Medieval Science Part II
06.15.2010 | No Comments ››Feudalism Fall of the Roman Empire, feudal economy, local defense and self-sufficiency, trade in luxury goods and slaves Land based feudal system, craft based industry Common ownership of ...
The Scientific Revolution Part 1
06.15.2010 | No Comments ››The Scientific Revolution Part 1 Bernal treats economic and political factors as the sources of the scientific revolution, not the context Bernal highlights the transformation of the ...
Dutch Hydraulic Engineering
04.15.2010 | 1 Comment ››Medieval Dutch Hydraulic Engineering European rainfall, thick, wet soil, iron–shod plough and oxen Field rotation, crop, fallow, manure, population increase Horse-collar, increased horse population, cavalry, stirrups Hydraulic Engineering in ...
Mathematical Education and Industry
04.14.2010 | No Comments ››NOTE: THIS SUMMARY IS ABBREVIATED by 1800 math teaching in England was better than math teaching in France in addition, after 1750 British math was oriented towards ...
Agriculture, Metals, and Class Divisions
04.14.2010 | No Comments ››Agriculture Agriculture developed approximately 10000 years ago Growing of crops and the domestication of animals Change from nomadic tribes to settlements, knowledge of growing cycle of plants: Early ...
Greek Philosophy and Development of Chinese Science
04.14.2010 | 3 Comments ››The Iron Age and Greek Natural Philosophy Ancient Greece: Scholarly discussion about nature; The exclusion of religion from explanations of nature; City states and democracy, open ...
