The Scientific Revolution

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:characteristic rise of scientific societies
emphasis on observation
mathematical description of nature
mechanistic worldview
rejection of Aristotelian science
use of experimentation
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:laws_of_motion
gptkb:heliocentric_theory
universal gravitation
development of the scientific method
advances in anatomy
advances in astronomy
advances in chemistry
advances in physics
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
biology
chemistry
physics
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Age_of_Enlightenment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Scientific Revolution
gptkbp:influenced Enlightenment thought
modern science
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:philosophy
Islamic Golden Age science
gptkbp:location gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:notableEvent Galileo's telescopic discoveries
Newton's laws of motion and gravitation
publication of Copernicus's heliocentric model
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkb:Nicolaus_Copernicus
gptkb:René_Descartes
gptkb:Tycho_Brahe
gptkb:William_Harvey
gptkb:Robert_Boyle
gptkb:Andreas_Vesalius
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Academie_des_Sciences
gptkbp:period 16th century
17th century
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Renaissance
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Chief_World_Systems
gptkb:Discourse_on_the_Method
gptkb:Novum_Organum
gptkb:Principia_Mathematica
gptkb:De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_science
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6