A Brief History of the Development of Science

[@sebastiangamboa9339]

Excellent video! I enjoyed your quick summary of Greek thought and the quick progression to Alexander the Great and his impact. I especially loved the progression where you describe the Medieval scholars as looking for "why?" rather than "what?", how Bacon suggested an alternative more akin to the scientific method, and Descart and modern philosophy. The end of your video, on how rapidly science and technology has been growing and growing at an accelerated rate, is extremely inspiring!

[@satioOeinas]

Please keep uploading videos, very entertaining!

[@dariam2764]

Science in the medieval Islamic world thrived during the Islamic Golden Age (786-1258) under the Abbasid Caliphate, the Umayyads of Córdoba, and other dynasties. Achievements spanned astronomy, mathematics, and medicine, among other fields. Practical applications included using astronomy for prayer direction, botany for agriculture, and geography for accurate maps. Mathematicians like Al-Khwarizmi advanced algebra and numerals. Islamic doctors identified diseases and challenged Greek medical theories, while Al-Biruni and Avicenna described numerous drugs. Physicists such as Ibn Al-Haytham studied optics and mechanics, critiquing Aristotle's motion theories. Islamic science influenced a vast region around the Mediterranean for centuries.

[@Hypermonialascosisihypermonial]

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[@RationalThinker118]

Sure, you can tell them, I would appreciate it!

[@Seagull0011]

Don't you think this video only repeats the one-sided Western narrative? You say many things about ancient science in Egypt and Greece but not a single word mentioned on science in ancient India, China and the Americas. Ancient world is much greater. Rationally thinking, I think you might have a biased view on history. (I have now edited and softened down my tone, like how it should have been at the first place. Thank you for your reply.)

[@RationalThinker118]

Thanks for being blunt. Of course I can only do so much with weekly uploads and having a full schedule. But you are right that China and India are largely ignored. I'd take it a step further and say that the Middle East also should have been mentioned. I'm not biased in my approach however, even if it may seem so. Regardless, I've shifted my focus anyways and moved on from making a video like this. Thanks again for the comment.

[@Seagull0011]

Thank you for listening and not being dismissive (a rare quality these days). I accept that my comment could be milder. All the best.

[@sebastiangamboa9339]

You make a good point that there were many more advancement of ancient science and technology apart from the Egyptian and Greek mentioned in the video. There is so much to unravel from all the Chinese inventions, including gunpowder, the compass, and an earlier version of the printing press (holy cow!), and especially that our numeric system today comes from the Hindu-Arabic number system (that literally came during the golden age of Islam as they were inventing Algebra). I do think it is fair to say that the video might feel more cohesive with mentions of this. But I think it is incorrect to say this implies a biased view of history. The video's purpose, as I've understood it, seems to be to trace the essential thread on how humanity developed modern science and technology. While there are endless connections you can make (due to commerce, conquest, etc.), the thread of modern science is the Enlightenment. Specifically, as the video mentions, Copernicus, Bacon, (and so many more), which culminate in Newton, which sets the precedent for scientific inquiry thereafter. And the major influence of the Enlightenment is Greco-Roman. That is not to say that there weren't many other influences, but that the one mentioned is the main one on the thread that led to modern science. Given the nature and purpose of the video (short form going through essentials), it does a great job. Additionally, you make a good point that mentioning other essential influences from the ancient world would have made a more cohesive video. I think if this were a much longer video (or other format like a paper) it would need to mention these things. But as it stands now, it is a great for its purpose to start the conversation of the history of scientific progress.