HIST 1010 Lecture 17: The Scientific Evolution
11 Nov 2016
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Increased sophistication in counting and accounting in business ! Developments in science galileo"s invention of telescope, study of galaxy ! See it around us all the time, but don"t know what it is augustine, christian thinker! Julian calendar was out by 11 days by 1582. ! Pope gregory xiii had the catholic experts realign the calendar gregorian. Was no accepted by many europeans because they saw it as a popish affair: mechanical clocks european cities, 1300 > quantitative ! Invention of escapement mechanism > tick tock sound, measures time by s! Beginning of precise measurement in time ! Insistence on the homogeneity of time ! Geocentric view of universe view of the cosmos from the earth ! Maps relate to sacred and symbolic space! Space measured in absolute terms not around a centre, but routes from a to b! Mariners generated precise distances sailors, africa to india, across indian ocean! Curved surfaces subject to 2d representation modern maps !
