The Scientific Revolution

The scientific revolution is a period in time that has no specific timelines by which it is classified consistently across literature. Although there are no specific dates for the beginning and end of the scientific revolution, it is know that a significant portion of the changes to sciences occurred in the seventeenth century with the release of new books which challenged the known scientific concepts of the time period. Many of the esteemed scientific notions of the time were disproven and new ideas were brought into play by some people who are still known in the twenty-first century for their contributions to science as we know it now. Some of the major areas of science that underwent significant change during the scientific revolution …show more content…
This was a highly recognized and mostly undisputed notion around the world at the time, and it first came under dispute due to the inaccuracy of the ability to set a date for Easter, which was a significant problem for the church as it was one of the major holidays. Nicholas Copernicus was pressed by the church to publish his study which solved the problem of setting a date for Easter by “proposing his new system of astronomy in which the sun replaced the earth as the central body around which the planets, now including the earth, revolved” . This new theory of a sun-centric solar system allowed the church to more accurately set a date for Easter. Although some of Copernicus’ ideas weren’t fully correct, they laid the groundwork for changes to be made in people’s mentalities about astronomy, and this allowed for the correct notions of astronomy to be brought forth eventually. Astronomy was also changed with regards to the instrumentation being used to make observations, and the quality of these instruments. The instruments used to view the cosmos were introducing error to the information collected because of imperfections within their structure, which Tycho Brahe tried to correct . The telescope was a large part of the successful progression of astronomy as a science, just as the microscope was for …show more content…
In Jamaica not many books were being produced by locals with regards to natural studies, but many were being published elsewhere from explorers who came to the island to gain information about the species that were present. Some of the major discoveries came from Hans Sloan, who was a physician to governor Albermarle who had travelled to the Island. Sloan collected “a huge collection of Jamaican plants; when he died, they formed the founding collection of the British Museum” . A significant amount of the plant species that we know of now are products of explorers visiting islands like Jamaica and collaborating with the locals with regards to the information. The lack of literature coming from the locals themselves does not dismiss their contributions to the increase of knowledge in natural studies . Jamaica made a large contribution to the natural studies because of their size and being the first island being controlled by England, which allowed English botanists, biologists, ecologists, and more to have the first real grasp of the information that was available in an island ecosystem