Renaissance Science and Technology

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Renaissance Science and Technology

• Madnick/Global History 9

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The Printing Press

• A machine used for printing books quickly
• Invented by Johannes Gutenberg
• c.1450, Germany

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The Printing Press
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The Printing Press

• Johannes Gutenberg was no genius!!
• He knew about existing technologies and ideas
• He combined, or synthesized, these ideas
• His invention had major effects on global history
• Or was he?

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The Printing Press

• Johannes Gutenberg was no genius!!
• Or was he?

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Paper from China, c. 1100 -cheaper and quicker to
make than parchment/animal skin
The Printing Press
moveable type replaced block printing
Literacy was increasing-people wanted to read
Wine press screw used to press paper against
letters
Carolingian script replaced Gothic Script -easier
to read
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The Printing Press
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Wine Press Screw
Carolingian Script
Paper
Moveable type
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Parchment
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Moveable Type
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Wine Press Screw
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Carolingian Script
Gothic Script
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The Printing Press
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The Printing Press

• first book ever printed on a printing press using
  moveable type
• The Gutenberg Bible c.1450

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Effects of Gutenbergs Printing Press

• Books were cheaper to make and buy
• Literacy increased
• Readers gained greater knowledge (religion, law,
  science)
• New ideas spread quickly
• Orthography became similar

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Effects of Gutenbergs Printing Press
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Scientific Revolution

• 1500-1700,WE
• birth of modern science
• explained the world in a
• logical way
• very upsetting to the Church
• It was very SCIENTIFIC

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Scientific Revolution

• It was very SCIENTIFIC

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• Science
• used to explain the natural world

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• Copernicus, Nicolas
• rejected earth-centered universe (geocentric) for
• the sun-centered universe
• (heliocentric)

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• Isaac Newton discovered the Laws of Gravity
• Also invented Calculus!

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• Empiricism
• Idea that you must have evidence from
  experiments, not just assume things are true
• AKA

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• New sciences and inventions
• Chemistry, botany, anatomy
• Microscope, thermometer

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• Tycho Brahe
• Proved Copernicus was right by observing planets
  through a telescope

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• Inquisition
• Movement by the Catholic Church to challenge
  scientific discoveries
• People went to trial for heresybeliefs that
  challenged Church teachings

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• First Telescope
• invented by Galileo, 1580s
• Used by Copernicus and Brahe to prove
  heliocentric theory
• Brought before the Inquisition for heresy

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• Ink
• Was needed to print all the books written by
  scientists!

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• Creation
• of new ways of seeing the world through science
• Catholic Church
• grew weaker as people moved away from religious
  beliefs
• Conflict between Science and Religion

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