Engineering History Part 1 & 2 Flashcards
what is computing
the automation of thought
what is the first step to automation
formalization
what is formalization
basic set of instructions
what is syllogism
rational thoughts
what does euclid formalize geometry as?
summaries geometry as a set of rules
Who is Euclid
Greek mathematician (the father of geometry)
who is the “first experimental scientist”
Roger Bacon
what idea did copernicus proposed
Proposed Earth revolved around the sun
Who founded the royal society
Francis Bacon
what did francis bacon propose
to seek new knowledge
what accelerated the industrial revolution
the invention of the steam engine
who are the luddites
a group of people that reject technology/machinery
what did England’s Enclosure act do to people
used to force more workers to factories
what is the triode valve
The ancestor of transistor
what is the colossus
Valve -based computer built at Bletchley Park to crack the Enigma
what is the cavity magnetron
Is an early version of the radar system
What is Engineering?
the systematic application of scientific knowledge to the betterment of the human condition
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The Latin word `ingenium’ means
A machine for throwing large rocks at besieged cities.
Henry Hollerith adapted the punched card to store information about
the 1890 US population.
The introduction of gunpowder to the battlefields of Fourteenth-Century Europe
initially played only a minor role in deciding the outcome of a battle.
One of the first researchers to challenge the authority of Aristotle was
Abū al-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Bīrūnī
who said knowledge is power
Sir Francis Bacon
What is the conventional technological S-curve?
a useful framework describing the substitution of new for old technologies at the industry level.
Henry Noll is best known for
his theories of scientific management.
