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In 2012, Harvard and MIT launched edX, a massive open online course (MOOC) provider to deliver online learning opportunities to the public. [9] Between 2013 and 2019, some MIT OCW courses were delivered by the European MOOC platform Eliademy. [10] In recent years, MIT OCW has expanded its reach and features.
The history of science is often seen as a linear story of progress [27] but historians have come to see the story as more complex. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Alfred Edward Taylor has characterised lean periods in the advance of scientific discovery as "periodical bankruptcies of science".
The Scientific Revolution occurs in Europe around this period, greatly accelerating the progress of science and contributing to the rationalization of the natural sciences. 16th century: Gerolamo Cardano solves the general cubic equation (by reducing them to the case with zero quadratic term).
The Scientific Revolution was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.
FutureLearn is a British digital education platform founded in December 2012. The company was acquired by Global University Systems in December 2022 and previously jointly owned by The Open University and SEEK Ltd. [ 4 ] It is a massive open online course (MOOC), microcredential and degree learning platform.
[9] c.400 BC – Plato provides the first detailed definitions of the concepts of idea, matter, form and appearance. c.320 BC – Aristotle categorizes and subdivides knowledge into physics, poetry, zoology, logic, rhetoric, politics, and biology. His Posterior Analytics defended the ideal of science as originating from known axioms. Aristotle ...
[1] 7th century – The poet Kalidasa in his epic Meghaduta, mentions the date of onset of the south-west Monsoon over central India and traces the path of the monsoon clouds. [1] 7th century – St. Isidore of Seville,in his work De Rerum Natura, writes about astronomy, cosmology and meteorology.
Category: History of science by period. ... Ancient science (9 C, 2 P) M. Science in the Middle Ages (18 C, 16 P) W. Science and technology during World War I (2 C, 7 P)