HY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Navigation Acts, Commercial Revolution, Scientific Revolution
21 Mar 2016
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Scientific and commercial revolutions: scientific revolution, commercial revolution, triangular trade, dutch dominance, mercantilism, rise of england / france. Before 1600"s, had people challenging that way the universe operated. Church believed the earth was the center of the universe. Westerners believed that everything moved in perfect circles are the earth. Said the sun was at the middle of the universe. Believed in elliptical orbits, not perfect circles. This idea was more popular bc he used math. Great writer and got the word out by publicizing his theories in the. Gets arrested for spreading lies says the church. Protestants tended to agree and side with galileo bc he challenged traditional views, therefore beginning the scientific revolution. Theory that disease had specific causes, by injesting certain chemicals, could rid you of disease (modern medicine) Blood is pumped through the body, by the human heart. Big brain; gave us gravity and laws of motion. Protestants accept these much more, the church backed science.
