First Year Seminar. The Intellectual History of Information: 1680-2001
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ASSIGNMENTS and CLASS EMAILS:

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Class 01, Wed.  05sep01 <-- Also has handout on polices, grades, etc.
Email 1.0 , 07Sep01  <-- To test email list and web access.

Class 02, Mon. 10sep01

Class 03, Wed. 12sep01

Class 04, Mon. 17sep01

Email 5.0 , 17Sep01  <-- We'll meet Wed. at the `UGLy' library.
Email 5.1 , 23Sep01  <-- Notes on tour/use of UM library's electronic resources.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/classes/rc100ODonnell/   <-- Our class' UM electronic-library resource page!
Class 05, Wed. 19sep01

Email 6.0 , 22Sep01 

Class 06, Mon. 24sep01

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Concepts and questions for study: Leibnitz, Boole, Peano, Frege. Mon. 10oct01
Student study-group answers/notes on concepts and questions, Mon. 10oct01
Class 13 - Wed. 17oct01
Class 14 - Mon. 22oct01
Class 15 - Wed. 24oct01
Class 16 - Mon. 29oct01
Positivism and the split in mathematics and logic. Definitions for study, Mon. 29oct01
Concepts and questions for study: Cantor, Russel, Hilbert, Brouwer. Coming soon
Class 17 - Wed. 31oct01

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On formal references for definitions of terms (from email).
Class 18 - Mon. 05nov01 <--READ ME!!
How to cite URL's and decide if they are formal, academic sources. 06nov01
Class 19 - Wed. 07nov01
Books now on reserve at RC Library--For research paper ideas. 15nov01
A Bibliography by Sebastien L., UROP student research assistant.--For research paper ideas. 15nov01
Class 22 - Mon. 19nov01
"A Century of Controversy Over the Foundations of Mathematics: Comupter Technology as Byproduct"
by Gregory J. Chaitin. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York. 2 March 2000; delivered at Carnegie Mellon University. 2000.

"Combinatorial Logic: Memories of the Past and Challenges for the Future"
by John Alan Robinson. Cominatorial Logic 2000, LNAI 1861, pp.1-24, 2000.