Science & Technology since 1914
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"...So science and technology certainly have their positive sides, but we must remember that they still involve human beings and they have not changed human nature. As such, they are not cure-alls for the human condition. Humans have long struggled with how to properly use science and technology and may well continue to struggle so in the future as well...."
Key Terms
- Important Theorists
- Marie & Pierre Curie - Radioactivity
- Albert Einstein - Theory of Relativity
- Nuclear Power
- Atomic Bomb
- Manhattan Project
- Robert Oppenheimer
- Josef Stalin & Soviet Competition
- Chernobyl
- Fukushima
- Biology
- Eugenics
- DNA
- Human Genome Project
- Space Technology
- Sputnik
- Apollo 11
- Computing
- Microprocessor
- Personal Computers
- Internet
Guided Viewing Questions
- How have advances in physics contributed to nuclear technology, especially the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy?
- What was eugenics and how did it influence Nazism?
- How did biology move away from eugenics after the Second World War to new discoveries such as DNA?
- How did the Cold War contribute to space exploration?
- How has the importance of space exploration and space technologies changed since the end of the Cold War? How have computers changed since the 1970s?
- How have computers and the internet become so important since the 1970s?
- What are some of the positive and negative changes that computers have caused since the 1970s?