The Scientific Revolution
A paradigm is one's world view in which one understands his place in it. Copernicus, Galileo, Vesalius, Linneaus, Luewenhoek, and Newton were all medieval scientists, whose work changed people's lives and the world. The way man viewed the universe in which he lived, the world of nature that surrounded him, and even his own physical anatomy changed right before him. Scientists, like Galileo, disproved the heliocentric model as new instruments like the telescope were invented. The way in which man saw his own physical anatomy changed when Andreas Vesalius completed detailed studies of the human body. Due to these new, groundbreaking studies man began to view himself as insignificant and as a machine.First came the Geocentric model that showed the earth as being the center of the universe, the sun and other planets were shown revolving around the earth, with heaven shown beyond the crystalline shell. It wasn't until Nicholas Copernicus published his writing, "On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres," that people began to question this idea. The writing was so complicated that the vast majority of the population of Europe could not understand its meaning and ideas that it contained. This writing stated th
new understanding of the human body. Before, the human body was considered a temple, now it was seen as more of a machine. As new discoveries were made, man felt more and more insignificant in the vast world. During the Scientific Revolution, scientists developed ways to make more precise, and more reliable observations. The new scientists challenged the assumptions of past scientists. Zacharias Janssen invented the first microscope. Anton van Leuwenhoek used a microscope to observe bacterium and red blood cells. Galileo made the first thermometer using alcohol for measuring temperatures. Later, a German physicist named Gabriel Fahrenheit developed the first thermometer using mercury. In 1655, Evangelista Torricelli developed the barometer. The barometer measured atmospheric pressure. The barometer proved that the weather could be predicted, and therefore God did not control the weather. This new information disturbed the Catholic Church. Again, they were caught preaching the wrong information. Galileo proved Aristotle wrong when he rolled balls down a slope, measuring people were confused as to who and what to believe. They were thrown into an age of the unknown. New science and new technology contradicted everything they previously believed to be true. Scriptures from the Bible were wrong, and so were the teachings of the Catholic Church. The belief in the special "divinely inspired" nature of man was also proven to be wrong. Man was no longer considered the center of the universe. In all actuality, man was quite insignificant. The paradigm in which man was most comfortable had once again shifted. All of the new innovations left the huma
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