Lesson 2: Intellectual Reveolutions Flashcards

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1
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He laid the groundwork for Physics and proposed that the universe is heliocentric

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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He is the Father of Evolution and created the theory of evolution

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Charles Darwin

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3
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He discovered the method of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud

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4
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This civilization invented looms using Mica

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Mayan Civilization

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5
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This civilization used stone roads, buildings and created the first suspension bridge

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Incan Civilization

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it is a system of knotted ropes to keep records

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quipu

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7
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This civilization had a high emphasis on mandatory education and invented the Canoe

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Aztec Civilization

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8
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It is a system of traditional medicine

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Aryuveda

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he introduced a
number of trigonometric functions, tables,
and techniques, algorithms of algebra

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Aryabhata

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10
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They introduced the zero

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Indian Civilization

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11
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They invented the first seismological detector

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Chinese Civilization

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12
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He is regarded as Father of Optics

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Ibn al-Haytham

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13
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the term algebra is derived from

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al-jabr

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14
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he pioneered the science of experimental
medicine and first to conduct clinical trials

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Ibn Sina

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15
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They introduced the Hindu-Arabic Numerals

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Middle-Eastern Countries

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16
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These people developed rules of geometry used to build
rectilinear structures

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African Civilization

17
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It is a set of practices that defines a scientific discipline at any
particular period of time

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Paradigm

18
Q

These are changes of paradigms occur in discontinuous, revolutionary
breaks

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Paradigm Shifts or Scientific Revolutions

19
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It represents a particular way of gaining knowledge about natural
and social phenomena, which can be summarized as occurring
in several stages: observation, question, hypothesis, experiment,
conclusion, report results.

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Scientific Method

20
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It is a formal set of physical laws that allow us to describe and predict
how objects will move in response to forces acting on them.

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Classical Mechanics

21
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Who created Classical Mechanics

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Isaac Newton

22
Q

It was the early genetics, and showed that you could predict
the features of organisms in mathematical ways.

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Mendelian Inheritance

23
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Who created the Mendelian Inheritance

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Gregor Mendel

24
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it explained how species evolved over time and presented traits
and adaptation that differentiate species.

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The Theory of Evolution

25
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Who created the Theory of Evolution

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Charles Darwin

26
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It is a hierarchy of groups – kingdom,
phylum, class, order, family, genus, species – to show the
complexity of relationships between different creatures.

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Taxonomy

27
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Who created Taxonomy

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Carl Limanaeus