SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

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• was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.

SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

• Took place in Europe towards the end of the Renaissance period and continued through the late 18th century, influencing the intellectual social movement known as the Enlightenment. While its dates are debated, the publication in 1543 of Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.

SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

• The developments during the _____________ showed how society was transformed by science and technology.

• There have also been instances when advancements in science and technology changed people’s perceptions and beliefs. Much of these events happened in a period now known as _____________.

INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTIONS

• This caused the paradigm shift of the earth and the sun were placed the heavens/universe. The idea of Ptolemaic model was rejected telling that the earth is the center of the solar system and shows evidence on the heliocentric model telling that sun is the center of the solar system having the earth revolving around it.

COPERNICAN REVOLUTION

• In the 16th century, a Polish mathematician and astronomer, challenged the Ptolemaic model. He introduced the concept known as heliocentrism, which suggested that the center of the Solar system was not the Earth but actually the sun.

• He was even persecuted as a heretic because his teachings were against what was widely accepted by religion.

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

• Other works that supported this model started to emerge as well. It was eventually accepted by the people in a period which was called the

BIRTH OF MODERN ASTRONOMY

• This revolution contributed a huge impact on how humans approach the study of biology. It has provided a different than the “Theory of Creation”. Darwinian revolution begins when Charles Darwin published his book “The Origin of Species” that emphasizes that humans are the result of evolution.

• The Darwinian Civilization was considered to be one of the most controversial intellectual revolutions of its time.

DARWINIAN REVOLUTION

• In 1859, an English naturalist, biologist, and geologist, published his book, On the Origin of Species. In this book, Darwin introduced the theory of evolution, which posited that populations pass through a process of natural selection in which only the fittest would survive.

• He stated that organisms have the ability to adapt their environment and would gradually change into something that would be more competitive to survive, a process known as evolution.

CHARLES DARWIN

• This theory started to revolutionize Psychiatry with Sigmund Freud. It includes the “Freudian Theory of Personality” which shows the development of humans that contribute to his/her personality and also his “psychoanalysis” that is the process to attain the proper functioning if human does not complete his/her developmental stage. In the past, the field of psychology was always classified under philosophy.

• Psychology – was considered more of an art rather than science. In the late 19th century, Sigmund Freud was able to change people’s perception of psychology with his revolutionary theory of psychoanalysis.

FREUDIAN REVOLUTION

• It is the era where technology has been prevalent. It is also known as Computer Age that has brought so much change and leads to the advancement on how we live today.

• The ideas of British scientist Alan Turing shaped our world. He laid the foundations for modern computers and the information technology revolution, as well as making far-sighted predictions on artificial intelligence, the brain and even developmental biology.

INFORMATION

• This era also contributed a lot of information’s and discoveries for Archeology. Temples and Pyramids left a lot on the Architecture that leads human to study more of it.

• Rich in culture and knowledge prior to the arrival of its European colonizers.

MESO - AMERICA

• The revolution itself taught Asian countries about freedom and independent nationhood along the improvement brought by it internally.

• The philosophy of Confucius, also known as Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice, kindness, and sincerity.

ASIAN

• Revolutions in Middle East were a product of the development and growth of human nationalism, imperialism for the efforts to the advancements of Middle Eastern societies and to push the declining power of the Ottoman Empire in the Arab nation.

MIDDLE EAST

FATHER OF OPTICS

Ibn al-Haytham

GAVE HIS NAME TO THE CONCEPT OF ALGORITHM

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

PIONEERED THE SCIENCE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Ibn Sina

• Fight against colonialism and Imperialism in Africa. Africa became to be known as the “cradle of civilization”, because it is the first state systems that were built along Nile River.

• One of the most powerful empire was built in the regions of Africa, the Ancient Egypt.

AFRICAN