HUMN-2006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Relate, Normal Science, Scapula
4 Jul 2020
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Humn 2006: the culture of science: the power of ten. The power of ten (the relative size of things in the universe) By charles and ray eames (1977: trying to cover a range of designs, they created molded plywood that can created different forms, funded by ibm, talking about the relative size of the universe. Looking at the close of a man"s hand. !00 meters vs 10,000 meters vs 10 million meters: relate to our experience as man, as we go farther, it becomes less ethnographic to more scientific. Looking at the invention of the telescope: incorporation of knowledge. Pluto: never existed in our knowledge until we found it. The "ecotechnological " limits of the universe (according to "normal science": ecotechnological: limits of the universe, ex. Black holes, "end of universe: sometimes we don"t want to think about it. The "endotechnological" limits of the universe (according to "normal science": endotechnolocal: inner of the universe.
