In this course, you will learn how to examine scientific and social scientific texts and ideas and evaluate the presuppositions behind them. We will help you place scientific change in a historical context and help you understand and apply scientific techniques to social science, engaging in constructive discussions across disciplinary boundaries. We will learn to read understand work in two areas: from physics (special relativity) and from social science (development economics). We hope this course will encourage you to view your own disciplines in a new light and to cross the boundaries between disciplines.