1. By: Sarah Sproul and Alex Waggoner SCIENCE AND REALISM

2. A NEW AGE OF SCIENCE Advances in the Industrial Revolution led to interests in scientific research and resulted in scientific discoveries and technological improvements. Steam engine was important in encouraging scientists to work outside its foundations. Led to thermodynamics. Led to a growing faith in the benefits of science and acceptance of the scientific method. Growth of materialism.

3. CHARLES DARWIN Discarded “special creation” Formulated an explanation to evolution, which was Natural Selection. Organic Evolution Survival of the Fittest! The Decent of Man Animal origins of human beings Very controversial Eliminate purpose and design from universe Man is no longer a unique being

4. REVOLUTION IN HEALTH CARE Natural science led to revolutionary breakthroughs in health care Physical examinations and detailed autopsies created new clinical medicine. Pasture and Germs Discovery of germs Pasteurization Created vaccine to rabies, diptheria, typhoid fever, cholera, and the plague.

5. MEDICINE CONTINUED Surgical Practices Introduction to anesthesia Joseph Lister developed antiseptic principle Chloroform used as anesthetic

6. REALISM New style of painting and literature Became dominant after 1850 Important characteristics depicts everyday life of ordinary people Music emphasized emotional content