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NST2602 ASSIGNMENT 2 2022
- Course
- NST2602 (NST2602)
- Institution
- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
NST2602 ASSIGNMENT 2 2022
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, QUESTION 1• Renaissance
The era is marked by profound technical advancements like the printing press, linear
perceptivity, patent law and double-shell domes. Leonardo da Vinci provided a deep
insight into mechanical technology. The large crane was developed to lift masonry
stones to the top of structures Military technology developed rapidly with widespread
use of the crossbow and ever more powerful artillery. Science and technology began
a cycle of mutual advancement.
b)
The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and
economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages.
• 20th Century
Technology developed rapidly. Communication technology, transportation
technology, broad teaching and the implementation of scientific methods came to the
fore. Increased research spending all contributed to the advancement of modern
science and technology. Owing to the scientific gains directly tied to military research
and development, technologies, including electronic computing, might have
developed as rapidly as they did in part because of war. Radio, radar and early
sound recording were key technologies that paved the way for the telephone, fax
machine and magnetic storage of data. Energy and engine technology
improvements were also vast, including nuclear power.
b) Locate the time period in your own context.
It was the tenth and final century of the 2nd millennium. Unlike most century years,
the year 2000 was a leap year, and the second century leap year in the Gregorian
calendar after 1600.
• 4th Industrial revolution
Above all else, the revolution was driven by cheap energy in the form of coal,
produced in ever- increasing amounts from the abundant re-sources of Britain. Coal
converted to coke provided the blast furnace and cast iron in much larger amounts
than before, and a range of structures could be created, such as the iron bridge.
Cheap coal meant that industry was no longer constrained by water resources
driving the mills, although it continued as a valuable source of power.
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