Science Quie Flashcards
Archimedes
Greek
levers
Aristotle
Somewhat all of modern thinking is based off of his thinking
they try to get away from him
Causes
Elements (earth, air, fire, water, aether)
Greek
Bloodletting
Balancing of humors by making an incision and taking cut a person’s blood
Classification
Aristotle
Based upon his view of causes
Genus (genera)
General
Species
Specific
Material
What is made of
Formal
Shape or pattern
Efficient
What made it
Final
Function or purpose
Democritus
Greek
Atomic theory
Keep breaking down the until there is no more of the thing
Euclid
Greek geometry
Galen
Ape guy
Doctor
Roman
Doctrine of humors
Hippocrates
Greek
Doctor
Hippocratic oath which is what doctors pledged to do no harm, but it is also a whole promise to be ethical
Humors
Balanced humors = healthy body Phlegm Blood Black bile Yellow bile
Phlogiston theory
Substances contained phlogiston which is released during a fire (stuff that burns)
Physiology
How living things work, the function of their organs, muscles, metabolism, etc
Pliny the elder
Wrote natural history
Roman
Didn’t do direct observation
Ptolemy
Ecocentrism
Roman
Direct observation
Almagest
Thales
Everything is made of water
First to recognize gods + goddesses wer not responsible for the material world
Trepanation
Drilling holes in the skull to relieve pressone on the brain (or to remove evil spirits)