Mohammad Gumma
Mrs. Staton
AP European History
14 October 2015
Prompt: Evaluate the extent to which political and social factors affected the work of scientists in the sixteenth and seventeenth century.
The Restrictions and Magnetisms of Scientific Efforts Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, there was an emergence of new fundamentals and a modernized view of the natural world. This period came to be established as the Scientific Revolution. Centered in Europe, the intellectual enrichment and advances involved: the merging of the concept of experimental observation and intricate mathematics. These modernized perspectives substituted some of the critical components of medieval thought, such as the tendency and reliance of speculation and authoritative documents. Although the fundamentals of the Scientific Revolution rigorously promoted organized research and stimulated scientific racism, the work of scientists was particularly affected by political and social factors. Scientific efforts were influenced by the consideration of religious interpretations, the concern of figures perceiving a threat to their power, and the perception of authoritative support. In regards to social factors, a scientist’s endeavors held significance because of the community’s consideration of whether the research and its conclusions qualified with their dogma and religious understanding. The unifying concepts of Aristotle 's cosmology and physics, as well as Ptolemy 's astronomy,
Mrs. Staton
AP European History
14 October 2015
Prompt: Evaluate the extent to which political and social factors affected the work of scientists in the sixteenth and seventeenth century.
The Restrictions and Magnetisms of Scientific Efforts Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, there was an emergence of new fundamentals and a modernized view of the natural world. This period came to be established as the Scientific Revolution. Centered in Europe, the intellectual enrichment and advances involved: the merging of the concept of experimental observation and intricate mathematics. These modernized perspectives substituted some of the critical components of medieval thought, such as the tendency and reliance of speculation and authoritative documents. Although the fundamentals of the Scientific Revolution rigorously promoted organized research and stimulated scientific racism, the work of scientists was particularly affected by political and social factors. Scientific efforts were influenced by the consideration of religious interpretations, the concern of figures perceiving a threat to their power, and the perception of authoritative support. In regards to social factors, a scientist’s endeavors held significance because of the community’s consideration of whether the research and its conclusions qualified with their dogma and religious understanding. The unifying concepts of Aristotle 's cosmology and physics, as well as Ptolemy 's astronomy,