Nicolaus Copernicus: The Revolutionary Scientific Revolution

The Revolutionary Scientific Revolution Humankind went from believing in the heavens to believing in the universe. However, the question that stands is what really sparked this mental shift. Many historians attribute it to the scientific revolution because many big scientific discoveries which greatly challenged religion began. Moreover, the scientific revolution began a period of people building upon each other's ideas to get to new conclusions.Some might argue that the scientific revolution was not an actual revolution because scientific discoveries were being made thousands of years in the past. However with deeper analysis it can be concluded that this time period was a real revolution due to the mental shifts it spread that allowed scientists to advance into the future, the new idea that collaboration leads to bigger discoveries, and the practical uses that allowed technologies to advance. In the 16th century a curious researcher by the name of Nicolaus Copernicus developed a new new model for the solar system which greatly differed from what the church believed at the time. Copernicus …show more content…
Scientists realized that they could use old findings to add to their own. Many scientists realized that they could simply create synthesis of the work of others. Since many scientists emerged at this time, there was plenty of information and inspiration that others could use to initiate their own discoveries. For example, Brahe started his observations after reading what Copernicus believed on the subject. Kepler took Brahe’s work and used it to create his own laws of planetary motion. Galileo then improved these laws, and then Newton completely revolutionized mechanics by correcting the laws. This kind of chain reaction which started during this era is what really revolutionized later science. It taught people that others were very important to individual