L1- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO SOCIETY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD Flashcards
It is the interaction between science and
technology and social cultural, political,
and economc contexts which shape and
are shaped by them.
Science, Technology, & Society (STS)
SOME OF THE NOTABLE HUMAN SUCCESSES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (7 kabuok: WCPITPT)
- THE WHEEL
- THE COMPASS
- THE PRINTING PRESS
- THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
- THE TELEPHONE
- PENICILLIN
- THE INTERNET
The idea came to connect a non-moving platform to a rolling cylinder.
Wheel
facilitated agriculture and commence by enabling the transportation of goods to and from markets, as well as easing the burden of people traveling great distances.
Wheeled carts
Invented by the Chinese between 9th to 11th
century
Compass
The compass was invented by the __________between 9th to 11th century
Chinese
The first compass was made of _______, a
naturally-magnetized iron ore, the attractive
properties of which they had been studying for
centuries.
lodestone
The ________ enabled mariners to navigate
safely far from land, increasing sea trade
compass
Contributed to the AGE OF DISCOVERY
Compass
Around 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg
PRINTING PRESS
Invented the printing press in 1440
Johannes Gutenberg
the first to have created a mechanized process
that transferred the ink (made from linseed oil
and soot) from movable type of paper.
Johannes Gutenberg
This exponentially increased the speed of
making book copies, leading to the rapid
dissemination of knowledge for the first time in
history.
THE PRINTING PRESS
the combustion of fuel releases a high-temperature gas, which, as it expands, applies force to a piston, moving it.
THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
________ convert chemical energy into mechanical work.
combustion engines
The engines steered into the _________, enabling the invention of machines like modern cars and aircraft.
Industrial Age
1876 by Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
Invented the telephone in 1876
Alexander Graham Bell
revolutionized global business and communication.
Telephone
1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
Invented penicillin in 1928
Alexander Fleming
Fleming noticed a bacteria-filled Petri dish in his laboratory, the sample had become contaminated
with a mold, and everywhere the mold was, the bacteria was dead. That antibiotic mold turned out to be the _______
fungus Penicillum.
______ fights a huge number of bacterial
infections in humans without harming the
humans themselves.
Penicillin
Advertised and mass-produced by 1944.
Penicillin
When was internet invented
1960
It is the global system of interconnected computer networks used by billions of people worldwide.
Internet
A team of computer scientists working for the US
Defense Department’s _________________ built a communications network to connect the computers in the agency, called _________, the predecessor of the Internet.
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)/ ARPANET
“packet switching”
Interent
“Information superhighway”
Internet
Solar panels for electricity
Solar energy
Heat from the earth
Geothermal energy
Windmills as source of energy
Wind power
IV. DISADVANTAGES AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
A. THREATS TO HUMAN SURVIVAL
B. ETHICAL DILEMMAS
C. DISPARITIES IN HUMAN WELLBEING
D. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICTS
E. INNOVATING TECHNOLOGIES CAN HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR CERTAIN SECTORS OR CONSTITUENCIES
the nuclear bombing of ______ and ________ that caused death of many people.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
_________ is vital for national security of many governments; superior and highly technical weapons dictated the outcomes of some recent wars.
Military power
