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25 Cards in this Set
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Democritus
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came up with atomic theory, introduced atoms
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Empedocles
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introduced the 4 element theory
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Thales
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first person to do a geometric proof, universe is made out of water
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Augustine
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clergyman who said we shouldn't study science
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Pythagoras
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universe is made up of numbers, proved pythagorean theorem
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Constantine
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built constantinople and namedit after himself, made constantinople capital of Byzantene
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Charlemagne
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first holy roman emperor, opened schools to train beaurocrats
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Four characteristics of Pre-Greek(pre-ionian) science
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Practcal, tied to religion, based strictly on observation, anonymous
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pre-ionian scientific contributions
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pyramid, mummy, astrology
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Cos
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home of hippocrates
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hippocrates
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developed the 4 humors theory
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Galen
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surgeon to the gladiators, wrote books about human and animal anatomy
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Mesopotamia
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irrigation techniques, astrology, ptr-ionian society that made scientific contributions
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Miletus
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ionian trading center, home of thales
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Constantinople
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capital of the byzantene empire
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Toledo
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site of translation in islamic spain
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Carthage(ancient Tunisia)
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home of Capella and St. Augustine
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Cordova
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capital of islamic "spain"
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Rome
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Spiritual capital of the latin west
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Samos
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birthplace of pythagoras
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Capella
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created the 7 liberal arts
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seven liberal arts
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grammar, dialect, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, harmony
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paradigm
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model, review
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anomaly
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Piece of data that doesn't fit the paradigm
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4 humors theory
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4 elements-earth, water, air, fire
4 fluids - black bile, phlegm, blood, yellow bile |
