UNIT 1 Flashcards
used tools made fr. stones and wood as tech
human ancestors (anworld)
seeks to understand & describe natural phenomena
science
science req to prog tech as well as tech necessary to imp sci
scie and tech
Can be constructed as a technique/des as a personal and social act.
technology
started in the middle east
– 1st known metal (6500bc)
Agricultural rev.
copper
Initiated discipline of using the deductive method
student of plato
est. natural principles 2ru careful obs
Aristotle (384-322bc)
earliest form of scie method
ionian school of philosophy
began in center of Mediterranean sea
classical antiquity
known method of inquiry —-
built basic foundation
elanchus
socrates (470-399bc)
“proof” in research
clear hypo of understanding nature
subs are made of a,w,f,e
student of Socrates
plato (727-37bc)
Center of scientific knowledge
city of Alexandria in Egypt
Edwin smith papurus
Ancient surgery methods
Est school (who)
Dev of C&M
Age of D
emperor Charlemagne
clocks&moving objects
discovery of exploration
Rise in Christianity
Europe
not interested in theoritical science
Roman empire (530-1000ad)
2 most important development
ships
compass’s invention
Became famous (the black death in europe)
Prog of geography and cartography
many tech were taught in univs
Modern age
Cultural movements
many artist bcame scientist
Renaissance
two signif. mem of society
benjamin Franklin & Isaac Newton
bcome center of controversy (heliocentric univ)
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sun at the center of solar sys.
Heliocentric model
Leading figure of scientific
father of scientific method
Galileo galilei (1564-1642)
Father of taxonomy
Carolous Linnaeus