Galileo and the Scientific Revolution

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Humans have insight on the material world to which their planet belongs and the relationship with the universe, which is a small planet, but has changed as completely as possible. A man looking at himself as a relatively important person on the planet lost his superiority when he realized that the earth is going around the sun. The more you place importance on humans, the more "small potatoes" will be added. In ancient times, even if you move from one place in the world to another place, exchange of ideas and customs is not completely prevented, and the population of the city and the country become very small, the proportion of the whole population is much higher Become. . In his community, he is indeed a more important element than the possibilities.

From the 16th century to the 17th century of the lifetime of Galileo, the scientific revolution has gradually had a big influence. The revolution began with Nicholas Copernicus's heliocentric theory, and it ended with the discovery of Sir Isaac Newton and various natural laws (Hatch, 2002). The scientific discovery that the explosion was called the "revolution" was due to the radical idea raised by scientists about the idea of ​​the church in Western civilization. Before the scientific revolution began, the general understanding of the world was totally based on religion. The revolution made it possible for people to replace their religious beliefs with facts and reason. But religion and science have opposite ideals, so this is not an easy transition.

We are used to expressing the work of Galileo and Isaac Newton as "scientific revolution". Key experts in Newton physics showed that the concept of "revolution" was applied to science for the first time in the heyday of the French political revolution. Late 18th century. It is available online through subscription. "We are sticking to the shoulder of the giant." Science is a famous expression of the cumulative efforts of generations of generations. Morand showed that this photo was originally used by Bernard's Chartres in the 12th century. Available online at subscription