WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which pair of ideas were central to the Scientific Revolution?
A
observation and experimentation
B
social stability and economic self-sufficiency
C
technology and military expansion
D
scarcity and interdependency
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Scholars generally relied on ancient authorities, church teachings, common sense, and reasoning to explain the physical world. In time, scholars began to use observation, experimentation, and scientific reasoning to gather knowledge and draw conclusions about the physical world.

Detailed explanation-2: -The change to the medieval idea of science occurred for four reasons: collaboration, the derivation of new experimental methods, the ability to build on the legacy of existing scientific philosophy, and institutions that enabled academic publishing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Francis Bacon. Bacon (1561-1626) was one of the great philosophers of the Scientific Revolution. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli. Borelli (1608-1679) was the foremost thinker of the era on human mechanics. Robert Boyle. Tycho Brahe. Otto Brunfels. Giordano Bruno. Nicolas Copernicus. Rene Descartes. More items

Detailed explanation-4: -1 – DNA. 2 – The Internet. 3 – Antibiotics. 4 – Medical imaging. 5 – Artificial Intelligence.

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