The History of Scotland.
  • Ireland’s Fight for Independence, Bombing Australia, Prehistory of Life in Australia, Colombus and the New World
  • How The Weather Has Moulded History, Warrior Women, Nursery Rhymes, History in the Headlines. Innovations that have Changed the World, Notable Books.
  • Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Cuban Missile Crisis, Churchill and the Blame, The Crusades, Opium Wars. Hannibal and Rome
  • Momentous Decisions, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, Martin Luther, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Julius Caesar and Pompey. Disraeli and Gladstone.
  • Momentous Decisions, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman, Martin Luther, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Julius Caesar and Pompey. Disraeli and Gladstone.
  • Japan and World War II.
  • UNESCO World heritage Sites, Sacred Places.
  • Traces of Past Civilizations. Epic Journeys in History.
  • Buddhism, Hinduism.
  • Science Topics: Forensic Science, Clever Plants and Animals, Endangered and Extinct Species, Are we Alone in the Universe? The Amazing Properties of Water, Brain and Nervous System, Circulation of the Blood, Digestive System, Architecture, Art and Living Things, Climate (Change), Genetics and Inheritance, Energy, On Being Human.
  • Philosophy: Evil, Mind-Body debate.
  • Potpourri of Shorter Topics from General Knowledge, History, Nature and Science.