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Scientific Revolution
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Scientific Revolution
Scientific Revolution is the name given to a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries.
It replaced the Greek view of nature that had dominated science for almost 2,000 years.
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these things happened
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the development of an experimental, scientific method
the acceptance of new criteria for explanation, stressing the “how” rather than the “why”
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Francis Bacon
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devised a method whereby scientists set up experiments to manipulate nature and attempt to prove hypotheses wrong
Issac Newton
1642- 1727 English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian
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brought an understanding of forces, particularly gravity
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Roger Bacon
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suggested scientific truth could be found out through the cycle of observation, hypothesis, experimentation, and independent verification.
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studied mathematics, astronomy, optics, alchemy, and languages
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