St.John's College Reading list (圣约翰学院)

Compulsory readings, record of the Great Book Program, St.John's College, Santa Fe.

Started from Jan.20th.2014

Class: Seminar,Math,Language,Lab Science, Music
Some books only need to read the selected parts, just see details in descriptions.

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References of other editions: http://www.amazon.com/St-John-s-College-Seminar-Reading-List-Part-I-Freshman-Year/lm/R3UVVIM9W3ZM0N/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full

References of official reading list:http://stjohnscollege.edu/academics/undergraduate/santa-fe-undergraduate-readings/

Missing:

Lab Science

( Freshman Laboratory Manual Volume 1 )
Excerpts of Linnaeus, C.,Systema Naturae. 1788 13th edition (24th.Jan)
Excerpts of Linnaeus, C.,Genera Plantarum. 1737 (24th.Jan)
Practicum, Some Thoughts About Dissection (31st.Jan)
Practicum, Frog Dissection (31st.Jan)
Notes on Galen's Physiology (11th.Feb)
Practicum, The Sheep Heart (18th.Feb)
Practicum, Chick Embryology (28th.Feb)
Practicum, Introduction to Microscopy (7th.Mar)
Practicum, Microscopic Observations of Cells (7th.Mar)
Excerpts of Hans A.E. Diersch, The potency of the first two cleavage cells in echinoderm development. 1891 (14th.Mar)
Practicum, Axolotl Embryo (1st.April)

( Freshman Laboratory Manual Volume 2 )
The Baros Weighings (4th.April)
Scales of Measurement (4th.April)
Center of Weight (8th.April)
Buoyancy (11th.April)
Vitruvius: Ten Book on Architecture, Book IX, Introduction, 9-12 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Vitruvius/9*.html (15th.April)
Galileo: The Little Balance (15th.April)
Practicum: The Crown Problem using Galileo's Method (15th.April)
Torricelli: Letters on the Pressure of the Atmosphere (25th.April)
Fahrenheit: Experiments done on the degree of heat of a few boiling liquids (6th.May)
Temperature Scales, Description of Fahrenheit's Thermometer (6th.May)
Joseph Black: The Calorimeter (9th.May)
Practicum: Calorimetry (9th.May)
Professor Samuel Williams: On Phlogiston (20th.May)
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier: Memoir on the Calcination of Tin in Closed Vessels (2nd.June)
The Ainsworth Balance: Operating Instructions (2nd.June)
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier: Memoir of the Nature of the Principle Which Combines with Metals (5th.June)
Memoir of Combustion in General(5th.June)
Practicum: Calcination and combustion(5th.June)

( Freshman Laboratory Manual Volume 3 )
Practicum: Acids, Bases and Salts (12th-30th.June)
Practicum: Titration (1rd.July)
Wollaston, On Super-acid and Sub-acid Salts (7th.July)
Demonstration: Synthesis of Water (10th.July)
Practicum: Multiple Proportions (14th.July)
Practicum: Molecular Weight (28th.July)
On Modern Chemical Formulas: Concepts and Problems (31st.July)

Language Class: Ancient Greek
Translation practices of Heracleitus (18th-25th.April)

Math:
Ptolemy's Almagest: Introduction to the Mathematics of the Heavens. (1st.July-3rd.Oct)