Scientific Revolution: The People and the Discoveries Greyson Weiner Advanced Studies World 10 Mr. Parrish February 13, 2023 In the 14th century the rise of humanism, new inventions, and the discovery of the Americas led to the spread of Christianity throughout the world. This led to the beginning of the church's rise to power all throughout Europe and the Americas. Then there were people who opposed the Church they were called philosophers. The philosophers were all around the world and one of the most important events was the posting of the 95 thesis in 1518. This was made by a philosopher named Martin Luther. Luther was one of the founding fathers of the Scientific Revolution who the Church wanted to silence. Luther was put …show more content…
Later, the Church summoned him to the diet of worms in 1521 that was in Germany. This event gave way to the people that showed that the Church wasn't almighty. The way this showed that they weren't almighty was that it showed that someone could stand up to them. In the 17th century, the Catholic Church was gaining immense power throughout all of Europe.. The Catholic Church often opposed scientific work beyond its authority or control. As a result, scientific knowledge was pursued primarily by scholars in the Middle East and East Asia during that time. This then caused certain people to question the church's ideas; these people were called philosophers. The Church wanted to silence these philosophers from spreading their beliefs. This paved the way for the philosophers of the 17th century to question the Church and more philosophers began to show up or become philosophers. This then changed the fate …show more content…
First, the new ideas at the time of mathematics played a huge role in the Scientific Revolution, as many foundational scientific principles would be derived via the use of higher-order mathematics. Also, the use of math increased in society as types of math like calculus and trigonometry was used to help in building structures. The mathematical laws shifted greatly and Kepler, a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, and natural philosopher delved deeply into this issue. Kepler discovered the mathematical laws governing planetary motion but these were merely descriptive. There was still one thing that needed to be explained, why the planets moved. Between the Ptolemaic and Copernicus systems there were two different ideas at the time. The opinion of the church and the opinion of Copernicus. The Church's idea was that everything revolves around the earth because God created man. While in the Copernican system, which is actually the beginning of the model we use today, everything revolves around the sun. The progress of science, as seen by Koyre a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science, Is not achieved "by renouncing the apparent im? the possible and unnecessary goal of knowing the real, but on the contrary, it is by boldly pursuing it, that science progresses on its endless path towards truth. The pursuit of truth during the Scientific Revolution changed the way that