BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Late Middle Ages, Physicalism, Sampling Error

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Gambarotta Sandro

Document Summary

First telescope made of glass and polished: see father objects, cosmology, geometry, planetary motions physics. Second microscope: allowed to view smaller organisms, cells, cell structure, magnifying things that you would not be able to see with the human eye, cat scans & mri, more of an impact on biology. Third computer chip: silicone binary code of computers (charged and uncharged 0 and 1, allowed for more calculations per unit of time, more for advanced calculations, programing for knowledge base all around the world eg. databases, simulations. Fourth fiber optics: data transmissions for sharing of information, creates connections between people, all scientists did not need to meet to discuss interconnectivity. Studied philology (study of history of language) Most renowned contribution is the book of plants (described 640 plants and phases of plant growth) Made a set of new rules about observations of the world to insure that there is consistency and validity.