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THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
ANTHROPOCENTRIC CULTURE
some advances in Europe
social progress
economic progress
thought and culture
a process of constant change
moved away from the theocentrism of the Church
humanism
main concerns
human beings
love of knowledge
the intelligence
humanists
were at the service of the Christian faith
first cultural movement developing an anthropocentric worldview
movable-type printing press
the humanism grew thanks to it
ideas spread more quickly
cultural movement
encouraged personal religiosity
favoured the interpretation of the Bible
very important in the Protestant Reformation
16th century
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
modern science emerged
in the 16th century
Nicolaus Copernicus formulated his theory
the heliocentric theory
it refuted the geocentric theory
other scientists based their theories in this theory
the scientific method
based on
experimentation
observation
17th century
intellectual context
developed due to
philosophical currents
empiricism
claimed
should not accept reasoning
validated through observation and experimentation
main representative
Francis Bacon
rationalism
truths established by authority
must be criticized
the only valid criterion
main representative
René Descartes
TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES
science and technology
benefited many disciplines
science
knowledge obtained from
observation
reasoning
with a systematic structure
general principles and laws
can be verified experimentally
technique
set procedures
allows scientists to put knowledge into practice
advances
Other advances
Lightning rod
Benjamin Franklin
Composition of air and isolated oxygen
analicen by Antoine Lavoisier
the battery
invented by Alessandro Volta
Scientific advances
some of the advances
centigrade temperature scale
created by Anders Celsius
invented in 1742
Linnaean taxonomy
invented by Carl Linnaeus
it is a binomial nomenclature
he gave plants latin scientific names
consisting of
genus
species
mercury thermometer
invented by Daniel Fahrenheit
invented in 1714
Technological advances
made to meet demands of changing economy
Great Britain the most pioneering
advances the
steam engine
invented by James Watt
1785
Edmund Cartwright started using it
it was used in power looms
new method to obtain iron using coke
a solid grey fuel
it produced cast iron
an strong material
first cast-iron arch
made in 1779
first iron boat
made in 1787
