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Was the scientific revolution primarily one concerned with the solar system?
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R. Jefferys November 2002 Was the scientific revolution primarily one concerned with the solar system? In the early modern period, scientific advancements paved the way for the findings, which we now take for granted, but back then were originally seen as a far more abstract concept. This was largely due to the work of men such as Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642), Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543), Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630), Tycho Brahe (1564 - 1601) and Ismael Boulliau (1605 - 1694) as well as others. Their work meant that whether it was believed or not originally, there was some sense of a revolution in the sciences giving us a greater understanding of the world in which we live. However the scientific revolution, which took place during the early modern period also signals something that has a far greater historical impact on the time. Whilst many may have predominantly looked skywards...
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