THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
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The science of the late renaissance was significant in establishing a base for many modern sciences. The scientist J. D. Bernal believed that "the renaissance enabled a scientific revolution which let scholars look at the world in a different light. Religion, superstition, and fear were replaced by reason and knowledge". Despite some challenges to Roman Catholic dogma, however, many notable figures of time known today as the scientific revolution-Copericus, Kepler, Newton, and even Galileo-remained devout in the faith.
This period saw a fundamental transformation in scientific ideas across physics, astronomy, and biology, in institutions supporting scientific investigation, and in the more widely held picture of the universe. Brilliant minds started to question all manners of things and it was this questioning that led to the scientific revolution, which in turn formed the foundations of all modern sciences.
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Nikolaus Kapernikus
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