The New Astronomy of the 16th and 17th centuries
Title: The New Astronomy of the 16th and 17th centuries
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 439 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The New Astronomy of the 16th and 17th centuries
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 439 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
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…showed last 75 words of 439 total…was no strong religious authority capable of imposing religious orthodoxy on scientific questions.
Intellectual, social, and religious reasons played a major role in the change of scientific thought and method in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. People became more concerned with science and deductive reasoning to solve problems. Religion was no longer used as a way of explaining things that were not understood. These new scientists were celebrated and paved the way for modern thought.