17/08/15
Learning Objective: To learn about the role envisioned for science as the new vehicle by which society will progress. DA: In 1609, Galileo Galilei built the improved version of Han Lippershey's refracting telescope. Briefly explain why it was significant that Galileo observed imperfections of celestial bodies. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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Excerpt from Bacon's Instauratio Magna (Great Beginning) of 1620:
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- Critiques the stagnation of learning, and notes the general lack of progress in making discoveries and inventions.
- What could have prompted Bacon to write about this?
- What is he worried about?
- What does the existing way of thinking lack?
- What does he want thinkings to do differently than they have been doing?
- What are some authorities that people just took on faith to explain things?
Divide class into seven groups.
Groups download the following document:
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Discuss your document and appoint a scribe to take notes.
- Your group should be able to see at least one modern discovery or invention prefigured in Bacon's utopian society. List 1-7 on the board as each group presents
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Discuss the importance of having an official organization, sanctioned by the government, in which scientific achievement is publicized and rewarded. What about potential drawbacks?
Analyze the Frontispiece from Bacon's Instauratio Magna:
- Royal British Society in London, 1660.
- Academy of Sciences in Paris, 1666.
Analyze the Frontispiece from Bacon's Instauratio Magna: