Section 2 Flashcards
(38 cards)
It is defined as a precursor to the unfolding or existence of something.
Antecedent
In science and technology it can be defined as the previous state of science and technology before something more advanced was created
Historical antecedent
It is a digital or visual cryptocurrency invented in 2009. One tangible antecedent of this is our traditional currencies and monetary units such as copper coins and paper money
Bitcoin
A bitcoin can be sent to your or another person’s digital wallet. This transaction are recorded in a public list called the ______
Blockchain
It was the worst economic disaster since the break depression from 1929 to 1939.
2008 financial crisis which culminated with lemongrass holding inc declaration of bankruptcy on september 15 2008
During this age our ancestors relied on protoscience which was an era when the scientific method was just unfolding in the history of science.
Ancient age
It was in this civilizations that the foundations of proper science were discovered and put in place such as transition from hunting to agriculture, and more advanced modes of transportation.
Early Age
A heavy flat disc made of hardened clay which was found horizontally on an axis it is believed that the sumerians invented it shortly after 3,500 bc.
Potter’s wheel
A heavy flat disc made of hardened clay which was found horizontally on an axis it is believed that the sumerians invented it shortly after 3,500 bc.
Potter’s wheel
Roughly around 3,000 bc ancient Egyptians began writing on blank_________ a material similar to thick paper.
Papyrus
An early tool invented and used by ancient agents to irrigate land. It was a hand operated device for lifting water
Shadoof
It is used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendar and astrological purposes also it was similar to a mantel clock
Antikythera mechanism
Middle ages
It is widely accepted as the ancient precursor of the steam engine. It was a steam powered turbine which span when the water container at its center was heated.
Aeolipile
Early middle ages
Bi Sheng invented the ________ towards the end of the early middle age during the song dynasty.
Movable type printing
In this age population growth and a shared christian identity trigger the settling when people came to embrace the belief that they had more in common and found community of purpose.
High middle age 1000- 1250
Around high middle ages medieval universities individually known as blank______ were also booming in europe among then the university of bologna university of oxford university of cambridge and university of paris.
Stadium generale
He led the transition from the atomic reasoning to aristotelian and empiricism.
Thomas Aquinas
He lobbied for the dualistic scientific method. He believed that empiricism should be used to propose loss governing the universe and that the loss may be used to forecast outcomes his work describing the method of observation hypothesis experimentation independent verification and detailed documentation of results.
Robert Grosseteste
Su Song develop a more sophisticated version of the mechanical clock called the ______. It was 200 years ahead of its european counterpart.
Cosmic empire
It is generally considered to have began in the mid 13th century and ended in the 14th century. It is considered to have delivered the world from a medieval society into a modern one.
Late middle age 1250 -1500
French philosopher jean Buridan established the antecedents of newtonian physics particularly that of inertia by challenging aristotelian physics and developing the theory of
Impetus
Impetus= weight × velocity
It is considered as a predecessor of galileo’s work on falling objects, proposed by thomas bradwardine
Speed theorem
It is one of the outstanding middle age inventions; it became possible for the first time to harness clay soil.
Heavy Plough
Chinese alchemist accidentally invented it and to invent the elixir of life which is why the chinese called it huoyao roughly translated as fire potion.
Gunpowder or black powder
