10. Cultural Status of Science.pptx - HIST 1250 16 October...

HIST 1250
16 October 2018
Lecture 10
Cultural Status of Science
and Technology in Europe

Announcements
1. YOU MUST HAND IN A HARD
COPY and into Dropbox before
assignment can be graded
1) in class, to myself or your TA
2) in my mailbox (room 2010
MacKinnon Extension)
3) your TA’s mailbox (History
Department)

Midterm Format
60 minutes , 50 marks total , 2 sections
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Section 1: Short answer/identification:
Identify and explain the significance of
pieces of historical evidence: objects, texts,
or images.
Given 3, answer 2; 10 marks each = 20
marks.
Spend about 24 minutes on this section .
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Section 2: Essay. 30 marks.
Spend about 36 minutes on this section .

Midterm Hints!
1. Begin with lecture notes,
supplement with readings.
2. Quizzes will be helpful
3. Focus on course themes and
learning outcomes!

1. Recall: Ptolemaic
Astronomy
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Ptolemy’s Almagest -“ problem of
the planets ”
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by 15
th
C, Aristotle and Ptolemy:
integrated into medieval Christian
theology
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e.g. Dante’s Divine Comedy

2. Nicolaus Copernicus &
Astronomy
Cosmology vs. Astronomy as
Practices
cosmology : philosophical, physical
vs.
astronomy: quantitative,
mathematical
(prediction)

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-
1543)
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Copernicus’s monster
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De Revolutionibus
Orbium