Introduction to STS

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  • Science, Technology, & Society- It is the interaction between science and technology and social cultural, political and economic contexts which shape and are shaped by them.
  • SCIENCE- As introduced by Father McNamara, Science
    simply involves the acquisition of knowledge
    about the natural world which is done through an
    organized system of the scientific method.
  • scientific method- This method is usually what we do in our
    laboratory experiments today.
  • Originally the Greeks were said to be the first scientists who started discovering and understanding the natural world.
  • The Greeks were also called the “Philosophers of Nature”
    They did not only seek truth about the assistance
    of the natural world but also found ways to utilize
    them in their simple life.
  • TECHNOLOGY- Tools or Devices
  • “Art or craft” - tekne
    “Subject/interest” – logia
  • SOCIETY- These practical applications by ancient people,
    actually have evolved over time by bigger and
    more diverse groups of people of the society that
    were also observed to have changed the culture of
    humanities up to the present.
  • Reflective knowledge - in understanding the purpose of technologies to live a good life
  • Ethical decision making - in the face of scientific and technological advancement
  • Artificial Heart - produced for replacing ventricular function of the human heart
  • Genetic Engineering - a DNA molecule that carries
    our hereditary traits are manipulated to
    enhance/modify organisms genetic characteristics
  • Computers and social media – make information
    accessible to all users
  • Robotic Arm - to help/assist humans in
    performing repetitive tasks with great accuracy
    and efficiency
  • Nanotechnology in Medicine – utilizing and
    manipulating small particles in nanometers to
    produce medicine and other products
    (environmentally friendly)
  • RELATIONSHIP OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY- It can be described as rain falling on a mountain.
  • THE WHEEL
    3500 BC
    • The idea came to connect a non- moving platform
    to a rolling cylinder.
    • Wheeled carts facilitated agriculture and
    commerce by enabling the transportation of
    goods to and from markets, as well as easing the
    burden of people traveling great distances.
  • THE COMPASS
    • Invented by the Chinese between 9th to 11th
    century
    • The first compass was made of lodestone, a
    naturally-magnetized iron ore, the attractive
    properties of which they had been studying for
    centuries.
    • The compass enabled mariners to navigate safely
    far from land, increasing sea trade and
    contributing to the Age of Discovery.
  • THE PRINTING PRESS
    • Around 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg
    • Though others before him have developed the
    movable type made from metal, Gutenberg was
    the first to have created a mechanized process
    that transferred the ink (made from linseed oil and
    soot) from movable type to paper.
    • This exponentially increased the speed of making
    book copies, leading to the rapid dissemination of
    knowledge for the first time in history.
  • INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    19th century
    • In these engines, the combustion of fuel releases a
    high-temperature gas, which, as it expands,
    applies force to a piston, moving it.
    • Thus, combustion engines convert chemical
    energy into mechanical work.
    • The engines steered into the Industrial Age,
    enabling the invention of machines like modern
    cars and aircraft.
  • TELEPHONE
    1876 by Alexander Graham Bell
    • Though several inventors did pioneer work on
    electronic voice transmission, the invention
    quickly took off, and revolutionized global
    business and communication.
  • PENICILLIN
    1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming
    • Fleming noticed a bacteria-filled Petri dish in his
    laboratory, the sample had become contaminated
    with a mold, and everywhere the mold was, the
    bacteria were dead. That antibiotic mold turned
    out to be the fungus Penicillium.
    Penicillin fights a huge number of infections in
    humans without harming the humans themselves.
    • Advertised and mass-produced by 1944
  • INTERNET
    1960's
    • It is the global system of interconnected
    computer networks used by billions of people
    worldwide.
    • A team of computer scientists working for the US
    Defense Department's ARPA (Advanced Research
    Projects Agency) built a communications network
    to connect the computers in the agency, called
    ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet.
    • It used a method of data transmission called
    "packet switching."
    • "Information superhighway"
  • Solar Energy - Solar panels for electricity
  • Geothermal Energy - Heat from the earth
  • Wind Power - Windmills as source of energy
  • GREENHOUSE EFFECT- Carbon dioxide, Methane, Sulfur dioxide (SO2),
    Nitrogen oxides (NOx), Particulates