Paradigm Shifts

The Ideas that Changed the Way we See the World

 (A history of knowledge)

Lectures by Piero Scaruffi (SFSU 2008, U.C. Berkeley, 2002-04)

A brief summary

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Index of the Slides

Powerpoint format

  1. Oldest Knowledge

  2. What the Near East knew

  3. What the Near East knew II

  4. What the Near East knew III

  5. What the Near East knew IV

  6. What the Egyptians knew

  7. What the Egyptians knew II

  8. What the Egyptians knew III

  9. What the Indians knew I

  10. What the Indians knew II

  11. What the Chinese knew I

  12. What the Chinese knew II

  13. What the Chinese knew III

  14. What the Phoenicians knew

  15. What the Celts knew

  16. What the Greeks knew I

  17. What the Greeks knew II

  18. What the Greeks knew III

  19. What the Greeks knew IV

  20. What the Romans knew I

  21. What the Romans knew II

  22. What the Romans knew III

  23. What the Romans knew IV

  24. What the Barbarians knew

  25. What the Jews knew

  26. What the Christians knew

    Tang & Song China

  27. Medieval India

  28. Islamic India

  29. What the Japanese knew

  30. What the Muslims knew

  31. What the Muslims knew/ Ottoman Era

  32. What the Middle Ages knew I

  33. What the Middle Ages knew II

  34. What the Middle Ages knew III

  35. What the Middle Ages knew IV

  36. What the Middle Ages knew V

  37. What the Middle Ages knew VI

  38. What the Middle Ages knew VII

  39. What the Americans knew

  40. Ming & Manchu China

  41. What the Renaissance knew I

  42. What the Renaissance knew II

  43. What the Renaissance knew III

  44. What the Industrial Age knew

  45. What the Industrial Age knew I

  46. What the Industrial Age knew II

  47. What the Victorian Age knew

  48. What the Victorian Age knew II

  49. What the Victorian Age knew III

  50. The Modern World 1919-1939

  51. The Modern World 1939-1945

  52. The Modern World 1946-1968

  53. The Modern World 1969-1990

  54. The Modern World 1991-2000

  55. The Modern World 2000
Acrobat format

  1. Oldest Knowledge

    What the Sumers knew

    What the Babylonians knew

    What the Hittites knew

    What the Persians knew

  2. What the Egyptians knew

  3. What the Indians knew

  4. What the Chinese knew

  5. What the Greeks knew

  6. What the Romans knew

  7. What the Barbarians knew

  8. What the Jews knew

  9. What the Christians knew

  10. Tang & Song China

  11. What the Japanese knew

  12. What the Muslims knew

  13. What the Middle Ages knew

  14. What the Americans knew

  15. Ming & Manchu China

  16. What the Renaissance knew

  17. What the Industrial Age knew

  18. What the Victorian Age knew

  19. The Modern World 1919-1945

  20. The Modern World 1946-1968

  21. The Modern World 1969-1990

  22. The Modern World 1991-

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