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Scientific Advance and Cultural Changes - Coggle Diagram
Scientific Advance and Cultural Changes
Science technology
Second half of the 20th century:
Discovery of penicillin, used for
drug development.
Organ transplants arrived.
Biology, there were studies
on the human genome.
Airplanes were built, computers were
developed, present in all production
processes and services.
Communication: The radio station, television and its global connection possibilities, the use of the fax and cell phones.
Space race
1957, the USSR launched the
first artificial satellite, Sputnik.
Then, they put the dog Laika into
orbit and in 1961 they launched
the first man to orbit the Earth in
a spacecraft: Yuri Gagarin.
The United States launched
its satellite in 1958.
In 1969, the American Apollo
spacecraft orbited the Moon
and Neil Armstrong was the
first man to set foot on that satellite.
Agitation and protest
Young people created their own
protest culture, the hippie movement,
which advocated peace and rejected
society's values of drug use.
College students demanded educational
reforms, but also social changes and this
was reinforced when, in the Vietnam War,
young Americans objected to being drafted
into the army.
The student revival
1968 student protest
movements erupted.
Young people painted the walls of
the city with slogans such as
"down with common sense", which
left a mark on the 20th century.
Religious renewal
After the war, the Protestant
churches were renewed.
Pope John XXII issued declarations
on freedom of conscience and the role
of the Church, authorized the celebration
of ceremonies in their own languages,
to adapt Catholicism to the modern world.
The rock and roll
Record sales reached unbelievable
figures. New wave" music shook
the first world.
The most influential musical group
was the Beatles, which emerged in
Great Britain.