STS Flashcards
According to him “Modern is a discovery of a well as an invention.”
John Heilbron
What defines a technological tool — one historical definition — is something that takes a human’s sense or ability and augments it and makes it more powerful. So, for example, I wear contact lenses or glasses; that is a technology that enhances my human ability of vision and makes it better.”
Mark Zuckerberg,
According to him The idea that science is dangerous is deeply embedded in our culture, particularly in literature, yet science provides the best way of understanding the world. Science is not the same as technology. In contrast to technology, reliable scientific knowledge is value-free and has no moral or ethical value.
Lewis Wolpert
According to him “‘We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster.”
Carl Edward Sagan
is contemporaneous with the evolution of the genus Homo Links to an external site., with the possible exception of the early Stone Age, when species prior to Homo may have manufactured tools.
The Stone Age
is a historical period Links to an external site. that was characterized by the use of bronze
The Bronze Age
the final epoch of the three-age division
The Iron Age
Links to an external site. invented and used many simple machines, such as the ramp Links to an external site. to aid construction processes. They were among the first to extract gold Links to an external site. by large-scale mining using fire-setting Links to an external site., and the first recognizable map Links to an external site., the Turin papyrus Links to an external site. shows the plan of one such mine in Nubia Links to an external site..
The Egyptians
The Four Great Inventions Links to an external site. of China: the compass Links to an external site., gunpowder Links to an external site., paper making, and printing were among the most important technological advances, only known in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages.
Ancient China
technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices utilized and developed by the civilization of ancient Rome
Roman Empire
the paradigm shift from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens, which described the cosmos as having Earth stationary at the center of the universe, to the heliocentric model with the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
The Revolution
also known as Tolosani was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe
Nicolaus Copernicus
states that evolution happens by natural selection. Individuals in a species show variation in physical characteristics. … Individuals with characteristics best suited to their environment are more likely to survive, finding food, avoiding predators and resisting disease
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution states
argued that personality is formed through conflicts among three fundamental structures of the human mind: the id, ego, and superego. best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, dreams, infantile sexuality, libido, repression, and transference
Freud developed the psychoanalytic theory of personality development
a government agency tasked with overseeing and managing national technology development and acquisition, undertaking technological and scientific research and promoting public consciousness of science and technology.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST)
