Scientific Revolution
By: Dale Mann
What Was The Change
Of all the changes that swept over Europe in the seventeenth and 18th centuries the most widely influential was an transformation that we call the "scientific revolution." In the popular mind, we associate this revolution with natural science and technological change, but the scientific revolution was, in reality, a series of changes in the structure of European thought itself: and the view that the world functions like a machine. These changes greatly changed the human experience of every other aspect of life, from individual life to the life of the group.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton invented the 3 laws of motion how forces work in the universe relative to one another, Law of Universal Gravitation calculus and a few observations of light. He used the findings of previously established scientists to develop a more synthesized view on the forces of the universe. He also used Francis Bacon’s scientific method to reach these conclusions, which explains the world around us clearly.
Nicolaus Copernicus
He came up with the Heliocentric Conception and published a book about his findings. The famous book, “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres” provided an intellectual springboard for the criticism of the geocentric universe that inspired others to think in new directions to prove the ancient beliefs wrong.
Galileo Galilei
He made observations of the night skies and even provided evidence that the Geocentric Theory was correct. He made a lot of effort to provide concrete evidence for all his theories using either the telescope or math. By doing so he disproved many widely held theories with flaws in them. He also promoted concepts of Copernicanism by proving it through mathematical Laws and experiments
How did the change impact the society at the time
- It brought society in Europe out of the religion imposed dark ages and forced religious to come even more dishonest
How is that change evident in today’s modern society
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