Transmission of ideas (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Medical Renaissance time period
Medical Renaissance time period
c1500-c1700
Inventor of printing press & year
Inventor of printing press & year
Johannes Gutenberg, c1440
3 problems with hand-copying medical texts
3 problems with hand-copying medical texts
Time-consuming, expensive, prone to errors
No. of printing presses across Europe by 1500
No. of printing presses across Europe by 1500
Hundreds
Printing press impact on knowledge sharing
Printing press impact on knowledge sharing
Faster, more effective sharing across wider areas
Printing press impact on Church control
Printing press impact on Church control
Weakened Church's monopoly over ideas & publications
Benefit of exact copies from printing press
Benefit of exact copies from printing press
Standardisation - consistent knowledge as it spread
Royal Society's approach to medicine
Royal Society's approach to medicine
Systematic experimentation vs traditional theories
Year Philosophical Transactions began
Year Philosophical Transactions began
1665
Significance of Philosophical Transactions
Significance of Philosophical Transactions
World's first scientific journal
Who granted Royal Society its royal charter
Who granted Royal Society its royal charter
Charles II
What royal charter gave Royal Society
What royal charter gave Royal Society
Official recognition and credibility
Purpose of Royal Society
Purpose of Royal Society
Advance science through systematic experimentation
Purpose of Philosophical Transactions journal
Purpose of Philosophical Transactions journal
Allow scientists to share work & build on discoveries