Scientific_Revolution

Scientific Revolution Nicolaus Copernicus Cleric and Astronomer 1473 - 1543 Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events and the harmony of the whole Universe, if only we face the facts, as they say, 'with both eyes open'. —Copernicus from "De Revolutionibus Coelestibus" 1600’s The Century of Genius Prior to the 17th century, western thought still believed in Greek scriptures. This led to a tyrannical hierarchy. This was very feasible in those days because the people were not to question authority. All of this was about to change when the Scientific Revolution came without any warning. People began thinking on their own and speaking their minds. This eventually in extreme cases had these people shunned from society. One of the first to speak his mind was Nicolaus Copernicus. This man argued to society and to the church that all of the planets, including the earth, orbited around the sun. After Copernicus’s death, began, people, one, thinkers, society, known, disease, astronomer, whole, western, universe, thought, support, sun, research, nicolaus, mathematician, man, kepler, influential, impressed, first, facts, descartes, days, copernicus, century, brache, believed, young, xiv, writings, writing, world