Science, Technology, and Society Flashcards
It is (knowledge from) the careful study of the structure and behavior of the physical world, especially by watching, measuring, and doing experiments, and the development of theories to describe the results of these activities.
Science
(Natural Philosophers in the Ancient Time) formulate testable explanations and predictions based on their observations.
Scientists
It is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. It is a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like.
Technology
The Greek words where technology comes from.
tekhnē (art or craft) and -logia (study or
knowledge)
It is a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another
Antecedent
It was used not for transportation but as
potter’s wheel and existed around 3500 BC.
The Wheel
It was originally based on two wheels which were attached with an animal like a horse using wood and ropes.
Chariot
the first form of writing developed by the Sumerians
Cuneiform
It was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the
northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in
the southeast by the Arabian Plateau,
corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but
also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and
Turkey.
Mesopotamia
Invented by the Hero of Alexandria as he was often known, was a Greek born in 10AD in Alexandria.
It was used to automate opening of temple doors by lighting a fire on the altar.
Aeolipile or steam engine
They are the earliest paper-like material
Papyrus Sheets
Using the power of oxen to pull the plough
revolutionized agriculture.
Ox-drawn Plough
was the often used one for writing in hieroglyphs
Ink
made it possible to differentiate between and predict morning, afternoon and night. The oldest surviving sun clock was found in the 2013 in the Valley of the Kings.
Sunclock (sundial)
The process to preserve the human body from decaying made by the Egyptians.
Mummification
This is one of the seven famous wonders of the world, representing a series of fortifications made initially of stone, earth and later of bricks.
Great Wall
Originally, it was used in fortune-telling and architecture until the Chinese figured out it could be used for traveling.
Compass
Each of the dragons was facing downwards and had a small ball in its mouth. In the case of an earthquake, the dragon facing the closest direction would open its mouth releasing the ball into the mouth of small bronze frog underneath.
Seismograph
Recent archaeological discoveries suggest that it already existed in Ancient China from around 100 BC. Back then, the paper was made from mulberry tree bark but the creator later included hemp and fishnets to strengthen it.
Paper
It was invented in the Tang dynasty in the ninth century by alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality.
Gunpowder
When was The first mechanical clock in Europe was created
13th Century
He created the firs chinese mechanical clock was in 725.
a Buddhist monk, astronomer, mathematician and mechanical engineer who lived during the Tang Dynasty (from 618 to 907)..
Yi Xing
He discovered the solstice and equinox and is credited with predicting a battle-stopping eclipse thought to be on 8 May 585 B.C
Thales of Miletus
He invented the gnomon on the sundial (although some say it came from the Babylonians), providing a way to keep track of time.
He also created a map of the known world.
He was one of the first cartographers.
Anaximander of Miletus
a greek philosopher constructed his own version of an alarm clock with vessels much ahead of Ctesibius.
Plato
The father of zoology.
Aristotle (of Stagira)
founded the Ptolemaic System of geocentric astronomy
Claudius Ptolemy
of Alexandria
Timekeeping devices have emerged since the ancient world, but it was not until the Middle Ages that the technology was invented that allowed for these devices to accurately keep track of time.
Mechanical Clock
German Johannes Gutenberg invented this device that started a new era of the mass
production of books.
Printing Press
This device could be found in Western Europe the latter years of the 13th century. Its ability to correct vision problems makes it a much it one of the most useful medieval inventions and a great benefit to hundreds of millions of people today.
Eyeglasses
Throughout the medieval period, new and
ingenious forms of mills were invented,
which allowed people to harness the energy from natural forces like rivers and
wind, a process that continues to the
present-day.
Water and Windmill
This replaced the earlier method of hand
spinning, in which the individual fibers
were drawn out of a mass of wool held on
a stick, or distaff, twisted together to form
a continuous strand, and then wound on a
second stick.
Spinning Wheel
