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3.-Famous-world-scientists.pptx
1. Key words: Workplace skills, character, 9 habits
Friday, 23 September 2022
Title: Famous scientists: a world view
LO: To describe characteristics of successful scientists.
• Do now:
1. What did Rosalind Franklin do?
2. What did Florence Nightingale do?
3. What did Hedy Lamar do?
2. Key words: Workplace skills, character, 9 habits
Friday, 23 September 2022
Title: Famous scientists: a world view
LO: To describe characteristics of successful scientists.
• Do now:
1. What did Rosalind Franklin do? Contributed to the discovery of the
structure of DNA
2. What did Florence Nightingale do? Pioneered hygiene in hospitals
3. What did Hedy Lamar do? Invented the technology we now call
Bluetooth
3. Friday, 23 September 2022
Title: Famous scientists: a world view
LO: To describe characteristics of successful scientists.
Name some world scientists and their discoveries scientists.
Recall the dispersal of knowledge from ancient scientists.
Consider whether the history of science has been whitewashed.
4. Friday, 23 September 2022
Are these scientists?
Mainly:
Old
White
Male
Privileged
5. Friday, 23 September 2022
Pause point
What did rich European men have access to that gave
them such a privileged place in science in the 18th and
18th centuries.
1. They were cleverer
2. They had more education
3. they were richer
7. Friday, 23 September 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-
lHyUYaAIU&list=PLBThhL8p7IfnFuLQUQ0rvUB8u24ND6bHc
Watch to 5.40 minutes
...and science was "borrowed".
Ptolemy,
Greece–
2nd century
Copernicus,
Italy – 16th
century
Nope! Al
Battani,
Damascus,
9th Century
8. Friday, 23 September 2022
Pause point
Which 3 scientific discoveries can we credit to
scientists outside Europe?
1. Gunpowder, alkali, DNA
2. Alkali, gunpowder, optics
3. DNA, the structure of the atom, gravity
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Writings of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers translated and preserved in the great libraries of the North African
Muslim empire
The North African Muslim empire valued knowledge and discovery and built wonderful libraries. Their science was
brought into Europe predominantly through Spain.
Knowledge from Eastern and Southern Asia brought into Europe along the Silk Road
11. Friday, 23 September 2022
Pause point
Why was the Islamic empire so significant in the
history of science?
1. Learning and discovery were treasured
2. Great libraries were built to preserve knowledge
3. The discoveries and writings of the Romans and
Greeks were translated
4. All of the above
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Key
knowledge
Eurocentric A limited view that focuses only on Europe
India An area which made many advancements in
mathematics
China. Many early scientific innovations including gunpowder
North African
Muslim
empire
A mediaeval region which valued knowledge and
discovery. Preserved the works of the greeks and
romans in famous libraries.
Look, cover, write, check
13. Friday, 23 September 2022
Key
knowledge
Eurocentric A limited view that focuses only on Europe
India An area which made many advancements in
mathematics
China. Many early scientific innovations including gunpowder
North African
Muslim
empire
A mediaeval region which valued knowledge and
discovery. Preserved the works of the Greeks and
Romans in famous libraries.
14. Friday, 23 September 2022
Application task – I do
I believe the Eurocentric view of science dominated by white men
is wrong because...
The first reason I think this is...
The second reason I think this is...
In conclusion...
15. Friday, 23 September 2022
Application task – I do
I believe the Eurocentric view of science dominated by white men is
wrong because there is a long history of science in other parts of the
world, particularly, China, India and North Africa/the Middle East.
The first reason I think this is that gunpowder was invented in China
over 100 years ago. This invention has had a huge impact on the lives
of humans.
The second reason I think this is that much discovery and learning was
done in the North African Islamic empire in the middle ages.
In conclusion it was the access to education of rich white men in the
17th to 19th centuries that caused a lot of more modern scientific
discoveries to be made and recorded by them.
16. Friday, 23 September 2022
Application task – You do
The Eurocentric view of science dominated by white men is wrong
because…
17. Friday, 23 September 2022
Application task – You do
I believe the Eurocentric view of science dominated by white men
is wrong because...
The first reason I think this is...
The second reason I think this is...
In conclusion...
18. Friday, 23 September 2022
Plenary
Name three places where significant progress in science has
been made at times in history when European science was
not as developed
China, India, North Africa, Middle East
Notes de l'éditeur
Pose the question to students – is science racist?
Whilst it is probably not, the representation of science due to the location of univesities in the 18th to 20th centuries was in Europe and only accessible to rich men. This view is Eurocentric rather than racist and is a product of the society then.
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Gunpowder – invented in 9th century China
The science of optics – significant use of lenses by the ancient Egyptians but accurate scientific writing by Al Kindi in Iraq in the 9th century
The discovery and naming of alkalis – Alkali actually comes from the arabic القلوي (al-qaly) from its discovery amongst ashes
Watch the video, discuss what Copernicus did and who he "borrowed" his data from.
2
The concept of zero was common in ancient cultures, in Mesopotamia and amongst the Mayans, but it wasn’t until the work of Brahmagupta in India in the 7th century that it became incorporated as a mathematical concept. It made its way to Europe via Arab traders and wasn’t in common use here until the 12th century, 500 years later! Algebra is also named after comes from the Arabic الجبر (al-jabr lit. "the restoring of broken parts") from the title of the book cIlm al-jabr wa l-muqābala "The Science of Restoring and Balancing" by the Persian mathematician and astronomer al-Khwarizmi. He worked in the 9th century.
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Read through the slide with students then cover up the key knowledge.
Read through the slide with students then cover up the key knowledge.