Week 3 Intellectual Revolution PDF
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This PowerPoint presentation details key historical figures and developments in science and technology. It covers various scientific discoveries and inventions, from the ancient Egyptians to modern times. It discusses Paradigm Shifts, historical figures such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Sigmund Freud.
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Paradigm Shift an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way Paradigm Shift a phenomenon explored by Thomas Kuhn, is not just a small modification to an existing scientific theory....
Paradigm Shift an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way Paradigm Shift a phenomenon explored by Thomas Kuhn, is not just a small modification to an existing scientific theory. Rather, it completely changes the scientific theory itself and radically alters the way in which it seeks to understand reality. History of Technology The Brief Look at the Greatest Inventors & Their Inventions The Engineers and Scientists that Created the Birth in Technology Egyptians Smelting Copper Bronze Age Pyramids Hero of Alexandria Plow Chinese Great Wall Abacus Paper Cai Lun, 100 AD Moveable Type Gunpowder Mechanical Clock Compass First Mechanical Clock Sung Water Clock Greeks Architecture Ptholemy Aristotle Renaissance The Engineers and Scientists that led to a “Rebirth” in Technology Leonardo daVinci Wrote Backwards Inventions Siege Defenses War Scythe Multi-Barrel Gun Ornithopter Tank Helicopter Airplane Wing “Tell me if anything is ever done” Nicholas Copernicus Heliocentric Universe Galileo Galilei Physics “Here, a simple tube Isochronous Motion and two lenses had Parabolic Motion made a rod Inertia (Newton) for beating the Thermometer Aristotelian” Telescope Ronan Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Milky Way Ecclesiatic Trial CHARLES DARWIN Darwins theory of “Here, a simple tube Natural selection. and two lenses had made a rod for beating the Aristotelian” Ronan For example, Lamarckian evolution was replaced with Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Sigmund Freud The Father of Psycho Analysis Science The Engineers and Scientists that laid the to Scientific Principles of Today Isaac Newton Principia (3 books) Modern Mechanics Celestial Mechanics Laws of the Universe Industry The Engineers and Scientists that Powered the World Through the Industrial Revolution James Watt Steam Engine Savery & Newcommen Atmosphereic Engine Steam Distribution Double Acting Micrometer (1772)