...For our midterm assignment we one chart about the different ideologies, one chart about the Enlightenment thinkers and one chart about the Scientific Revolution Discoveries. We decided to do our final project on the Scientific Revolution discoveries because we had the most information on it and it was the most interesting topic to put on our poster. We wrote about different people from the Scientific Revolution, where they were from, what years they were alive and what their major accomplishments were. Even though making the project was stressful because it is worth 20% of our semester grade, I enjoyed making it and learning more about the people from the Scientific Revolution. Our strategy while making this project was to first find as much information about our topics as we could. Once we had gathered all of the information, then we organized it into the format that we had chosen. This worked very well and went according to plan because we had no troubles finding the information and putting it into the charts was very simple. Once we had put it into the cart format, it was easy to see that the Scientific Revolution discoveries portion had the most information and would be the best for the overall project. After we figured this out, we could then print pictures and prepare ourselves for the final project, so we were ready when the day we had to make it came....
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...The Scientific Revolution and the Birth of Astronomy Many people today question the purpose of religion and, rather than warship the bible and adhere to papal infallibility, focus on coming up with new ideas, scientific approaches, and solutions to answer the infinite amount of questions life has to offer. Challenging the ideas found in tradition and religious faith is not a new concept invented by recent generations. In circa 1550 AD, one of the most dramatic social transformations ever faced by human nature came and with it brought a new-founded age of Science. It altered the way society perceived life and led to many innovations. This social transformation is known as the Scientific Revolution, and in it spawned new generations of philosophers,...
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...structure on the planet. We gather in families, tribes, clans, nations. We have an incredibly sophisticated method of interacting -- speech. We can communicate over time and distance through printing and broadcasting” (Taflinger 3). Humanity has used these incredible social skills to communicate and work for each other in an ever developing world. Newton’s discovery of gravity and his three laws of motion however, are some of the most important things that run the world. Engineers use the force of gravity to accurately determine the size of structures that need to be built such as bridges, skyscrapers, and roller coasters. The engineers may have to use a distance given to them and their knowledge on how gravity works to construct a bridge that will maintain stability. Engineers must also know that “Gravity loads constant magnitudes and fixed positions that act permanently on the structure” (Structural Loads). These facts were not thought up by Newton himself, as he was not an engineer nor were there metallic bridges during the 18th century, but they were brought upon the world because of what Newton had done. Without the discovery of gravity the world would not be able to use terms such as “Net Force” or use bridges, for they both involve gravity. Other such examples are the space shuttles needing a specific amount of force to lift up of the earth and out of the atmosphere, or the speed at which cars should move on a freeway. Isaac’s laws of motion helped astronomers and scientists...
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...The Rise Of The Scientific Revolution Sir Isaac Newton once said, “Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth” (“Cambridge University Library - Newton Exhibition”). Truth really matters when it comes to the church telling lies and people believing their whole life. The Scientific Revolution started due to people questioning the church's ways. People did not agree with just believing the way the church said and have no reason to believe. It affected society by allowing more travel and new inventions to start a movement of creation known as the enlightenment. People started to realize the church used them for power and old them lies to get money and they stepped away lowing the power of the church sand starting...
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...Siege of Vienna Glorious Revolution Peter I St. Petersburg Ninety-Five Theses missionary Society of Jesus Treaty of Westphalia Charles V Spanish Inquisition Louis XIV Versailles Catherine II balance of power Adam Smith VOC Ptolemaic universe Newton John Locke capitalism joint-stock companies putting-out system Copernican universe deism Discussion Questions Examine the centralizing efforts in countries like France, Spain, and England. How and in what ways were they successful? Why was the Holy Roman Empire not as successful as other European states in centralizing power? Examine the idea behind the balance of power. How did this concept play itself out in Europe? How was this balance of power different from the political patterns in the rest of the world? Examine the career of Martin Luther. What were the foundations of his Reformation? What legacy did he leave Europe? Why did earlier reformers not have the same impact? Examine the rise of capitalist thought and practice. What factors led to this rise? Examine the leading thinkers of the scientific revolution. Why were the early discoveries of the scientific revolution met with such resistance? In what ways did these discoveries destroy an old worldview and create a new...
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...period of scientific Awakening; The Age of Enlightenment was mainly around France. The enlightenment attacked the church head on focusing issues that have been avoided in the past. This took courage to try to defy the church. The Enlightenment let people question anything such as “was the earth the center of the universe” like the church said it was or is the Earth flat. There were 4 main areas which changed occurred was in Religion, Intellectual, Economic, and political. In religion, Questioning of Catholic beliefs and Protestantism led to tolerance for new ideas occurred. In, Intellectual, Free intellectual inquiry resulted from widespread opposition to religious intolerance, the French revolution led to 'age...
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...introduced. Much like the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution was an explosion of curiosity and theories. As its namesake, the Scientific Revolution included various areas of science, such as astrology, anatomy, and astronomy. This period of time, in a way, used the Renaissance as a stepping stone. The Scientific Revolution used the Renaissance’s peak of curiosity to incorporate its ideas and inspire those with interest. The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution brought on many things such...
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...During the 16th and 17th centuries the Scientific Revolution flourished. While it gained many supporters it had it’s fair share of opponents. Religious controversy, especially with the Catholic Church, hindered the work of scientists by creating barriers to stop the spread of scientific ideas. But many leaders, such as King Louis XIV, supported science for their own political purposes, helping in its advance. Although there was widespread support for science, the norms of society crippled the strength and effectiveness of those who hoped to further and embrace scientific ideas. The Scientific Revolution led to new scientific discoveries that contradicted the set social ideas of the time. While these ideas were revolutionary, they went against...
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...In the period before the Industrial Revolution, the narrowness of the recognition base of "useful knowledge" was not exceptional, it was normal. Most of the technology before 180 years was born as a result of accidental discovery, trial and error, sharp craftsmanship intuition, no one got a clue to the principle working there, and used it for production. In other words, it is the so-called "tacit knowledge". However, if the epistemological basis of technology is narrow, it is expanded, refined and new applications are rarely done. This became possible from about 180 years because the whole propositional knowledge has expanded and deepened, and the "scientific revolution" makes a great contribution to the movement through influencing the industrial...
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...society. The definition of a revolution varies, depending who you ask. Most would say the definition of a revolution is an overthrow of an established government or political system by the people governed. It also may be defined as a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence. Revolution effect on society varies. Revolutions have both a positive and negative effect on people and society in which it takes place. For example the industrial revolution made sever changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation and technology. This revolution made things easier for people; the machinery invented made working much easier. You didn't have to pull a plow because a tractor did it for you. Technology had profound effect socioeconomic and cultural conditions of the times. The industrial revolution began in the United Kingdom but spread throughout Europe, North America and eventually the rest of the world. This Revolution marks a major turning point in human history. The American revolution had a large impact on woman and their rights. The American Revolution had a large impact on slavery also. Woman before this time had little to now rights at all. Women's roles became more valued for their aid in the revolution and were under the idea of "Republican motherhood" or mothers for the new nation. They began to have ideas of the revolution stimulate hopes and expectations...
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...the rise of questioning authority, leading to the Scientific Revolution. The Scientific Revolution showed a rise in observations, resulting in models that represented the universe and the decline of the authority of the Catholic Church. This all would soon lead into a new era of obtaining knowledge known as the Enlightment, the Age of Reason. The most dominant religion during the fifteen century was Roman Catholicism. The clergy were the only ones who had the power to say if a person could make it to heaven or not, and anyone who opposed them was severely...
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...STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS BY THOMAS KUHN (A Reaction Paper) Submitted by: RIO KRISTINE MAY B. SILVESTRE Submitted to: DR. CARMELA N. HADIA When I learned that one of our reaction papers will be about Thomas Kuhn’s ‘Structure of Scientific Revolutions,’ I immediately searched through the internet what this article or book is about. Opening one of google’s link, I saw it was a book and (the story) looked very long. I thought to myself, ‘Oh, no! This is going to be a very long and boring read.’ And I knew I will not be able to finish reading it and give a reaction in a week so I looked for a summary of the book, instead. And there were a lot done by different people/organizations. From the various summaries I read, I found the book interesting because it was not a conventional science book. Yes, it talked a lot about science but the paradigm shift that Kuhn wrote about got my interest. The ‘scientific revolutions’ were true and believable and somehow, I agree with them. Science, or normal science as Thomas Kuhn put it, is the process of gathering facts to build hypotheses that explain different phenomena in the world. It is a ‘research firmly based upon one or more past scientific achievements, achievements that some particular community acknowledges for a time as supplying the foundation for its further practice.’ And this is the science that almost everybody knows. This is the science I know. I couldn’t care less what those...
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...Copernican Revolution Only five centuries ago, the 16th-century polish astronomer observed into the sky. This observation has caused the big change from the past to the present. His theories sparked the scientific revolution and launched humankind a fantastic exploration and discovery. Since the beginning of civilization, human has stared in wonderment of the sky. They had intently explained about human nature according with scientific methods. As they focused on the movement of stars in the heaven, astronomers began replacing the mythology and magic with science. He initiated a revolution that transformed science forever. Nicolaus Copernicus, one of the stars observers in the renaissance age. The famous astronomer who studied about astronomy with his bare eyes. He was not only an astronomer but he also a mathematician, physician, translator, and economist. He was a church administrator who belonged to a group of humanists in the pre- Reformation church (Tyler 2). Importantly, He was an inventor of solar system and he is known as the father of modern science. Nicolaus, the only one person who proved Aristotle and Ptolemy’s theories were wrong about astronomy, which believed for over thousand years. Long time ago, the ancient Greeks believed that the heaven in closed to the earth. They had a huge confidence in the power of reason and logic. They believed that their philosophical patterns were sufficiently strong for them to reach, by processes of understanding of the true...
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...Although the Chinese experimented with block printing by the 11th century, Johannes Gutenberg created movable type in the 15th century and invented a machine that is widely known as the printing press (History of the Printing Press, 2007, The Story section, para. 2). This significant discovery led to the publication of books that promoted literacy and expanded knowledge. This paper provides a background and analysis of the social, economic, and political factors that influenced this important discovery. As a result of this invention, the expansion of knowledge challenged many traditional beliefs and created a paradigm shift in human relationships among different regions of the world. There were Social, Economic, and Political Factors that played a huge role in the printing press as well. During the late medieval times, society was making a change into the coming years. Occurring was a pickup in social factors that lead to emerging capitalism, this sparked off more literacy among the wealthy and upper, middle-class. With new interest of literacy and knowledge, the printing press did not satisfy the demand. Manuscripts, prior to the discovery of the printing press, took years to develop. Thereafter, pages were published using time-consuming wood graving techniques with limited reusability. Pages were compromised of a number of blocks jointed together to raise the words off the page and were then pressed and copied onto another (Ament, 2007). Gutenberg first experimented...
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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 was the world constructed as the somewhat simple Ptolemaic Model suggested. The Earth for the first time became explicable and was no longer the center of the universe. Many beliefs that had been held for hundreds of years now proved to be false. In addition to this, the Roman Catholic Church, which had always clarified the movements of the universe with the divine power of God, was now questioned by many. The Roman Catholic Church was naturally set as an opponent of the Scientific Revolution, not so much because of opposition to new ideas but instead because the new information contradicted the model of the world the church had created. Fortunately the revolution did not happen overnight but moderately over a 150-year period. Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the first astronomers to question the single worldview that the Christian faith supported. Though it was in the later years of his life that the he published On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres, the question was now raised...
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