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The Scientific Revolution was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature. The Scientific Revolution took place in Europe in the second half of the Renaissance period, with the 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus publication De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) often cited as its beginning.
The era of the Scientific Renaissance focused to some degree on recovering the knowledge of the ancients and is considered to have culminated in Isaac Newton's 1687 publication Principia which formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, thereby completing the synthesis of a new cosmology. The subsequent Age of Enlightenment saw the concept of a scientific revolution emerge in the 18th-century work of Jean Sylvain Bailly, who described a two-stage process of sweeping away the old and establishing the new. There continues to be scholarly engagement regarding the boundaries of the Scientific Revolution and its chronology.
Credit: Wikipedia - scientific_revolutionGurteen Knowledge Blog November 12, 2021, 16:24In the history of knowledge, the development of the printing press in Germany by Gutenberg in 1436 had a massive impact on the world. Not only did it help lead to the Scientific Revolution, but also the Protestant Reformation that in turn led to the Thirty Years’ War, considered one … Continue reading Our Gutenberg Moment? The impact of social media
In this book, The printing press as an agent of change, Elizabeth Eisenstein conducts an extensive survey of the literature on the three intellectual and social movements of the period 1400–1700: the Italian Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. She also examines the major hypotheses as to their causes and progress and reassesses … Continue reading The Printing Press as an Agent of Change by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein (1980)
The Scientific Method has evolved to solve problems through rigorous inquiry. Facing global issues requires clear, evidence-based approaches. Historical insights into this method can help guide our complex decision-making today. The development of the Scientific Method—a systematic approach to inquiry based on empirical evidence, observation, and experimentation—has been influenced by a myriad of thinkers, cultures, … Continue reading The Evolution of the Scientific Method ** Applying time-tested principles to modern challenges
The Enlightenment or the “Age of Reason” was a time of scientific, political, and philosophical discourse in the 17th and 18th centuries. Introduction The Enlightenment or the “Age of Reason” was a time of scientific, political, and philosophical discourse in the 17th and 18th centuries (circa 1650 – 1800) It was centered around the idea … Continue reading The Enlightenment The Age of Reason
