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HISTORY OF SCIENCE HSC201
exam 1
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Undergraduate 2
09/25/2008

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Capella
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first introduced the 7 secular liberal arts
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Empedocles
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first introduced the 4 element theory
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Thales
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Believed that all matter was derived from water.
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Augustine
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Taught people to think about the hereafter
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Byzantine Empire
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Official Language- Greek
Capital- Constantinople
Religion- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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Language of science
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Greek
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Islamic Spain
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Capital: Cordova
Second City: Toledo
Religion: Islam
Language: Arabic, Spanish, Latin, Greek
Scientific Level: Very High!
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Charlemagne
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1st Holy Roman Emporer
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Aristotle
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popularized 4 element theory
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Trivium
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Communication Arts:
1.) Grammar
2.) Rhetoric
3.) Logic
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Quadrivium
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Mathmatical Arts:
1.) Arithmatic
2.) Astronomy
3.) Music
4.) Geometry
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4 general characteristics of pre-greek science
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-Religion oriented
-Practical
-All anonymous
-Based on observations
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3 characteristics of Ionian science
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-Seperated science from religion
-Practical, but also, "some knowledge for its own sake"
-Observations, but also theories and geometric proofs.
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pre-ionian scientific contribution (1)
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-embalming
-solar calendar
-Pyramids
-Constellations
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Toledo
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Second city. Translation of common knowledge occurred here, from Arabic to Latin.
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Miletus
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Capital of Ionia. Trading center of Ionia.
Home of Thales
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Carthage
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Home of St. Augustine and Capella
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Cordova
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Capital of Islamic Spain. High tech city. Famous for mosques.
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Anomoly
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Piece of data that contradicts the paradigm
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Crisis
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Data that shows that the paradigm requires modification
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Normal Science
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Uses daily scientific work as the paradigm
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Hippocrates
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Introduced the first rational theory on disease
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Democratus
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Introduced the tiny particles theory
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Constantine
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Rebuilt Byzantium as his capital
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