EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Scientific Revolution took place in Europe starting towards the second half of the Renaissance period, with the 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus publication De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) often cited as its beginning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Though other civilizations have had spurts of scientific growth, the threads of Greco-Roman intellectual life, Roman technology, and the Christian context (which gave rise to the university, a uniquely European institution) made Europe the ideal seedbed for the scientific revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -It replaced the Greek view of nature that had dominated science for almost 2, 000 years. The Scientific Revolution was characterized by an emphasis on abstract reasoning, quantitative thought, an understanding of how nature works, the view of nature as a machine, and the development of an experimental scientific method.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was not until Galileo Galilei’s time that the Catholic Church spoke out against the heliocentric theory. Copernicus’ discovery traditionally marks the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.