From Pre-classical to Classical Pursuits

In the main, historians and philosophers of science have come to differentiate between theScientific Revolutionandscientific revolutions. The former term generally refers to the great movement of thought and action associated with the theoretical and practical pursuits of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1...

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Published inThe Scientific Revolution Revisited p. 11
Main Author Teich, Mikulás
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Open Book Publishers 20.04.2015
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Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Agroecology
Agroecosystems
Ancient Greece
Animals
Anthropology
Astronomy
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Civilization
Classical antiquity
Empirical knowledge
Empiricism
Epistemology
Ethnography
Ethnology
European history
European studies
Historical methodology
Historiography
History
History of science
Humans
Mammals
Observational astronomy
Philosophy
Physical sciences
Political change
Political processes
Political revolutions
Political science
Politics
Primates
Scientific revolution
Slavery
Social organization
Sociology
Zoology
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Summary:In the main, historians and philosophers of science have come to differentiate between theScientific Revolutionandscientific revolutions. The former term generally refers to the great movement of thought and action associated with the theoretical and practical pursuits of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Johannes Kepler (1571-1631) and Isaac Newton (1642-1727), which transformed astronomy and mechanics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First, the Earth-centred system based on Ptolemy’s (c. 100-170) celestial geometry was replaced by the heliocentric system in which the Earth and the other then-known planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) revolved around the Sun.
ISBN:9781783741236
1783741236
DOI:10.11647/OBP.0054.01