Activity 02: Historical antecedents in which social considerations changed the

course of science and technology (world)

Complete a table like the one below by writing examples for each part of the
timeline. (14 points)

Belief/Idea that did not persist to Belief/Idea that persisted to

Point in History
present-time present-time
 The idea where the Earth’s shape is
flat rather than spherical
 If you cover an open wound with  Papyrus; first form of paper
moldy bread, the wound would heal  The invention of potter wheels,
Ancient Times – 600 B.
quickly and cleanly. that paved way to invention of
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the chariots

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 Feed poppy seeds to patients in  Compass as a travelling aid
order to relieve pain

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 Prediction of the short-term
 The idea where all things were

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disappearance of the sun; now
constructed of air
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 The idea where matter is the same
known as “Solar Eclipse”
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 Prediction of human race’s
Greek Science with sand
origin without any reference
(600 B.C. – 500 A.D.)  The idea where a certain living
from God (Evolution)
organism will spontaneously
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 The concept of all matter is

generate from a non-living organism
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composed of little units called

(Spontaneous Generation)
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 Alchemy, where they had observed
that when you mixed certain
“Dark Ages” substances together, they can
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atoms
 “Guest stars” in the heavens
(Constellations)
 The idea of Scientific Method

(500 A.D. – 1000 A.D) change into other substances.  The compilation of scientific
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observations that is now

known as “Encyclopedia”
 Heliocentric or Copernican
 The idea that the real inventor of
System, states that the Sun is
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the telescope is Hans Lippershey.

“Golden Age” of Science the center of the universe
He designs this for the military, and
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(1500 A.D. – 1660 A.D.)  Invention of the Telescope

Galileo Galilei heard about this and
 The invention of barometer as
made one for himself.
a tool to measure air pressure
 Three Law of Motion
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 The invention of microscope

 The idea of Tabula Rasa which
Era of Newton
states that individuals are born with
(1660 A.D. – 1735 A.D.)
a blank slate mind
 Boyle’s Law where the product
of the pressure and volume
are observed to be nearly
constant for an ideal gas.

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Industrial Revolution
(1735 A.D. – 1820 A.D.)
Modern Science
(1900 A.D. – the Present)
 Idea of the indivisibility of an atom  The idea that matter cannot be
 Expanding Earth Theory; asserts destroyed nor created, it can
that the position of the continent is only change its form
partially due to the volume of Earth  The process of Combustion by
increasing Lavoisier
 The idea of Dalton that all atoms of  Dalton’s Theory which
the same elements are respectively proposed that all mater was
all the same composed of atoms
 The idea that Ulcer is caused by
stress  Bohr’s Model that shows a
 Pluto is a planet picture of an atom
 Steady State Theory where this  The invention of plastic
states that the universe is surgery
constantly expanding but  The idea where energy exists
maintaining a constant average in tiny pockets

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