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What is the Scientific
Revolution?

• Scientific Revolution is a drastic

change in scientific thought that took
place during the 16th and 17th
centuries (Spencer, Brookes, Brush,
Stephen, Osler and Margaret 2019).
Causes
- Short term causes - new inventions e.g. printing press, microscope, telescope (technological) ,
scientific institutions (social) .
- Long term causes – the rise of empiricism and humanism (social) , the discovery of America
(cultural and economic).
Stages
• Pre-Paradigmatic
• Emergence of normal science
• Emergence of anomaly and crisis
• Birth and assimilation of a new paradigm (Emmanuel and Abidemi,
2020).
Personalities (1)
• Isaac Newton • Galileo Galilei
Italian philosopher, astronomer and
English physicist and mathematician. mathematician.

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Personalities (2)
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Polish astronomer

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Specific moments
Isaac Newton's apple tree

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 Copernican Revolution

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Galileo and the Telescope

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Impact (Short-term effects)
• The Royal society of London was established as an academy (social)
• Invention of telescope and microscope (technological) (Miller, 2020).
Significance (Long-term effects)
• Challenge to religious beliefs (religious)
• Technology incorporation into business (economic)
• Advancement in medicine (technological) (Miller, 2020).
Video
Popular quotes:
•Galileo:
"Doubt is the father of invention. "

• Isaac Newton:
" I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting
myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than
ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."

• Nicolaus Copernicus
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what
we do not know, that is true knowledge. (Fasteddie, 2010)
Question of analysis
In what ways did the Scientific Revolution impact
the relationship between science and religion?
- Understanding the impact is crucial for gaining insights into historical
developments, societal changes, and the evolution of thought.
- The Scientific Revolution undermined the supremacy of church as the
most powerful institution as well as the Bible.
- Publication of Darwin's book on evolution helped spread the
information and new ideas.
- Scientific ideas made the Church prohibit the books. (IvyPanda, 2023)
References
• Spencer, J., Brookes , Brush, Stephen, G., Osler, Margaret, J. (2019). Scientific Revolution. Encyclopedia Britannica. Internet access:
https://www.britannica.com/science/Scientific-Revolution
• Miller, A. (2020). Transformation of Society from the Scientific Revolution. Internet access:
https://web.colby.edu/st112a-fall20/2020/09/12/transformation-of-society-from-the-scientific-revolution/?fbclid=IwAR0mNxtTO2dMkcf3O
pCSdjy6jz4TVgj94f5NoJs5bJpC7SQzBFiuNUVIfN4

• Scientific revolution video. Internet source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hodYUDDfsY&t=2s

• Fasteddie, (2010). 12 scientific revolution and enlightenment quotations. Internet access:
https://www.slideshare.net/fasteddie/12-scientific-revolution-and-enlightenment-quotations?fbclid=IwAR2OVvgefjc9GdsX0273OkicIgrvm
N4wIrrwGHMgkVm9aWgz0oCgmDioC9Q

• IvyPanda. (2023). The Impact of Scientific Revolution on Christianity. Internet access: https://ivypanda.com/essays/the-impact-of-scientific-
revolution-on-christianity/
• Ogundele, E., Ogunyomi, A. (2020). Critical Assessment of Thomas Kuhn's Understanding of Scientific Progress. Reasearchgate. Internet
access:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362265925_A_Critical_Assessment_of_Thomas_Kuhn%27s_Understanding_of_Scientific_Progre
ss
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