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THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DURING RENAISSANCE A Flashcards

1
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Time of creativity and change in Europe

A

RENAISSANCE

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Rebirth (French) of cultural and intellectual pursuits after the stagnation of the Middle East.

A

RENAISSANCE

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3
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Achievements in art, literature and science

New concept

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RENAISSANCE

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  • Sculptor
  • Painter
  • Poet
  • Engineer
  • Architect
A

MICHAELANGELO

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5
Q

The most important
technological innovation
of that time

China – 1300

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PRINTING PRESS

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6
Q
  • 1400s movable type in
    Europe
  • Bible in every language
  • Higher literacy rate Spread
    ideas
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JOHANN GUTENBERG

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7
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  • To communicate
  • Exercise power
  • Travel
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FIREARMS AND NAUTICAL COMPASS

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8
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  • “Flying Man”
  • Veranzio’s 1595 _______ design
A

PARACHUTE

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9
Q
  • The earliest record uses for
    navigational purposes
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MARINER’S ASTROLABE

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10
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Newspaper in the renaissance was by

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Johann Carulos of Strassburg

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11
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Offspring of the printing press

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NEWSPAPER

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12
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  • Equipped with powerful spiral spring
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AIRGUN

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13
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  • Study of the transmutation of
    materials through obscure
    process
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ALCHEMY

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14
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Earliest form of chemistry

A

ALCHEMY

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Main aims: find a method of
creating gold from other
substances

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ALCHEMY

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Main aims: find a method of creating gold from other substances

17
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Two main elements of Alchemy:

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sulphur and mercury

18
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Paracelsus

19
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added by Paracelsians

20
Q

trinity of alchemical elements

21
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scientist * Founded the theory
of Heliocentric

A

Nicholaus Copernicus

22
Q

In the theory of Heliocentric the ____- center of the universe

23
Q

de revolutionibus orbium
coelestium

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(On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres)

24
Q

Increase in experimental
investigation:
o Dissection
o Body examination
o Human anatomy

25
Q

Medicine: Few effective drugs existed beyond

A

opium and quinine

26
Q
  • Refined and complete description of the circulatory system
A

WILLIAM HARVEY

27
Q
  • most useful tomes in medicine used by students and professionals
A

MATERIAE MEDICAE AND
PHARMACOPOEIAE

28
Q

Portraits of Living Plants

A

OTTO BRUNFELS

29
Q

A botanical work that
employed freshly drawn
illustration from living
plants

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Portraits of Living Plants

30
Q

described human anatomy of
the brain and other organs

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ANDREAS VESALIUS

31
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o most important texts of the century

o Criticizes the work of the ancient Galen

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De Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body)

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