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HISTORY OF SCIENCE HSC201
Exam 2
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History
Undergraduate 2
10/14/2008

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Black death
Definition
Hemridging of the blood vessels.
Occured due to filthy conditions.
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Rational attempts at contolling the buobonic plague.
Definition
Cleaning the streets
Hygeiene
elimination of rats
improving the smell of the air
spices and flowers
Regulation of trade
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Religious attempts
Definition
increase in clergy
increase in the devotion to mary
extremeism- hermits etc.
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Fall of Constantinople
Definition
Ottoman Turks had a cannon, utilized trigonometry
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Luther
Definition
95 Complaints "forgiveness should not be sold" protestant
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oral tradition
Definition
passed on news through song. rhymes were also used.
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Mneumonic Devices
Definition
Things were remembered by rhyming. Used to memorize cathedrals.
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Interchangeable Typeface printing
Definition
preserved knowledge. Made it fast. Printed money.
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Protestant Reformation
Definition
Born from the printing press.
propaganda war.
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Cross-Referencing
Definition
The use of indexes allowed for easier data retrieval.
Related two things that were not commonly associated.
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scientific advances after ITP
Definition
Books
Bibles
Woodblock illustrations
dictionaries- further developed language
calendars
easily updatable information
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Heavenly Bodies
Definition
Moon
Stars
Sun
Term
6 rules on heavely bodies
Definition
all heavenly bodies ore spherical
heavenly bodies are perfect, where as the earth is physically corrupt
The heavens are Unchanging
The Universe is Geocentric
The earth is stationary
The heavenly bodies, move around the earth with perfect motion (Uniform Circular Motion)
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Why Greeks Believed the earth was stationary
Definition
we see the heavens moving
we dont feel the earth moving
tossed object experiment
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Church View on earth being stationary
Definition
The bible says that the earth does not move.
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Florence
Definition
Where the renaissance began
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Humanism
Definition
valued earthly existance combined with the christian faith. Giovanni Pico Della, Oration on the dignity of man.
Term
Gutenberg
Definition
Invented the ITP press.
Term
Alberti
Definition
Designed/Invented the first woodblock illustration
Term
Ptolemy
Definition
Roman astronomer. developed a geocentric model
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toscanelli
Definition
observed comets, and developed a model for their orbits
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Portolan Chart
Definition
An early map.
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Urbino
Definition
Home of Duke Federico. Great Library is here.
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Duke Federico
Definition
Built the great Library. humanist duke of urbino during the renaissance.
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