BIOL 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Carbon Fixation, Industrial Revolution, Middle Ages
15 Dec 2017
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Knowing we had paradise to go to got people through the day: 1400 ad- start of the age of discovery and enlightenment (renascence) In the middle ages, belief and dependence on religion and superstition was paramount but during this time instead of/in addition to this they focused on discovery and intellectual enlightenment through investigating. Having a belief in the human mind to further the development of humanity. Technological innovations with modern nation states (monarchy control: 1700 ad- industrial revolution fossil fuel party . Using fossil fuels, oil, etc. to amplify everything humans want to do. Since the industrial revolution, everything has taken off. Coal became the first important source of fuel before this trees had to be cut down whereas now not as many trees needed to be cut down for fuel and instead were cleared to create land for food.
