Scientific Revolution and the Human Body - MT2 - Part 1 Flashcards
What does science need that technology doesnt?
Literacy
- can be passed from the master to apprentice, verbally or done by a demonstration (experiments of observations)
What was a medieval technology that was important to later science? (3)
- Water wheels
- source of power
- similar to windmills - Trebuchet
- military technology
- leads to how cannons work - Presses
- wine press
- printing press came from modifications of the wine press
What was is custom to think about science and technology?
That science came 1st and technology came 2nd
- not aways the case
- eg) steam engine
What did geographic discoveries bring back to Europe?
New plants and animals
- lead to the implication to understand relationship between organisms
- eg) Sloth from Brazil
Who created the printing press with moveable letters made of durable metal?
Johannes Gutenberg
What did the printing press ignite?
Intellectual revolution allowing faster information diffusion
What was the process of the printing press?
Independent slotting into an array and stamping it onto a paper
What are 5 advantages to the printing press?
- Faster
- Cheaper
- more accessible to everyone - Able to stamp out high quality pictures
- Accuracy vs scriptorium
- Wide spread literacy
What was more prone to errors in the press?
Hand copying
- was also slower
Where was coffee first brewed?
Ethiopia
What did people think coffee house bars were for?
Seduction purposes
What did coffee actually do?
Made people think better and were more alert
What did they drink before tea and coffee?
Alcohol
- used to dull the pain
What did Copernicus argue?
That the sun was the centre of the solar system and not the earth
What shape did Copernicus have the orbits drawn as?
Perfect circles
- from the heavens because it was the perfect shape
