Scientific Advancement And The Scientific Revolution

The scientific community throughout history and the scientific revolution have been focused on the legitimacy of scientific claims, as new advancements constantly change the way the scientists observe and understand principles. That which may have been true in the past could change to a false concept. Rossi explains this through Thomas Edison and his development of the light bulb. “Until the nineteenth-century invention of the light bulb it was an accepted truth that illumination was produced by the burning of a material.” [9]. The theory that light came from a burning a material was widely accepted. Thomas Edison’s development of a light bulb that did not burn material based off the previous heat lamps, which gave a path to his discovery. What Edison and the previous developers had in common was their dedication to create a light to help people out of the dark. “An ancient lamp and a modern one then had only one thing in common, and that only from the perspective of everyday life: their purpose was to defeat the dark.” [9]. Though it is arguable that these discoveries were due to personal ambition, Scientific advancements often led to further discoveries in the …show more content…
Historians that have focused on the Scientific Revolution have observed that social status had an enormous impact on inventions in the scientific field. The elite class; otherwise credited as the intelligent, were separated from the popular. If the elite and the popular were not disassociated, discoveries may have been found earlier in history. As we have seen, one discovery often leads to another. If the popular received the same education as the elite, and were surrounded by these individuals, founding’s may have been discovered earlier and by different individuals. Social status in the Scientific Revolution caused delay in scientific research; as the popular class ideas may have been ignored due to their place in