Science Technology and Society
1: Historical Antecedes
Science
- Systematized body of
knowledge
- Scientia
- Knowledge
- Credited to the sumerians
Technology
- 3500 BC
- Application of scientific
- From Mesopotamia
knowledge
- Used solid discs with
- Techne
rotating axles
- Art, skill cunning of
hand Paper
Society
- Aggregate of group of people
sharing common tradition,
institution, and interest
Ancient Period
- Past events from the beginning
of writing and recorded - Papyrus
human history - 3000 BC
- Ancient civilization paved the - Egyptians began writing
way for science and on papyrus
technology - Made from pith of plant
cyperus papyrus
Shadoof
- Ancient Egyptians
Ancient wheel
, -Early tool invented to
irrigate land
- “Shaduf”
- Lifting device used for
lifting water
Antikythera Mechanism
- Similar to a mounted clock Middle Ages
- 1902 - Lasted from the 5th to the late
- Discovered and 15th centuries
retrieved from the - Began with the fall of the
waters of Antikythera, Western Roman Empire and
Greece transitioned to Renaissance
and the Age of Discovery
- During the fall of Roman
Empire, major advances in
scientific and technological
development took place
- Because of the war
Aeolipile Heavy Plough
- Ancient precursor of the
steam engine
- 1st century AD
- Invented by Hero of
Alexandria
- Hero’s engine
- A simple bladeless steam
turbine
- Steam powered turbine as its
- Stirred agricultural revolution
center is heated
in Northern Europe
- Mark by higher and healthier
field yields
1: Historical Antecedes
Science
- Systematized body of
knowledge
- Scientia
- Knowledge
- Credited to the sumerians
Technology
- 3500 BC
- Application of scientific
- From Mesopotamia
knowledge
- Used solid discs with
- Techne
rotating axles
- Art, skill cunning of
hand Paper
Society
- Aggregate of group of people
sharing common tradition,
institution, and interest
Ancient Period
- Past events from the beginning
of writing and recorded - Papyrus
human history - 3000 BC
- Ancient civilization paved the - Egyptians began writing
way for science and on papyrus
technology - Made from pith of plant
cyperus papyrus
Shadoof
- Ancient Egyptians
Ancient wheel
, -Early tool invented to
irrigate land
- “Shaduf”
- Lifting device used for
lifting water
Antikythera Mechanism
- Similar to a mounted clock Middle Ages
- 1902 - Lasted from the 5th to the late
- Discovered and 15th centuries
retrieved from the - Began with the fall of the
waters of Antikythera, Western Roman Empire and
Greece transitioned to Renaissance
and the Age of Discovery
- During the fall of Roman
Empire, major advances in
scientific and technological
development took place
- Because of the war
Aeolipile Heavy Plough
- Ancient precursor of the
steam engine
- 1st century AD
- Invented by Hero of
Alexandria
- Hero’s engine
- A simple bladeless steam
turbine
- Steam powered turbine as its
- Stirred agricultural revolution
center is heated
in Northern Europe
- Mark by higher and healthier
field yields
