Felipe, Piolo R.
BSBA MM 3-1P
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)
Point in history
Ancient Times to 600 B.C.
Greek Science (600 B.C. to
500 A.D.)
“Dark Ages” (500 A.D. to
1000 A.D.)
Belief/idea that did not
persist to present-time
- The belief of the Earth's
form being flat rather than
spherical.
- Doctors would give their
patients seeds from the
poppy, a flowering plant
which relieve pain.
- Believed that certain living
organisms spontaneously
formed from non-living
substances (Spontaneous
Generation)
- The belief that all matter
was similar to sand.
- Changes of other
substances when you mix
certain substances together.
(Alchemy)
- The belief that Hans
Lippershey is the true
Belief/idea that persisted
to present-time
- The creation of potter’s
wheel which led to the advent
of chariots.
- Traveling with a compass
- The proposal that all matter
is made up of little units
known as "atoms.
- Origin of the human race
without reference to a
Creator (God)
- The now-famous
"Encyclopedia" that is a
collection of scientific
observations.
- Constellations (formed
patterns of stars in heaven
- The invention of barometer
as a tool to measure air

“Golden Age” of Science
(1500 A.D. to 1660 A.D.)
Era of Newton (1660 A.D. to
1735 A.D.)
Industrial Revolution (1735
A.D. to 1820 A.D.)
Modern Science (1900 A.D.
to the Present)
inventor of the telescope, and
Galileo Galilei just learned
about it and created one for
himself.
- The concept of Tabula
Rasa, which claims that
humans are born with a blank
slate mind.
- The continent's location is
due in part to the expanding
volume of the Earth
(Expanding Earth)
- All atoms of the same
elements are respectively all
the same (Dalton)
- The concept of an atom's
indivisibility
- The idea that Pluto is a
planet
- The universe is constantly
expanding but maintaining a
constant average density
(Steady State Theory)
- The idea that Ulcer is
caused by stress
pressure
- The heliocentric system
where sun is at the center of
everything and assumed that
the planets traveled around
the sun.
- Boyle's Law states that the
product of pressure and
volume is relatively constant
for an ideal gas.
- Microscope’s invention
- All mater was composed of
atoms (Dalton’s Theory)
- The process of
burning(combustion)
- The concept that energy
exists in tiny pockets
- Plastic surgery’s invention
- Bohr’s Model that shows a
picture of an atom