The concept of Revolution brings major and sometimes violent changes to government and social order in favor of a new system. The term revolution is used in such expressions as the Industrial and Scientific Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the social structure in western civilization. While the Scientific Revolution can be described as an upheaval in the way that an individual perceived the world. As both industrial and scientific concepts became more advanced there was a significance transformation in western society.
Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, Europe went through a revolution of thought in science, mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy. The perspective of the universe became scientific-based, and religion lost its prestige to science. The work of a small number of great European intellectuals such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Tyco Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton in astronomy and mathematics and …show more content…
For example, the established monarchy was challenged as an irrational form of government and society questioned the benefit of a democratic form of government. Although all of these scientists faced their own set of challenges and/or religious ridicule, these men stood as the very embodiment of the Western Scientific Revolution. Telescopes, microscopes, barometers and thermometers were all inventions of the scientific revolution. These tools provided scientific advancements in observations, scientific innovation, and numerous achievements were made in both science and astronomy. The scientific method of observation was fashioned and refined as hypothesis, experimentation, analysis and conclusion led to important discoveries that consequently pave the way for modern scientific thought and new
Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, Europe went through a revolution of thought in science, mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy. The perspective of the universe became scientific-based, and religion lost its prestige to science. The work of a small number of great European intellectuals such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Tyco Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton in astronomy and mathematics and …show more content…
For example, the established monarchy was challenged as an irrational form of government and society questioned the benefit of a democratic form of government. Although all of these scientists faced their own set of challenges and/or religious ridicule, these men stood as the very embodiment of the Western Scientific Revolution. Telescopes, microscopes, barometers and thermometers were all inventions of the scientific revolution. These tools provided scientific advancements in observations, scientific innovation, and numerous achievements were made in both science and astronomy. The scientific method of observation was fashioned and refined as hypothesis, experimentation, analysis and conclusion led to important discoveries that consequently pave the way for modern scientific thought and new