NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Technoscience, Lightning, Michael Faraday
2 Jan 2016
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Nats 1775 unit 6: the 2nd industrial revolution. Technology as applied science: out of science, comes technology ; theory started in 2nd industrial revolution. 2nd industrial age: characterized by techno-science based industries. Early to mid-1900s: started to see new development of these industries: rise of electrical-based industry (electricity): you take your knowledge of industry to produce goods electrical lightning. You can"t make electrical lightning without knowledge of science (streetcars, electric vehicles: chemical-based industry (chemistry): knowledge of chemistry comes with new products, pharmaceutical industry (chemistry): knowledge of chemistry to make drugs. Techno-science based industries and the relationship between science and technology in the 2nd industrial age. Techno-science based industries: example of technology as applied science. Germany: country who dominated the chemical-based industries. In the 1st industrial age, the factory is the new area of manufacturing and production, meaning people are producing goods in traditional way, but factories are producing goods in new methods (new methods = same products).
