GSTS: Prelim Flashcards
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It is the system of knowledge of the natural world gained through scientific method
Science
It is the practical applications of what we know about nature.
Technology
It is a group of people with common territory, interaction, norm, culture, etc.
Society
Who said “Modern science is a discovery
as well as an invention.”
John Heilbron, 2003
Process of scientific inquiry
Observation ____ Hypothesis ____ Empirical data for analysis _____
Question, experiment, conclude
It is something that takes a human’s sense or ability and
augments it and makes it more powerful. also who said this?
Technology, Mark Zuckerberg
the sum total of our interactions as
humans, including the interactions that we engage in to figure things out and to make things
Society
a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same
geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political
authority and dominant cultural
expectations
Society
Give three impacts of science and technology.
- The effect of science on society is
neither entirely beneficial nor
entirely detrimental. - ST is an engine of growth
- ST influences society and vice versa.
is the study of how society, politics,
and culture affect scientific research and technological innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture.
Science, Technology and Society (STS)
is a relatively recent discipline,
originating in the 60s and 70s, following Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions; the result of a “sociological
turn” in science studies.
Science Technology and society (STS)
Historical antecedents of ST
- Transportation and navigation
- Communication and record keeping
- Mass production
security and protection - Health and aesthetics
- Engineering
- Architecture
Writing system in Sumerian civilizations; its root word
Cuneiform; cuneus
Language used to write the epic of Gilgamesh
Cuneiform
1st true city
Uruk city
Symbol of power
Architecture
- Mountain of God
- Dedicated to moon
god___
Great ziggurat of Ur, Nanna
Solved problems of
flooding, water
scarcity, farming,
harvesting, food
production
Irrigation and dikes
Used for transportation of goods in early sumerian period
Sailboat
Farm work and
food processes; usde for rice mill
Wheel
Used to dig the ground; cultivate land
Plow
for easier transportation. First ____ were recorded in what civilization;
Roads
Founded by Amorites
Babylonia
The first Sets of laws on religion, agriculture, administration
CODE OF
HAMMURABI