Scientific Revolution
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The Scientific Revolution was a transformative period in early modern Europe marked by groundbreaking advances in astronomy, physics, and scientific methodology that fundamentally reshaped understandings of nature and laid the foundations for modern science.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scientific Revolution canonical | 69 |
| The Scientific Revolution (by Steven Shapin) | 1 |
| the Scientific Revolution | 1 |
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Target entity: Scientific Revolution Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, influencedBy, Scientific Revolution]
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Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
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Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries when European powers undertook extensive overseas voyages that led to global maritime trade networks, colonization, and the first sustained contacts between previously isolated continents.
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Green Revolution
The Green Revolution was a mid-20th-century agricultural transformation that dramatically increased global crop yields through high-yield varieties, synthetic fertilizers, and modern farming techniques, significantly reducing hunger in many developing countries.
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The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
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Science, The Endless Frontier
Science, The Endless Frontier is a landmark 1945 report by Vannevar Bush that laid the foundation for U.S. federal support of scientific research and the modern science policy framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Scientific Revolution Target entity description: The Scientific Revolution was a transformative period in early modern Europe marked by groundbreaking advances in astronomy, physics, and scientific methodology that fundamentally reshaped understandings of nature and laid the foundations for modern science.
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A.
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
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B.
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a transformative period from the late 18th to 19th centuries marked by the shift from agrarian, handcraft economies to industrial, machine-based manufacturing and rapid technological, social, and economic change.
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C.
Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries when European powers undertook extensive overseas voyages that led to global maritime trade networks, colonization, and the first sustained contacts between previously isolated continents.
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D.
Green Revolution
The Green Revolution was a mid-20th-century agricultural transformation that dramatically increased global crop yields through high-yield varieties, synthetic fertilizers, and modern farming techniques, significantly reducing hunger in many developing countries.
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E.
The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical period
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intellectual movement ⓘ scientific revolution ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Scientific Revolution
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Scientific Revolution (by Steven Shapin)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
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biology ⓘ chemistry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ science ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
Renaissance ⓘ Renaissance humanism ⓘ printing press ⓘ revival of ancient Greek texts ⓘ revival of ancient Roman texts ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution ⓘ decline of Aristotelian cosmology ⓘ development of modern astronomy ⓘ development of modern physics ⓘ development of modern scientific institutions ⓘ rise of modern science ⓘ secularization of knowledge ⓘ transformation of natural philosophy into science ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 18th century ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
modern education
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modern philosophy ⓘ modern technology ⓘ scientific institutions ⓘ scientific worldview ⓘ separation of science and religion ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Académie des Sciences
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
empiricism
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experimental method ⓘ heliocentrism ⓘ hypothesis testing ⓘ inductive reasoning ⓘ laws of nature ⓘ mathematization of nature ⓘ mechanistic worldview ⓘ observation ⓘ scientific method ⓘ |
| hasMainRegion |
Europe
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Western Europe ⓘ |
| hasMajorWork |
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems ⓘ Discours de la méthode ⓘ Novum Organum ⓘ Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Blaise Pascal
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Christiaan Huygens ⓘ Francis Bacon ⓘ Galileo Galilei ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ Johannes Kepler ⓘ Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ Robert Boyle ⓘ Robert Hooke ⓘ Tycho Brahe ⓘ William Harvey ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 16th century ⓘ |
| opposedDoctrine |
Aristotelian physics
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Ptolemaic system ⓘ geocentrism ⓘ |
| precededBy | Renaissance ⓘ |
| timePeriodWithin | early modern period ⓘ |
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