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Galeno de Pérgamo (130-200 AD) Un médico griego, sus puntos de vista dominaron la medicina europea a lo largo de más de mil años
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Plinio el Viejo (23-79 AD) Un escritor latino, científico, naturalista y militar romano, escribió una enciclopedia que cubría casi todo el conocimiento antiguo
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Avicena (980-1037) Un médico, filósofo, científico y polímata persa qui scribió cerca de trescientos libros sobre diferentes temas, predominantemente de filosofía y medicina
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Andrés Vesalio (1514-1564) Un anatomista Bélgica y considerado el fundador de la anatomía moderna
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Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) Un astrónomo, físico y matemático francés a veces referido como el Newton de Francia
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Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) Astrónomo famoso principalmente por la creencia general de que en 1929 había demostrado la expansión del universo midiendo el corrimiento al rojo de galaxias distantes
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130 Flashcards I Recorded in this Course:
fall of the Roman Empire
caída del Imperio romano
knowledge
conocimiento
the specialization of different trades
la especialización de distintos oficios
although many cultures had these conditions
aunque muchas culturas tenían estas condiciones
unfortunately
desafortunadamente
An interesting fact is that
Un hecho interesante es que
Although each culture had its own language
A pesar de que cada cultura tenía su idioma particular
But something that marked this period were
Pero algo que marcó este periódo fueron
reached
alcanzaron
By dominating many peoples it decreased the conflicts between them
Al tener a muchos pueblos dominados disminuyeron los conflictos entre ellos
increased
aumentó
was marked
estuvo marcada
only a few
sólo de unos pocos
By the late Middle Ages
Hacia fines de la Edad Media
This was going to make big political changes
Esto iba a marcar grandes cambios políticos
we found
encontramos
the villages
las aldeas
And towards the end of the fifteenth century
Y hacia el final del siglo quince
among which were found
entre los cuales encontramos
in the south
en el sur
extensive libraries
amplias bibliotecas
The majority of
La mayoría de
in addition parts of Asia
además de partes de Asia
Not only this but also
No sólo esto sino que también
became a common language
se volvió una lengua común
precise measurements of the sun were made
se hicieron mediciones precisas del sol
With this data
Con estos datos
an emphasis was made
se hizo un énfasis
Still
Todavía
in fact both terms come from
de hecho ambos términos vienen del
which was studied
los cuales se estudiaron
that we saw
que vimos
flourished under
floreció bajo
in Christian countries
en los países cristianos
At the end of
Al final de
said that
decían que
then there was a great desctruction
entonces hubo una gran destrucción
which in fact survived until
que de hecho sobrevivió hasta
were able to synthesize
pudo sintetizar
Las ventajas of
Las ventajas de
over half
más de la mitad
courses offered
cursos ofrecidos
outperformed any other
supera a cualquier otro
would lead
llevarían
accelerator
acelerador
to have a language
tener un idioma
share
compartir
propitiated
propiciaron
the fall of Constantinople
la caída de Constantinopla
followed by England
seguidas de Inglaterra
Sweden
Suecia
were expelled from
fueron expulsados de
the Protestant Reformation occurred
se dio la reforma protestante
was spread to the rest of Europe
se esparció por el resto de Europa
which allowed
lo cual permitió
discoveries
descubrimientos
had been very conservative
había sido muy conservadora
the advent of printing
la llegada de la imprenta
the contributions of
los aportes de
led to the acceptance
llevaron a la aceptación
revolves around
gira alrededor
previously
hasta entonces
despite having been criticized by
a pesar de haber sido criticado por
Not that you can say that
No es que se pueda decir que
if we assume
si asumimos
than vice versa
que al revés
doing dissections
haciendo disecciones
elements that we now find
los elementos que ahora encontramos
he burned
quemó
leading to the development of
dando lugar al desarrollo de
where they could compare
donde se podían comparar
how similar or different
que tan similares o distintas
such as microscopes
tales como microscopios
Having more than one
Al haber más de un
both are needed
ambos son necesarios
occurred at this time
se dio en esta época
to be so successful in describing
al tener tanto éxito en describir
what we now call science
que es lo que ahora llamamos ciencia
all the knowledge generated until then
todo el conocimiento generado hasta ese entonces
progress was made
se dieron avances
There were many events that gave rise to
Hubo muchos eventos que dieron inicio a
going beyond universities
yendo más allá de las universidades
They began to create societies and journals
Se empezaron a crear sociedades y revistas
growth of cities
crecimiento de las ciudades
microorganisms were discovered
se descubrieron los microorganismos
vaccines
vacunas
something that had never happened
algo que nunca había sucedido
His studies led to the development of
Su estudio llevó al desarrollo de
production of food and medicine
producción de comida y medicinas
We still have much to learn of the brain and mind
Todavía nos falta mucho por conocer del cerebro y de la mente
such as psychology
tales como la psicología
which not only prpoduced new fuels
cual no solo produjo nuevos combustibles
clothing
ropa
many resources
muchos recursos
do not apply at very small scales
no aplicaban a escalas muy pequeñas
Fission was achieved
Se lograron la fisión
Besides storing and transmitting
Además de almacenar y transmitir
was achieved
se logró
led to the developments of
llevó al desarrollo de
right now we are all using a computer
todos ahorita estamos usando una computadora
give us a new tool to test theories
nos brindan de una nueva herramienta para poder contrastar teorías
a proof of this
una prueba de ello
It appears that
Parece ser que
from anywhere
desde cualquier lugar
sphere
esfera
half white and half black
mitad blanca y mitad negra
then in fact
entonces de hecho
if we try to find out
si tratamos de averiguar
a survey
una encuesta
that surround
que rodean
that having different descriptions
que al tener distintas descripciones
or else the so-called frame of reference
o también del llamado marco de referencia
Thus
Por lo tanto
since we need a description
ya que necesitamos uina descripción
That does not mean that
Esto no quiere decir que
Having different descriptions
Al tener distintas descripciones
sincde we cannot determine either
ya que tampoco podemos determinar
This leads us to have descriptions
Esto nos lleva a tener descripciones
It's not that informative
No es tan informativo
discard the rest
desechar las demás
which postulates that
el cual postula que
It will be more productive if we combine them
Va a ser más productivo si las combinamos
has to be in agreement with the truth
tiene que estar de acuerdo con la realidad
Nevertheless
Sin embargo
although in theory
aunque en teoría
which we will see more
lo cual veremos más
judge independently
juzgar independientemente
will remain valid
seguirá siendo válida
At the same time
A su vez
with which we do not agree
con las cuales no estamos de acuerdo