Question: Was the scientific revolution primarily one concerned with the solar system?
Answer: In the early modern period, scientific advancements paved the way for the findings, which we now take for granted, but back then were originally seen as a far more abstract concept. This was largely due to the work of men such as Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642), Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543), Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630), Tycho Brahe (1564 – 1601) and Ismael Boulliau (1605 – 1694) as well as others. Their work meant that whether it was believed or not originally, there was some sense of a revolution in the sciences giving us a greater understanding of the world in which we live. However the scientific revolution, which took place during the early modern period also signals something that has a far greater historical impact on the time....(short extract)
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- Subject: Physics
- Course: Physics
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 62%
- Words: 1720
- Date submitted: April 25, 2007
- Date written: November, 2002
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2611
