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World History Script Interviewer: Lisa Author: Jiheon (name: Michael Postan) Scientist: Joodi (name: Henry Harrison) (Begin with opening music about 5~10 seconds in length) -Interviewer: Welcome to the SR (Scientific Revolution) radio show! Today, we would like to introduce an author and a scientist. Hello, please introduce yourselves. -Author: Hello. My name is Michael Postan from “A Short History of Science: Origins and Results of the Scientific Revolution.” I wrote “Why was science backward in the Middle Ages?” I came here today because I have a lot to share about the sciences in the Middle Ages. -Scientist: Hello, my name is Henry Harrison. I am a scientist from the Middle Ages. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about the sciences in the middle ages. (30 sec. commercial: Don’t you want to experience taking a part in witnessing a speech given by the famous scientist Galileo? He is going to be telling us about his new discoveries regarding the field of astronomy. It will be a great opportunity to clarify and inquiries you have regarding astronomy. If interested, call us at 010-4475-**** or simply email us at ****@hotmail.com . Do not miss this exciting opportunity. Call now and get an additional 30% off of the regular ticket price. Thank you for your cooperation.) -Interviewer: Welcome back to SR radio show! We have author Michael Postan and Henry Harrison with us today. So Mr. Postan, you said that you wrote a story about the science in the middle ages, exactly where didyou receive the motivation to publish this excerpt? -Author: Well… I was researching about the middle ages and happened to tumble across the sciences of that time and I was so fascinated about what the people believed then and so I decided to write a report on it. -Interviewer: Oh wow. So what lead you to your research? -Author: I was just looking for a story to write and while I was researching the history of science, I came across the Middle Ages and saw that although the Middle Ages was a long era, the sciences were not very enriched. Although they had many achievements they had just as many failures. I thought that our readers could learn about the middle ages just as I did. -Interviewer: So that’s how you started your research. Then would you mind telling us about the main point that you are trying to get across in this excerpt? -Author: So, what I am trying to say is that although the Middle Ages had some scientific achievements, they had many failures. Their contributions to the scientific world weren’t that big. The reason this was, was because the people living the medieval lifestyle didn’t have much of an inspiration or curiosity. This was because the Middle Ages were the age of faith. They believed that God was the doctrine of Omnipotent will. That God created the world. The men of the Middle Ages were missing the most important key factor in science. Incentives. -Interviewer: Wow. Ok. Thank you. We will be right back after the commercial. (30 sec. commercial: You want to know more about how space is really formed and structured? Then go to the cram school taught by Nicolaus Copernicus! He will be able to teach you all there is to know about the universe! For a sneak peak of the lectures he is teaching come to one of his classes for free and have a look yourself! You will be absolutely absorbed into the world he is teaching! If you are interested please call 123-456-7890, again 123-456-7890! )one of our very best instructors, no the best instructors out in the world!)

-Interviewer: Hello, this is SR Radio Show with Michael Postan and Henry Harrison. So Mr. Harrison, what do you have to say about this? Do you really think that the Middle Ages didn’t have much of a dent in the science today? -Scientist: Well, being from the Middle Ages myself, I would have to say otherwise and yet I would have to agree as well. It is true that we, the people in the medieval times didn’t have much incentives. Intellectually we didn’t have a need to really figure things out. We had god to thank. We believed that he created the world. There was no need to think twice. Inspirationally we didn’t think we need to grow because we had all the tools we need to live, or so we thought. -Interviewer: Wow. So even though you are from the middle ages yourself, you feel that that age was kind of an age of pause for science? -Scientist: Correct -Interviewer: So what are some examples of achievements and failures? -Author: Well, some of the scientific achievements of the middle ages were the innovations of the smithies, the weaving shops, and the potteries for example. -Scientist: And some of the scientific failures, more or so the fact that we didn’t have much to put forth, were because of the incentives we didn’t have. While we borrowed ideas and made them a little more advanced, we didn’t have much of our own ideas. So compared to other eras, it seems as if we didn’t have much of an achievement. Not only without incentives to push us forward to make more scientific achievements, people just didn’t have the time for occupations like science. -Interviewer: Ok, so do you have anything more that you would like to inform our audience about Mr. Harrison? Mr. Postan? -Author: I would like to say one more thing before we wrap things up. Just because the Middle Ages wasn’t a time where there was an abundance of scientific achievement, I would like to say that without the middle ages we probably wouldn’t be where we are today. -Scientist: Yes, I must agree with Mr. Postan. Without the Middle ages, although many failures, due to lack of technological advancement, we had many achievements as well but that’s a story for another day. -Interviewer: Thank you so much for putting time and effort into our radio program today. It was a pleasure to be able to interview such talented and interesting people devoted to science in the middle ages. -Author: Your welcome -Scientist: No problem -Interviewer: Well once again, we would like to thank both of you profusely for coming to our studio today. Tomorrow, Sir George Clark will come in and inform us about another important aspect regarding science in the Middle Ages. Thank you all the audience members. (End with closing music 5~10 seconds in length)

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 * Q: Why were some of the scientific research and experiments during the Medieval times unsuccessful?**