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The Scientific Revolution were series of events that sparked an interest in modern science today as we know it.The Scientific Revolution occurred during the 15th,16th, and 17th century and it was so revolutionary because before the Scientific Revolution, science was not given much thought. It was just what the Roman and Greek philosophers said and they would be correct, even if it was anything but correct. The Scientific Revolution all started when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and ran into a whole different continent that wasn’t even on the map. Geographers looked at this map and noticed that it was from the ancient greeks and romans. Another person that helped start the idea of a scientific revoution was when Nicolous …show more content…

Galileo Galilei explained gravity and further explored and studied the laws of motion. Many other scientists discovered many other things. During this time period, and interest in science occurred and there were many new advancements, inventions, theories, and hypotheses. There were many different scientific revolters including Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, and the list goes on and on, but all of them discovered remarkable stuff. Probably the most famous one of those people would be Sir Isaac Newton because he discovered the laws of motion and created calculus. While there were many discoveries during this time, there were also many inventions including the barometer, telescope, and microscope which helped with many of the discoveries and eloborate on them in the future. One thing that developed was the scientific method which is what scientists all use when conducting an experiment. It is important right now in the present because we still use it and can make sure that all the scientists in the past were all correct about their experiments. During this time period, science, religion, and government were all tied in together some how, some …show more content…

He was an English physician who first discovered the full circulation of blood in the human body. William Harvey was not an only child. He had seven brothers and two sisters and he was the oldest. His father was a farmer and land owner. William Harvey studied the arts and medicine at the University of Padua. He earned his doctorate on April 25, 1602 and then returned to England to work as a doctor. He got married in 1604 to Elizabeth Browne and her mother was the physician to James I, the king of England and Scotland. William Harvey became the physician to James I in 1618 and was also the physician to Charles I when he became king in

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