This new scientific revolution was significant in that it took away many of the old ideas of supernatural power and fate and replaced them with revolutionary discoveries. Those first revolutionary discoveries were the ones that gave a start to the modern knowledge we have in our present day. Numerous assumptions and theories about the universe and the human body were changed when innovative discoveries by people such as Johanis Kepler and Issac Newton were made. ... Human body discoveries such as the flow of blood through the heart were made and therefore allowed scientists to discover why ...

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In the Society's charter it stated that its experiments should "promote the knowledge of natural things and useful arts", also known as science and technology. ... He came up with ideas for many new inventions and discoveries such as lamps, telescopes, watches, and new theories about gravity and chemistry. In his work "Observation of a Flea" he shows the readers how useful the microscope was by magnifying the object and expanding their knowledge on a natural thing that may have never been seen or understood before. ... Whether a microscope is used or not the person is still gaining new k...

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The relationship between knowledge and happiness can be described as inversely proportional. As one gains knowledge, their simplistic satisfaction with life decreases. ... The lack of knowledge remains as the primary cause of many catastrophes in history. ... "Wise" invention and critical discoveries such as made by Galileo and Isaac Newton have the potential to endanger our lives by giving birth to curiosity. ... "For in much wisdom is much grief and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow." ...

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Not for seeking personal gain, but for providing the people with the knowledge they posses to better society and help it progress. ... In many examples individuals scarified their well-being for the knowledge they wished to spread to the world. ... Galileo announced his discoveries about the solar system and the earth's movement. ... As themes clearly connect multiple movements and their affiliates in their influential discoveries, the Scientific Revolution still reins the most influential movement on European soil. ... The lack of the influence on science by the church allowed the eve...

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Skepticism is defined as acritical attitude which systematically questions the notion that absolute knowledge and certainty are possible...in particular fields? ... Consequently,Galileo's contribution to science was not a [single] great discovery...Rather, he paved the way for many discoveries? ... These discoveries were arguably his most important, and certainly those for which history has best remembered him. ... Still, his most significant astronomical discovery was yet to come. ... The astronomical discoveries he made with his telescopes were described in a short book called Mess...

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Newton's discoveries are even more fascinating in the context of the period in which they were made. ... From Copernicus to Voltaire, the greatest minds of all time became occupied with the refinement of scientific knowledge and even the scientific method itself. Newton's discoveries interrelated, in fact, with many others of this time period. ...

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Invention of Calculus was one of the greatest discoveries ever. ... In the modern period, independent discoveries in calculus were being made in early 17th century Japan, by mathematicians such as Seki Kowa, who expanded upon the method of exhaustion. ... Modern differential calculus on mean value theorem Archimedes is especially important for his discovery of the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder. ...

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As the globe encountered the revolutionary effects of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, the church no longer held the ability to restrict the mind as countless scientific discoveries bewildered society and forced them to overlook the teachings of the church. ... Knowledge became a competitive aspect of the world in which everyone yearned to be a part of. ... Throughout the Enlightenment, this uncontrollable desire to obtain knowledge spread throughout the talented, rich women of France. ...

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From what I understand, the advancements in science and technology had lead to the discoveries that events in the world happen for a reason. ... As stated in the take home midterm sheet, "As the knowledge gained in science is applied to other sectors of society the culture tends to grow more secular."" ...

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