History+of+s+cience

__**HISTORY OF SCIENCE**__ Hello and welcome to the history of science.

We will try to focus on the history of science in our single period every week.

In this topic we will focus on important scientists from the past who greatly improved our understanding of how the physical universe around us works. We will also take time to focus on how science as a human practise has developed over the last 3000 years.

__**TOPIC 1 Science in ancient civilizations**__

Examine the list of famous thinkers below.

// Aristarchus, Ptolomy, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus //

Answer the following questions (in a powerpoint presentation or word file) about each of the above thinkers. Save the powerpoint to your SC103B folder in a sub folder called History of Science"

1/ Where did they live?

2/ How long ago did they live?

3/ What fields of learning did they focus on? Write a definition of each of these areas.

4/ What contribution did they make to our understanding of these areas?

5/ For what are they best remembered?

6/ How did they influence later thinkers/scientists?

7/ Why do you think I called these people thinkers rather than scientists?

Here are some web resources to help you:

The open door web site: history of science and technology

Who was Eratosthenes?

Eratosthenes of Cyrene

You will need to use a search engine and type in the relevant terms to find other web sites.

When you have finished this task follow the link to your next topic: The Birth of Modern Science