HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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traditional ways of thinking
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the ideas of classical philosophers
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the authority of the Church
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observation and experimentation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Newton was born in the year that Galileo died (according to the calendar then in use). Our story continues by picking up Galileo’s last work, on Mechanics. It was a development of Galileo’s ideas that led Isaac Newton to lay down his famous three laws of motion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Newton argued that gravity provided the reason why planets did not fly off into outer space, and inertia explained why they kept moving. Newton’s theory of gravity and three laws of motion provided the final proof that Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo were right.
Detailed explanation-3: -The scientific revolution laid the foundations for the Age of Enlightenment, which centered on reason as the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and emphasized the importance of the scientific method.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.