The Scientific Revolution
by Bryan
WHAT WAS THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION ?
The scientific revolution took place from the sixteenth century through the seventeeth century and saw the formation of conceptual methogological, and institutional approaches are recognizably like those of modern science.
WHO WERE THE PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHANGE ?
GALILEO
Galileo Galilei assembled an astronomical telescope. As you have read, he observed that the four mmons of Jupiter move slowly around that planet-exactly, he realized the way copernicus said that earth moves around the sun.
COPERNICUS
Cpernicus published on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres. in it, he proposed a heliocentric, or sucentered, model of the universe. the sun, he said, stands at the center of the universe. Earth is just one of several planets that revolve around the sun.
KEPLER
Kepler is best known for his discovery that the orbits in which the Earth and the other planets of the solar system travel around the Sun are elliptical, or oval, in shape. He was also the first to explain correctly how human beings see and to demonstrate what happens to ligth when it enters a telescope. In addition, he designed an instrument that serves as the basis of the modern refractive telescope.
HOW DID THE CHANGE IMPACT SOCIETY AT THE TIME ?
Science and technology have had a major impact on society,
and their impact is growing. By drastically changing our means of
communication, the way we work, our housing, clothes, and food,
our methods of transportation, and, indeed, even the length and
quality of life itself, science has generated changes in the moral
values and basic philosophies of mankind.
Beginning with the plow, science has changed how we live and
what we believe. By making life easier, science has given man
the chance to pursue societal concerns such as ethics, aesthetics,
education, and justice; to create cultures; and to improve human
conditions. But it has also placed us in the unique position of being
able to destroy ourselves.
HOW IS THAT CHANGE AVIDENCED IN TODAY'S MODERN SOCIETY ?
Change is such an evident feature of social reality that any social-scientific theory, whatever
its conceptual starting point, must sooner or later address it. At the same time it is essential
to note that the ways social change has been identified have varied greatly in the history of
thought. Furthermore, conceptions of change appear to have mirrored the historical