NATS 1775 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mauveine, 3 Ft Gauge Rail Modelling, Meat Packing Industry

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1775
• Professor: Vera Pavri

Document Summary

Early science and tech in ancient civilizations: bronze age (cid:224) bronze metallurgy (cid:224) metal weapons (cid:224) mining ore, smelting etc, silver and gold metallurgy (cid:224) decorative (cid:224) more trade in minerals, specialization of labour, new energy sources (cid:224) wind power, boats, ox plow, horse and wheeled cart, camel, mesopotamia (cid:224) writing (cid:224) astronomy & calendars (cid:224) babylonians (solstices, equinoxes, sun and moon cycles (cid:224) solar/lunar eclipses, info about planets rising, setting, visibility)(cid:224) tower of babel, temples. Early civilization vs. greek civilization: early (cid:224) sci. knowledge used for practical purposes (cid:224) record keeping, calendars, astronomical predictions (cid:224) engineering, architecture, health, religion, only higher up"s had knowledge (cid:224) lack of theories and ideas (cid:224) religious deities responsible for what happens (cid:224) lack of mechanical or scientific explanations about universe, greeks (cid:224) abstract, theoretical knowledge (for its own sake) (cid:224) theories, generalizations (cid:224) natural philosophy about nature.