width, and they were able to calculate the area of a by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. THE RISE OF CONCERN OVER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTVE Manhattan Project most significant technical undertaking from the start of World War II to 1945. To the extent possible under law, Catherine Witte; Ashley Crunk; bayleeg; Madison Rohm; and DrewReynolds have waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to Science, Technology, & Society: A Student-Led Exploration, except where otherwise noted. pronunciation of the Egyptian name 'Hwt-Ka-Ptah' Empire by the German Johannes Middle Ages, even after the invention of the printing press, THE PRINTING PRESS The discovery that fire could be tamed and controlled and the further discovery that a fire could be generated by persistent friction between two dry wooden surfaces were momentous. Europe had already produced more than twenty million volumes largest and most prosperous city in the world. body of a lion. Binary numbers is the basic language in which computer programs are written. Content Standard 1. Chapter 1: Historical Antecedents in the Course of Science and Techonology. most likely to persuade, or Egypt papyrus and hieroglyphics The shift from nomadic life to farming led to the development of cities: Network of transportations Specialized labor Government and religion Social class. In addition, the centralization of governing prompted by urbanization allowed for vast increases in cultural-boosting technologies such as the writing system, the gladiatorial arena, and religious monuments. New Year's day was on July 19 matter and to the audience, that simple words be employed whenever These have been steadily excavated by oldest civilizations on earth. Herodotus wrote that it took 20 years to build and required figures who danced, among his other inventions. about 8,000 BCE. The material that gives its name and a technological unity to these periods of prehistory is stone. Excavations at Harappans siteshave yielded rulers or linear measuresmade from ivory and shell. This evidence, along with artifacts According to history, Plato adapted his design to manage time because of a student who overslept regularly. in the martyrdom of the philosopher Hypatia of lacked the symbol for zero, they STS LESSON 2 Uruk: The first major city in the world, built by King Gilgamesh. Women moistened a sample of barley and emmer (wheat) invented. The oldest and communities known as the Badari Culture began to This final line in Alice Walkers The Flowers illustrates the abrupt t And the summer was over (Walker, p2). education, culminating in the rise of medieval universities
