LESSON 2: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN → One of the greatest inventions during the

DIFFERENT PERIODS Middle Ages was the of

• Science and Technology transforms the lives of in the
humans. It helps provide growth in the field of
medicine, transportation, engineering and
–
even entertainment that until today people are
benefiting from. → The term is used to refer to the
period of rebirth as age of preparation for the
❑ Ancient Period 17th century scientific development and
❑ Medieval Period achievements.
❑ Renaissance Period → One of the greatest achievements in Western
❑ Industrial Revolution Europe during this period was the technology
❑ 19th Century of printing books and other documents which
❑ 20th Century helped the rapid spread of knowledge and
information as well as preservation of culture.
–
→ Renaissance connects the period of Middle
→ They used stones as tools, and then learned
Ages to modern history.
how to shape stones to make more efficient
tools, as the tools improved, so people were ❑
able to use them to fashion weapon and other → A polish Mathematician and
artifacts from bone, antler and wood. Astronomer made one of science’s
→ They also learned how to capture fire from greatest achievement.
natural sources such as wild fires, and later to
make fire for themselves by using the heat ❑
generated by friction or sparks from stones, or → Was also a major Renaissance scientist
by concentrating the sun's heat. persecuted for his scientific
experiments.
– → Galileo improved the Telescope,
→ Also known as is considered to be discovered new celestial bodies and
one of the creative periods in the history of found support for heliocentric solar
humans and said to be the start of the first system.
industrial revolution.
→ The term “Dark Ages” came up because there
are few written records remained from the → People rely on their hands in doing labor
said era. works even before the machine have emerged
→ Society was more concerned with keeping after a century that significantly increases of
peace and empire building than nurturing production output.
centers of learning. → The Industrial Revolution was a time of
→ This was the time for discovering great new scientific and technological advancement
inventions in science and technology. which spanned the period during late 18th
→ There were greater advancement in century to 19th century.
technology and adaptation of Eastern → Three important technologies formed the
technologies in the west, including the
invention of vertical windmills, spectacles, namely:
mechanical clocks, greatly improved water
mills, building techniques like the Gothic style, → The has been around but later on
and three- field crop rotation. improved by
and other investors after 1778. It was used to
 run machines and made a major contribution
to the first Industrial Revolution.
→ The steam powered machine was improved → Technology was rapidly developed in the 20th
gradually and was adopted for many uses and century.
the use of more complex machinery was made → With the use of scientific methods and funding
possible. for research, it helped achieved the
→ The advancement of modern science and
tools by British engineers technology.
. → With the ascension of new technology, it
→ Some of the GREATEST INVENTIONS were enhanced the communication and
introduced by American scientist, such as transportation system of humans and brought
during this period was: it closer to people.
→ Some of the greatest technological
❑ steamboat that advancement during this period was the
used one of Watt’s engines. .
❑ who invented the → Intel developed a microprocessor that
light bulb. made computer smaller, easier to use, and
❑ who cheaper which replaced the early computers
invented the Telephone. that were bulky and had a tube-powered
❑ an English behemoths.
engineer who developed the first steam – → has become a dominant tool in the
powered locomotive. global economy and as a necessary in many
homes that until today we greatly rely on
them.
→ Witnessed the rise of modern industry, from ❑ have
agriculture to industrial manufacturing and redefined the meaning of computer by
technology-intensive services. introducing Apple in 1976.
→ This century was considered to be the ❑ The was also created in 1969
. Tools were made for tools; for defense-related research known as
machines were made for other parts of ARPANET or advance research
another machine. projects agency network. It helped us
→ During the 19th century, science also made in terms of global communications,
great progress. gathering information through
searching, conducting business
❑ published his atomic theory in matters and on our everyday affairs
1803. Dalton also studied color blindness. through the worldwide web.
❑ formulated the Periodic
Table. → Another one is , which
❑ formulated the law of were considered to be one of the most
Conservation of Energy in 1851, He invented revolutionary technological advancements in
the ophthalmoscope. the century.
❑ showed that light is an → Exploitation of the said technology was made
electromagnetic. possible because of Henry Ford by devising a
❑ In the 19th Century, system of mass production for the model T in
1908. It made cars affordable to people and
❑ invented the electric also made a dramatic change in the society.
telegraph in 1837. → One of the breakthroughs during the century
❑ invented the electric was the invention of Artificial Intelligence that
telegraph in 1837. has the capacity for a computer to perform
❑ made the first humanlike intellectual processes and it was
cars in 1885 and 1886. later on developed during 1940’s.