Week 3 - Chapter 6.

Question 1

what are the main points from the greeks and middle ages in terms of the history of science

Answer 1

1. science typically begins in greece and tends to skip to eurpoe in the 13th centruy.
2. 13th century the concept of of using experiments to learn about the natural world by rodger bacon
3. william of ockham developed his ‘razor’

Question 2

what is the age of enlightenment

Answer 2

saw the beginnings of modern science

Question 3

what are teh main points of the AOE?

Answer 3

1. Leo Da V. was a great observer and innovator

2. Fransic bacon and galileo emphisised the importance of collecting data through observation and experimentation

Question 4

when was the term science coined

Answer 4

in the 19th centruy

Question 5

what were the ‘great four’ inventions by the chinese

Answer 5

paper
printing
magnetic compass
gunpowder

Question 6

when was printing invented and by who

Answer 6

the chinese in 858 AD during the tang dynasty.

Question 7

when and who was paper invented by

Answer 7

invented in the 2nd centuary BCin the Han dynasty.

Question 8

when and who was the magnetic compass invented by

Answer 8

the chinese in 1040-1044 AD

Question 9

when and who was gun power invented by

Answer 9

the chinese in 300-650AD however the first true invention of gunpowder that works was 1040

Question 10

what did the greeks do in terms of science

Answer 10

• develop logic
• made observations
• develop mathematics

Question 11

what were the two important breakthroughs in mathematics

Answer 11

• development of arabic numerals
• invention of the decimal system.
  both originated in india and the middle east