Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution

Modern historian says that scientific revolution caused significant changes in the world view , because the ideas of the universe were changed as well as scientific approaches . Nevertheless , many scientists who played important role in the scientific revolution respected the ancient learning and ancient pedigrees were cited for their innovations For example , ancient and medieval ancestries were traced in the ideas of heliocentric system . Therefore it is claimed that 17th century was a period of revolution changes in scientific approaches . Scientific revolution developed not only experimental and theoretical discoveries

but also the way of scientific thinking . Actually , Brahe , Galileo and Kepler contributed scientific revolution and their discoveries are used nowadays in astronomy , physics and other sciences

Galileo haven contributed significantly the development of astronomy because he improved the telescope and was the firs to observe the stars and the sky . Furthermore , he managed to make magnification 3x and to improve models of telescopes up to 32x . Galileo is famous for his telescopic astronomical observations . For example , in 1610 he discovered three largest satellites of Jupiter : Io , Callisto and Europe . Moreover Ganymede was discovered four nights later . It is known that Galileo was the first to observe Milky Way , Neptune , Venus , sunspots , lunar craters and mountains (Cohen 1994

Kepler also contributed the development of astrology and astronomy though differences between these sciences were less evident in those times . His impact on physics is also apparent . He made and attempt to find mathematical relations to be at the base of the nature . Actually Kepler is famous for discovering the universal laws such as laws of planetary motion . Celestial bodies were applied to terrestrial physics Known Kepler 's laws are elliptical orbit law , equal-area law and law of periods . Brahe 's contribution is also related to the astrology development , because he discovered Supernova star in the Cassiopeia Furthermore , Tychinic system is also his contribution (Cohen 1994

References

Cohen , H . Floris (1994 . The Scientific Revolution : An Historiographical Enquiry . Chicago : University of Chicago Press

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