When looking at how science of the early modern period provided foundations for‚ and gave rise to modern science‚ many historians turn to the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. However‚ a major problem with many writings about historical science is that they have a tendency to divide historical figures into ’good guys’ fighting for truth‚ and ’bad guys’ who opposed these truths as a result of ignorance or bias. This kind of writing is known as Whiggish histories of science. Whig history
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vague but important. It is important to understand someone before you judge them. Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill judge Boo off assumptions‚ but soon they are able realize the reality. The importance of understanding someone before you can judge them is important because you shouldn’t judge a person from rumors and made up lies. Near the beginning of the book‚ Jem says “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall‚ judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrel and any cats he could catch‚ that’s why his hands
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hy is art important in society Why is Art Important in Society? I believe that Art is very important to any society. I think that Art in whatever form portrays real daily lives of the people‚ or person performing it. Art shows us that what people are thinking and feeling is important‚ beautiful‚ and valid. It is a powerful and entertaining way to get someone else’s perspective on something. Art is a way for us to express our vision through
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Scientific Revolution: Galileo Galilei The scientific revolution is truly a revolution in that people started to question commonly held beliefs and replace them with new ideas that not only made people rethink the universe they lived in but also their religious beliefs. The early scholars discussed in Chapter 16 of Joshua Cole and Carol Syme’s textbook Western Civilizations did not set out to change people’s religious beliefs‚ rather bring better explanations for these commonly held beliefs. An
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To begin‚ these paradigms‚ as Kuhn describes them‚ are originally limited in scope and precision. It may still be unclear to the researcher(s) to what is actually being studied. Nonetheless‚ “the success of a paradigms… is at the start largely a promise of success discoverable in selected and still incomplete examples.” (pg 23) This however‚ does not mean the paradigm will be completely successful and by no means to solve all the existing problems. Yet‚ there is still the notion that the paradigm
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The Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment The scientific revolution and the enlightenment are two major historical events that helped shape modern Western society. Beginning in the 14th century‚ these events were preceded by the renaissance‚ which was initiated in Italy and was the rebirth of classical Greco-Roman heritage. The aim of these intellectual movements was mainly to revive rational thought through science and reason‚ evidently bringing about the opposition of the Christian church
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To what extent is it acceptable for private companies to be involved in financing scientific research? STAND It is acceptable to a large extent for private companies to be involved in financing scientific research. TS #1 It is acceptable for private corporations to finance scientific research as it serves to promote growth and boost the economy‚ arguably more so than government-funded research. • According to an OECD report‚ it was concluded that it is private sector money and not
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http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/scientific-method-17.jpg The scientific method is a series of steps used to identify and execute hypothesies in an attempt to clarify scientific processes. The scientific method will be applied to the following scenario: ● You arrive home late at night. You walk up to the front door‚ unlock it‚ and reach in to turn on the light switch located just inside the front door. The light does not come on! Now what? Accoring to the scientific method the first step in this
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Importance Of Practical Education Education may be two types- theoretical and practical. When and learn from it‚ we are acquiring theoretical education. When we see things with our own eyes‚ and do things with our own hands‚ that is practical education. Theoretical education is necessary but it must be supplemented by practical education‚ if it is to be really effective. Travelling helps to give us this practical education. In our geography books we may read of the climate and vegetation of
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Describe geographic evidence collected in the last part of the 20th century to support the theory of continental drift. Why do scientists today accept the movement of continents but did not accept this theory back in Wegner’s time? Scientist didn’t approve of Wegner’s theory back in his time because he wasn’t a scientist. He went off of his own thoughts with no evidence. He had no experience in geology. But later in 1930 Wegner’s would pass away before the decision on his theory was not approve
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