MST 22 notes
Environment- french term environner meaning, to surround
-conditions that surround individual/group of organisms
-social and cultural conditions affecting individuals/community
Environmental Science- systematic study of the environment and humanity that
affects it as well as their place in it
-human responsibility in solving environmental issues (goal of ES)
*to introduce solutions to environmental problems
-includes both applied and theoretical aspects of human impact
Natural Science- information about the natural world
Social Science- human interactions and behavior
Ecology- study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their
environment
Major Fields of ES:
a. Biology (Ecology, Zoology and Botany)
b. Earth science (Geology and Climatology)
c. Physics (Engineering)
d. Chemistry (Biochemistry and Geochemistry)
e. Social sciences (Geography, Anthropology and Economics)
HISTORY OF ES:
•The beginning of Science- the time of philosophy or love of wisdom.
•"Scientific Approach" from Thales of Turkey and Greeks of Asia Minor
•The Academy founded by Plato and Aristotle
•Meteorologica (book)- by Aristotle on the weather or atmospheric phenomena
EARLY GREEK SCIENTISTS/PEOPLE:
•HIPPOCRATES- "On Airs, Waters, and Places" climatology
•ARISTOTLE-wrote about natural history describing habits of animals and
environmental conditions: zoology
•THEOPRASTUS-botanist who wrote about the plant communities and types of plants:
botany
•POMPONIUS MELA-Roman, first geographer, climatic zone system
•PLINY THE ELDER- Natural History based on fact mixed with observations, myths and
tales
ES AS HISTORY OF EARTH GENESIS:
•JAMES USSHER- scholar and archbishop
-chronology based on Old Testament saying Earth came to in 4004 BC
•LEEUWENHOEK- "food chains and popultion regulation"
•REAUMUR- natural history of insects
•CHARLES DARWIN- "The Origin of Species" ,collector of specimen
Environment- french term environner meaning, to surround
-conditions that surround individual/group of organisms
-social and cultural conditions affecting individuals/community
Environmental Science- systematic study of the environment and humanity that
affects it as well as their place in it
-human responsibility in solving environmental issues (goal of ES)
*to introduce solutions to environmental problems
-includes both applied and theoretical aspects of human impact
Natural Science- information about the natural world
Social Science- human interactions and behavior
Ecology- study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their
environment
Major Fields of ES:
a. Biology (Ecology, Zoology and Botany)
b. Earth science (Geology and Climatology)
c. Physics (Engineering)
d. Chemistry (Biochemistry and Geochemistry)
e. Social sciences (Geography, Anthropology and Economics)
HISTORY OF ES:
•The beginning of Science- the time of philosophy or love of wisdom.
•"Scientific Approach" from Thales of Turkey and Greeks of Asia Minor
•The Academy founded by Plato and Aristotle
•Meteorologica (book)- by Aristotle on the weather or atmospheric phenomena
EARLY GREEK SCIENTISTS/PEOPLE:
•HIPPOCRATES- "On Airs, Waters, and Places" climatology
•ARISTOTLE-wrote about natural history describing habits of animals and
environmental conditions: zoology
•THEOPRASTUS-botanist who wrote about the plant communities and types of plants:
botany
•POMPONIUS MELA-Roman, first geographer, climatic zone system
•PLINY THE ELDER- Natural History based on fact mixed with observations, myths and
tales
ES AS HISTORY OF EARTH GENESIS:
•JAMES USSHER- scholar and archbishop
-chronology based on Old Testament saying Earth came to in 4004 BC
•LEEUWENHOEK- "food chains and popultion regulation"
•REAUMUR- natural history of insects
•CHARLES DARWIN- "The Origin of Species" ,collector of specimen
