STS Chapter 2 (Part1to3)
STS Chapter 2 (Part1to3)
STS Chapter 2 (Part1to3)
1500 CE
Integration of Knowledge
Mathematics
and Science
Pharmacy Islamic pharmacists were
skilled in compounding
medicines.
"Canon of Medicine"
Founder of
early modern
medicine
Persian polymath
FATHER OF MODERN MEDICINE
Humours in the Medieval times
referred to what was believed to be
their four cardinal bodily fluids, the
innards which made a person healthy,
namely phlegm, yellow bile, black
bile, and blood.
Architecture
calligraphy is not a writing system
but rather a decorative and artistic
way of writing within various writing
systems.
Cast iron
Gold
Blast furnace
Warfare
Other Notable
Inventions
Artesian well
An artesian aquifer is a
confined aquifer
containing groundwater
under positive pressure.
This causes the water
level in the well to rise to
a point where
hydrostatic equilibrium
has been reached.
Wheel Barrow
Mirror Throughout European
Middle Ages mirrors
were simply slightly
convex disks of metal,
either bronze, tin, or
silver, that reflected
light off their highly
polished surfaces.
Spectacles
Alchemy
Alchemy in the Middle Ages was a mixture
of science, philosophy, and mysticism. At
the heart of medieval alchemy was the idea
that all matter was composed of four
elements: earth, air, fire, and water. With
the right combination of elements, it was
theorized, any substance on earth might be
formed.
Mathematics
Leonardo of Pisa or Fibonacci - Hindu-
Arabic numeral system
Nicole Oresme - used rectangular
coordinates system
Nicholas of Cusa - ideas on the infinite and
the infinitesimal
Art
Oil painting
Leonardo da Vinci
SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING DAVID THE PIETA
Manufacturing
Knowledge on how
to make concrete