NATS 1840- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1840
• Professor: Ian Slater

Document Summary

Nats 1840 lecture 6 - commerce and science in the scientific revolution. The so-called scientific revolution occurred during the 16th and 17th centuries, roughly around the same time as the renaissance and reformation [bernal] The medieval agricultural revolution (ploughs and horses, crop rotation, fertilizing) had increased crop output and population. Capitalism was emerging from feudalism, a shift from a land based economy to a goods based economy. International trade, using the oceans for transport, was increasing. The scientific revolution saw several large scale conceptual changes to what we now know as science: Several other changes started in this period: An increase in the public presentation of scientific ideas. An increased emphasis on quantification of nature and standardized methods and nomenclature. These institutional and methodological changes were equally profound, they contributed to the public authority and power of science, and allowed it to critically develop the study of nature.