IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE,ANCIENT THEORIES PREVAILED ESPECIALLY ARISTOTLE'S IDEA THAT ALL PHENOMENA HAD A DIVINE CAUSE.MONKS KEPT THEIR LOVE OF LEARNING ALIVE BY COPYING ANCIENT SCIENTIFIC TEXTS.THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONSTANTLY ADDED TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE BY DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS IN MATHEMATICS,ASTRONOMY,AND MEDICINE.EXAMPLE -
ALCHEMY - MEDIEVAL ALCHEMISTS ,IN THEIR QUEST TO MAKE GOLD AND DISCOVER THE SECRET OF ETERNAL LIFE,DISCOVERED MUCH ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF METALS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES.THEY DEVELOPED MANY OF THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE USE TODAY IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB.
ELEMENTS - ACCORDING TO ANCIENT GREEKS FOUR DIFFERENT SHAPED TYPES OF ATOM MADE UP THE FOUR ELEMENTS-EARTH,FIRE,AIR,WATER-FROM WHICH EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD WAS MADE.THE WORD "ATOM" COMES FROM THE GREEK "ATOMEIN",MEANING "INVISIBLE".WE KNOW NOW THAT MANY KINDS OF ATOMS EXIST,AND THAT THEY CAN BE DIVIDED.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
MEDIEVAL SCIENCE
IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE,ANCIENT THEORIES PREVAILED ESPECIALLY ARISTOTLE'S IDEA THAT ALL PHENOMENA HAD A DIVINE CAUSE.MONKS KEPT THEIR LOVE OF LEARNING ALIVE BY COPYING ANCIENT SCIENTIFIC TEXTS.THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONSTANTLY ADDED TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE BY DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS IN MATHEMATICS,ASTRONOMY,AND MEDICINE.EXAMPLE -
ALCHEMY - MEDIEVAL ALCHEMISTS ,IN THEIR QUEST TO MAKE GOLD AND DISCOVER THE SECRET OF ETERNAL LIFE,DISCOVERED MUCH ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF METALS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES.THEY DEVELOPED MANY OF THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE USE TODAY IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB.
ELEMENTS - ACCORDING TO ANCIENT GREEKS FOUR DIFFERENT SHAPED TYPES OF ATOM MADE UP THE FOUR ELEMENTS-EARTH,FIRE,AIR,WATER-FROM WHICH EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD WAS MADE.THE WORD "ATOM" COMES FROM THE GREEK "ATOMEIN",MEANING "INVISIBLE".WE KNOW NOW THAT MANY KINDS OF ATOMS EXIST,AND THAT THEY CAN BE DIVIDED.
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