Lesson 1.2 Flashcards
THE SPREAD OF WESTERN SCIENCE is by
George Basalla
Any region outside of Western Europe received modern science through direct contact with
a Western European country
THE SPREAD OF WESTERN SCIENCE
started to scrutinize other nations through their exposure to them through
trading along the silk roads.
Western Europe
Network of routes for exchange of goods and ideas between Europe and Asia
Silk roads
located along the silkroads
Caravanserai
likely spread from Asia along the silk
road
Black Death
The “nonscientific” nation provides a source of scientific knowledge for the European
colonizers
Phase 1
The scientific activity in the new land is based on the established scientific knowledge
and traditions of Europe
Phase 2
The “nonscientific” nation struggles to achieve an independent scientific tradition or
culture
Phase 3
Dominated by natural history and the sciences closely related to the exploration of new
lands
PHASE 1
Training and expertise in a science will increase the awareness of Western Europe of the
value and novelty of his discoveries
PHASE 1
Not limited to uncivilized nations
PHASE 1
(Naturalist and Botanist) – Uncovered the botanical, zoological and
ethnological treasures of the Australian continent.
Joseph Banks
(Botanist) – gathered ~3900 species of Australian plants. Published
Prodromus florae novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen(1810).
Robert Brown
(Botanist and Explorer) – botanical travels and studies in
Antarctica and India (published Flora Indica, 1855)
Joseph Dalton Hooker