Scientific Revolution Definition of the Scientific Revolution W hat was the long-term significance of the Scientific Revolution? Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic World? Reasons for it not to have happened in Islamic world: Reasons for it not to have happened in China: What was revolutionary about the Scientific Revolution? What did the world look like to the pre-Scientific Revolution world? What was revolutionary about the Scientific Revolution? How did the Scientific Revolution revolutionize the early modern societys outlook on life/the world? Major figures of the Scientific Revolution Astronomy Copernicus (Polish, ) (scientist) Johannes Kepler (German, ) (mathematician) Galileo Galilei (Italian, ) Andreas Vesalius ( ) Paracelsus ( ) William Harvey ( ) Scientific Method Sir Francis Bacon (English politician; ) Inductive reasoning Specific to the general Observation & experimental research Every time you eat peas you get woozy. Therefore you get woozy because you eat peas. Rene Descartes ( ; French mathematician) I think therefore I am Doubts everything but this Deductive Reasoning From general to specific All X are Y All Y are Z Therefore all X are Z Sir Isaac Newton ( ; English thinker) Science could be used to prove existence of God Physical laws (based on mathematics) In absence of force, motion continues in a straight line The rate of change in motion of an object is a result of the forces acting upon it For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction Law of Gravitation Blaise Pascal ( ; French mathematician) Human position within the universe - how does God fit in? Better to believe than to deny God.