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    The Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment In the 17th Century, there was much controversy between religion and science. The church supported a single worldview that God’s creation was the center of the universe. The kings and rulers were set in their ways to set the people’s minds to believe this and to never question it. From these ideas, the Enlightenment was bred from the Scientific Revolution. Nicholas Copernicus was the first to question the universal truths and teachings of the

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    Scientific Revolution The Scientific Revolution refers to a time in history when developments in the sciences took off and changed the view of society regarding the earth and nature. Some of the relevant topics of this time were mathematics, astronomy, biology, physics and chemistry. Typically, the scientific revolution is considered the time in Europe starting around the end of the Renaissance period and lasting through the late 18th century. Between 1543 and 1700, Europe underwent many changes

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    able to pursue her own dreams. During the Scientific Revolution, females were rarely allowed to further advance their educations and were certainly not given the credit they deserve if they were lucky enough to conduct research. However, Lucy’s goal was to make sure all of her children were able to follow their hearts in the future and put their needs far above her own. Lucy Glover was born on July 5, 1639 in Glasgow, Scotland during the Scientific Revolution. This was a period of European-wide intellectual

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    used the “Chemical Revolution” as one of his primary examples of a scientific revolution and based on what was read and discussed in class, I agree with Kuhn’s analysis. Historical examples of Kuhn’s account of the chemical revolution in the Structure of Scientific Revolution are exemplified in the Phlogiston theory, its period as a paradigm, point of normal science, and eventually the theory’s abandonment for Lavoisier’s discovery of oxygen as a point of Scientific Revolution. In Kuhn’s Structure

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    The Scientific Revolution was a period of the development of the new and modern theories of science and universe. This development took place from 16th century to 17th century. This concept was widely accepted by the people of Europe. This period changed the beliefs which were not accurate and changed the status of women in the society. Many scientists, such as Nicolas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Sir Issac Newton changed the European history with the help of new discoveries and knowledge and

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    The Scientific Revolution was not intended to be a war on religion and tradition even though it was interpreted as such. The Scientific Revolution, which lasted roughly from 1543 to 1642, was arguably the greatest development in the European intellectual history (Kreis, 2012). It was a revolution in the way people perceived the world. During this era, scientific revolutionaries like Nicholas Copernicus, the Polish astronomer (1473-1543); Descartes, the French philosopher (1596-1650) and Isaac Newton

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    During the Scientific Revolution scientists such as Galileo, Copernicus, Descartes and Bacon wrestled with questions about God, human aptitude, and the possibilities of understanding the world. Eventually, the implications of the new scientific findings began to affect the way people thought and behaved throughout Europe. Society began to question the authority of traditional knowledge about the universe. This in turn, allowed them to question traditional views of the state and social order. No longer

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    The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, which spanned from the late 1500’s to 1700’s, shaped today’s modern world through disregarding past information and seeking answers on their own through the scientific method and other techniques created during the Enlightenment. Newton’s ‘Philsophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica’ and Diderot’s Encyclopedia were both composed of characteristics that developed this time period through the desire to understand all life, humans are capable of understanding

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    arrived to the people The Scientific Revolution, it challenged conceptions and beliefs about the nature of the world, it made people have their differences. With the Reformation and the subsequent religious wars it had created an environment in which Europeans became more comfortable challenging both of the ecclesiastical and political realms. The Europeans taught that with The Scientific Revolution people should view the universe in a new way. The Scientific Revolution changed the Eighteenth Century

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    beauty.” Sometimes facts seem not realistic and true; however, scientists will prove those facts to be true and show people that those facts were right all along. The Scientific Revolution lasted from roughly 1550-1700. It was in Western Europe and started because of a lack of knowledge. Three important people during the Scientific Revolution were Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Francis Bacon.Some experts believe that the Renaissance era was more important. The renaissance was from roughly 1300-1700

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