Scientific Revolution
By: Pierce B. 2nd
What was the change?
Starting in the mid- 1500s, a few scholars began publishing works that challenged the ideas of the ancient thinkers and the church. The Scientific Revolution was a new way of thinking about the natural world. The new way of thinking was based upon careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs. The change was caused by European explorers who traveled to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The lands were inhabited by peoples and animals who were previously unknown to Europe. These discoveries opened to the possibility that there were new truths that were to be discovered. The spreading of challenging ideas was helped spread by the invention of the printing press.
Who were the people associated with this change?
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was an Italian scientist who was built on the new theories about Astronomy. Galileo noticed as a young man, that a Dutch lens make had invented an object that allows you to enlarge far objects. Galileo took over the concept and created a telescope to study the heavens. Galileo later learned that Jupiter contained four moons, and the earths moon was a very rough, uneven surface. Galileo was put under trial for his support of the copernican theory.
Copernicus
Copernicus was a young a troubled Polish cleric and astronomer, and he became interested in the idea that the sun stood at the center of the universe. Copernicus studied the planetary movements for over 25 years and came to a conclusion that the stars, the earth, and all of the other planets revolved around the sun.
Johannes Kepler
After the Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe died, Brahe's assistant, Johannes Kepler continued to study his work. After Kepler studied Brahe's ideas, Kepler concluded that certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion. Kepler came to a conclusion that the planets revolve around the sun in Elliptical orbits instead of circles.
How did the change impact society at the time?
The Scientific Revolution developed a new way of thinking, for example, the establishment of the Scientific Method. This method became crucial to the efforts of intellectuals, Europeans and to discover more about the world around them. With these new tools at their side, European intellectuals were able to unlock the secrets of the nature, as well as the very universe itself. Among the most notable of the European intellectuals during the Scientific Revolution were Galileo, whose discoveries regarding our solar system still hold true today,The Scientific Revolution can be said to have definitively improved the lives of all European intellectuals.
How is that change evident in today's modern society?
The scientific revolution impacted the world in many ways, from intellectual changes to modern thoughts on the scientific approach. The Scientific Revolution has brought fourth much of what we know about space and our planets. Without all of the information and studying they provided for us, we wouldn't know anything about what's beyond our planet and in the sky. Modern scientists and astronomists use the technology that scientists used in the scientific revolution in there every day lives. Thanks to the scientific revolution, we know a lot about what's beyond our planet.