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……………………………………………………………… 5. Pease discuss in your group about the advancement of science and the social, cultural and economic circumstances that prevail at that time. Please write down the view of your [...] highly creative endeavor. 6. Science has a subjective element. 7. There are historical, cultural, and social influences on science. 8. Science and technology impact each other, but they are not the same. 9

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• Mouchot and the solar cooker

constructions. 6. Demonstrate that Mouchot's research provided a solution to a social problem at his time and generally, the social needs indicate and sometimes define the field of the scientific inquiry. 7 [...] Michael Faraday, however, when Joule started publishing on the mechanical equivalent of heat, his social status was certainly an issue. On the other hand, William Thomson was well trained, a young pro- [...] support by Thomson contributed to the acknowl- edgment of Joule’s work. But it is not a question of social status that is interesting in Joule’s work: His experiments are equally remarkable. To give but a

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• Mouchot and the solar cooker

Sarah Walker. With Sarah’s encouragement, the two were soon married, thereby considerably raising the social status of Thompson. Sarah bought Benjamin a flashy crimson coat, and they travelled in a fashionable

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• Rumford and nutrition
• Rumford and calorics

activity 6 concerns the characteristic of Nature of Science: “There are historical, cultural, and social influences on science”. E) The activity 7 concerns the characteristics of Nature of Science, which

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• Rumford and calorics

highly creative endeavor. 6. Science has a subjective element. 7. There are historical, cultural, and social influences on science. 8. Science and technology impact each other, but they are not the same. 9

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• Rumford and calorics

Michael Faraday, however, when Joule started publishing on the mechanical equivalent of heat, his social status was certainly an issue. On the other hand, William Thomson was well trained, a young pro- [...] support by Thomson contributed to the acknowl- edgment of Joule’s work. But it is not a question of social status that is interesting in Joule’s work: His experiments are equally remarkable. To give but a [...] doing this work, moreover, he was a gentleman, and doing such a work would not correspond to his social status. 5 Starting research on renewable energy In mid-nineteenth century, industrialization progressed

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• Rumford and calorics

lessons, by proofreading, and finally by writing poems for various occasions. He led a very busy social life, he made many new friendships which very often survived decades. Lichtenberg graduated from

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• Lichtenberg and the electrophorus

highly creative endeavor. 6. Science has a subjective element. 7. There are historical, cultural, and social influences on science. 8. Science and technology impact each other, but they are not the same. 9

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• Lichtenberg and the electrophorus

lessons, by proofreading, and finally by writing poems for various occasions. He led a very busy social life, he made many new friendships which very often survived decades. Lichtenberg graduated from [...] highly creative endeavor. 6. Science has a subjective element. 7. There are historical, cultural, and social influences on science. 8. Science and technology impact each other, but they are not the same. 9

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• Lichtenberg and the electrophorus

highly creative endeavor. 6. Science has a subjective element. 7. There are historical, cultural, and social influences on science. 8. Science and technology impact each other, but they are not the same. 9

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• Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom