UNIT I – GENERAL CONCEPTS AND SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Throughout the history, science has brought changes in all aspects of life. From a very simple way of life of the ancient humans to our more complicated and fast paced way of living. Curiosity is innate to man, the result leads to upgrade of knowledge, thus progress in science. Application of scientific knowledge, that is TECHNOLOGY, help satisfy human needs and improve not only the living standards, but also the condition of the environment. Technology is always influenced by the socio-political, behavioral and economic changes in the society. It often dictates the type of technology to be developed that is suitable to the demands and needs of the people.

SCIENCE

the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.

TECHNOLOGY

Is the application of knowledge for practical ends

SOCIETY

or a human society is a group of people involved with each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping, sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and domain cultural expectations.

PARADIGM SHIFT

it is a change in the basic idea or concept usually caused by new discovery/ies that no longer conforms the old concept. This change/s can also be influenced by the social, political, cultural, economic and other factors.

Medieval ages or “Dark Ages”

terms used to describe the middle ages.

Dark ages

Period between 450 A.D. to around 1450 A.D. was referred as dark ages because the condition after the fall of the Roman Empire left the people without leaders who look after them.

Medieval period economy

based on feudal system, education is out of hand thus many people depend on mysticism, irrational and superstitious beliefs.

bubonic plague

struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s, leaving more than 30

million people dead.

early modern ages

known as The “Renaissance,” a French word meaning the “rebirth.”

1518 to 1524

development of Printing revolution, the spread of printing press facilitated the wide circulation of information and ideas.

invention steam engine

by James Watt

first mechanical loom

Edmund Cartwright