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STS 1010: Survey of Science & Technology in Society (Grant)

Ancient World (about 3000BC-476AD)

Ancient World Science and Technology 

  • Mesopotamia
  • Rome
  • Greece
  • Egypt
  • Papyrus
  • Wheel
  • Aqueducts
  • Roads
  • Irrigation
  • Astrology
  • Cartography
  • Mapping
  • Navigation

Medieval (about 476AD-1600’s)

  • England
  • France
  • water/wind mills
  • Armour
  • Gun powder
  • Trebuchet
  • Genetics

Industrial Revolution (1800’s-1940’s)

  • Factories
  • Trains
  • Railroads
  • Coal
  • Steel
  • Urbanization
  • Steamboats
  • Assembly lines
  • Trench warfare
  • Guns
  • Armored vehicles
  • Telegram
  • Medicine
  • Transportation science
  • Radio
  • Chemicals

Renaissance/Enlightenment (1600’s-1800’s)

  • France
  • Art
  • Galileo
  • Anatomy
  • Telescope
  • Sculpting
  • Portraits
  • Printing Press

Modern (1940’s-present)

  • Nuclear weapons
  • Cold war
  • Cell phones
  • World wide web
  • Computers
  • Wifi
  • Space race
  • Vaccinations
  • Cars
  • Apple
  • Physics
  • Satellites
  • Medicine
  • Energy resources