Science & Technology
Science is a systematic study or practice that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe we live in. Technology is the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes or applications, whether in an industrial application or in our everyday lives.
In The ascent of Western Civilization, its discoveries, its inventions, from gas lamps and horse drawn carriages to the exploration of the Universe. …. is the story of men, Westmen. Issac Newton once remarked "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
The depth and breadth of the scientific and technological achievements of Westernkind is truly Promethean in nature. Prometheus being the Greek God that bestowed the knowledge of fire on mankind. And so it is that our Promethean Westman gifted mankind with the science and technology we see around us and take advantage of everyday to make our lives better. What are these achievements of Western Civilization? What have Westman given to the world?
Westmen unlocked the secrets of DNA, launched satellites, created automation, discovered electricity and nuclear energy, invented automobiles, aircraft, submarines, radio, television, computers, medicine, telephones, light bulbs, photography, and countless other technological miracles. Westmen were the first to circumnavigate the planet by ship, orbit it by spacecraft, walk on the moon, probe beyond the solar system, climb the highest peaks, reach both poles, exceed the sound barrier, descend to the oceans depths... These are just a few of the scientific and technological achievements of Western Kind.
We all benefit from the achievements of Western Civilization, it is all around us, we swim in it. But who were the progenitors? Who were the creative minds that conceived these Promethean wonders? These are a few of the stories.
In The ascent of Western Civilization, its discoveries, its inventions, from gas lamps and horse drawn carriages to the exploration of the Universe. …. is the story of men, Westmen. Issac Newton once remarked "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
The depth and breadth of the scientific and technological achievements of Westernkind is truly Promethean in nature. Prometheus being the Greek God that bestowed the knowledge of fire on mankind. And so it is that our Promethean Westman gifted mankind with the science and technology we see around us and take advantage of everyday to make our lives better. What are these achievements of Western Civilization? What have Westman given to the world?
Westmen unlocked the secrets of DNA, launched satellites, created automation, discovered electricity and nuclear energy, invented automobiles, aircraft, submarines, radio, television, computers, medicine, telephones, light bulbs, photography, and countless other technological miracles. Westmen were the first to circumnavigate the planet by ship, orbit it by spacecraft, walk on the moon, probe beyond the solar system, climb the highest peaks, reach both poles, exceed the sound barrier, descend to the oceans depths... These are just a few of the scientific and technological achievements of Western Kind.
We all benefit from the achievements of Western Civilization, it is all around us, we swim in it. But who were the progenitors? Who were the creative minds that conceived these Promethean wonders? These are a few of the stories.
- Hans Christian Oersted The discovery of electromagnetism
- Michael Faraday The discovery of electromagnetic induction
- James Clerk Maxwell Equations of the Electromagnetic wave
- Heinrich Hertz Experimental proof of Maxwell's Equations
- Marconi The invention of radio
- Radio Diversity
- Casimir Zeglen The bullet proof vest story
- Kelly Johnson The SR-71 story
- Gerog Simon Ohm Ohm's Law
- Allesandro Volta: The Invention of the Battery