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UNIT 1-CHAPTER 1&2: Intro to Science & Intellectual Revolution Flashcards

1
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scientia means

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to know

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it is an ongoing process in unveiling the truth about the natural world

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Science

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Goals in Science

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DESCRIBE phenomenon
PREDICT whether the event may occur again in a certain situation
EXPLAIN the causes of such events

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2 Branches of Science

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Natural Science

Social Science

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3 Branches of Natural Science

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Biology
Physical Science
Earth Science

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3 Branches of Social Science

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Psychology
Sociology
Political Science

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3 Branches of Biology

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Botany
Zoology
Ecology

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it studies living things

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Biology

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it studies non-living things

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Physical Science

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it studies the earth and the system in space

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Earth Science

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it studies society and its relationships

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Sociology

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it studies the government and how it works

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Political Science

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Branches of Physical Science

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Physics

Chemistry

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Branches of Earth Science

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Geology
Meteorology
Astronomy

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it deals with the earth and its structure, composition, and processes

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Geology

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It studies elements and its properties, behavior, and composition

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Chemistry

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it studies the events outside the atmosphere

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Astronomy

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it deals with the weather by studying the events occurring in the atmosphere

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Meteorology

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It focuses on topics about energy, motion, and force

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Physics

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study of knowledge, its nature, origin, and limits

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Epistemology

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21
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episteme means

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knowledge

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22
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knowledge of facts

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Propositional Knowledge

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uses formal systems to acquire knowledge; it assures absolute certainty

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Formal Science

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systematic process to answer queries and solve issues

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Scientific method

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Who said knowledge is equal to truth or as the Justified True Belief

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Tripartite

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Who contested the idea of Tripartite?

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Edmund L. Gettier with his Gettier Case

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it is the act of having confidence on a matter that could be true or false?

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Believing

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28
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knowledge gained through experience

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Personal Knowledge

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aka know-hows

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Procedural Knowledge

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30
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it applies scientific concepts to create or design new things through engineering

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Technology

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31
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it utilizes latest devices to discover new things

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Science

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32
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GMO means

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Genetically Modified Organisms

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it is the process wherein an electron absorbs a photon and is then elated

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excitation

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34
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are the experts that teaches in the Sumerian civilization

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Ummia

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35
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stone tools used in the stone age for gathering resources

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Oldowan

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36
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a sophisticated culture first discovered in Sumer

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Civilization

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37
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a writing system using pictographic symbols

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Cuneiform

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38
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Age wherein people smelt copper with tin to make durable tools

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Bronze Age

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39
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a region of Iraq where Sumer is situated

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Mesopotamia

40
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during which empire was 3D sculpture made

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Akkadian Empire

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Characteristics of a Civilization

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Advanced Cities
Specialized Workers
Complex institutions
Record Keeping
Advanced technologies
42
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it is the record of Sumerian’s yearly cycle of agricultural activities

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Farmer’s almanac

43
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schools in Sumer but is not compulsory

44
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set of rules to be followed by the unified people during the fall of Akkadian Empire

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Hammurabi’s Code

45
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form of medicine originating in India

46
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civilization which developed geometry and alchemy research

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Egyptian Civilization

47
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became the trade center during Hammurabi’s rule

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overthrew Babylonian Empire

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first to introduce heliocentric theory (Sun-centered)

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Aristarchus of Samos

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the one who said there are 4 elements: earth, fire, water, and air

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Empedocles of Agrigente

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Father of Zoology

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He proposed the theories on atomism.

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Leucippus of Miletus

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wrote Almagest and created the Geocentric model

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Claudius Ptolemy

54
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5 major point on Atomic Theory and by whom is it

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Democritus of Abdera

  1. All matter is made from atoms.
  2. There is a void/space between atoms.
  3. Atoms are completely solid.
  4. Atoms are homogenous and have no internal structure.
  5. Atoms vary in sizes.
55
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father of experimental Science

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Galileo Galilei

56
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Father of Empiricism and developed scientific method

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Francis Bacon

57
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people who discovered functions and decimal board

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Chinese Civilization

58
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books by romans

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Father of Modern Western Science; Analytic Geometry

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Rene Descartes

60
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He was the person behind the ideas of differential Calculus

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibinz

61
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invented printing press

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Johannes Guttenberg

62
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proves the heliocentric theory

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Nicholas Copernicus

63
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The time when globalization through overseas exploration started.

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Age of Exploration

64
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CRISPR meaning

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Clustered Regular Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

65
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discovered law of gravitation, motion, as well as the Corpuscular Theory

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Sir Isaac Newton

66
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first woman to receive professorship and researched on Franklin Electricity

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Laura Bassi

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coined the term Radioactivity

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Marie Curie

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man behind the Nobel Prize

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Alfred Nobel

69
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created the Periodic table of Elements

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Dmitri Mendeleev

70
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age wherein people don’t rely on old texts and instead do research

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Age of Reason

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made the steam engine

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James Watt

72
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Invented the mercury-filled thermometer

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

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coined the term Scientist in 1833

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William Whewell

74
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35P/Herschel-Rigollet was named after her

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Caroline Herschel

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who discovered the Coulumb’s Law or the electrical force between charges

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Charles Coulumb

76
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those who discovered helical structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

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James Watson
Francis Crick
Mauris Wilkins
Rosalind Franklin

77
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person behind modern computers, AI, CAPTCHA, Turing Test

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Alan Turing

78
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monolayer carbon with promising quantum electrical properties

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Steps in (Thomas) Kuhn’s Cycle

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Prescience

  1. Normal Science
  2. Model Drift
  3. Model Crisis
  4. Model Revolution
  5. Paradigm Shift
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paradeigma means

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pattern or example

81
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extreme revolution which leads to the addition or replacement of old conceptual world view

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Paradigm Shift

82
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In Kuhn’s cycle what stage is it when the model fails to solve the issue

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Model Crisis

83
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certainty is not absolute since this uses experiences and senses

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Empirical Science

84
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Civilizations in the Ancient Ages that contibuted to Science revolution

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Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Egyptian
indian
Chinese
Greek&Romans
85
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Greek philosophers with science contribution

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  1. Empedocles of Agrigente
  2. Democritus of Abdera
  3. Leucippus of Miletus
  4. Claudius Ptolemy
  5. Aristarchus of Samos
  6. Aristotle
86
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Renaissance: People who contributed to science

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  1. Nicholas Oresme
  2. Johannes Guttenberg
  3. Nicholas Copernicus
  4. Johannes Kepler
  5. Galileo Galilei
  6. Rene Descartes
  7. Francis Bacon
  8. Tycho Brahe
  9. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibinz
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18th Century: People who contributed to science

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  1. Sir Isaac Newton
  2. Charles Coulumb
  3. James Watt
  4. Gabriel Fahrenheit
  5. Edmond Halley
  6. Antoine Lavoisier
  7. Caroline Herschel
  8. Laura Bassi
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19th Century: People who contributed to science

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  1. William Whewell
  2. Alessandra Volta
  3. Charles Darwin
  4. Louis Pasteur
  5. Dmitri Mendeleev
  6. Nikola Tesla
  7. Alfred Nobel
89
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20th century: People who contributed to science

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  1. Marie Curie
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Jonas Salk
  4. James Watson
  5. Francis Crick
  6. Mauris Wilkins
  7. Rosalind Franklin
  8. Alan Turing
  9. Tu Youyou
90
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After the fall of Roman Empire in the 5th century, what event occurred?

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Dark Ages of Science

91
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occurred due to growth of population and increased demands of supplies

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Industrial Revolution

92
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first wave of technology which focused on food

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Agricultural Revolution

93
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waves of succession in changes of human civilization across history

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Wave of Technology

94
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aka computer age; driven by rise of dynamic new industries based on scientific knowledge and manipulative abilities through the use of computers.

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Information Revolution

95
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stage of the Kuhn’s Cycle where many people cooperate to resolve issues and create a new model

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Model Revolution

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