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Article: Scientific Revolution
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION.
The scientific revolution took place from the sixteenth century through the seventeenth century and saw the formation of conceptual, methodological, and institutional approaches to the natural world that are recognizably like thos
e of modern science. It should not be seen as a revolution in science but a revolution in thought and practice that brought about modern science. Although highly complex and multifaceted,
it can essentially be seen as the amalgamation of what was called natural philosophy with various so-called subordinate sciences, such as the mathematical sciences, astronomy, optics, and geography, or with separate ...