scientific revolution

The Scientific Revolution influenced the Enlightenment in many ways involving technology, science, medicine, etc. Before the scientific revolution, scholars relied on ancient authorities, churches, and common sense to explain the physical world. After, scholars began to use observation, experimentation, and reasoning to gather knowledge and make conclusions. The Scientific Revolution led to the growth of scientfic instruments, medicines, the human body, and many discoveries in chemistry, eventually leading to the Enlightenment. Breakthroughs in science led to new thinking in other fields of life. The people felt confident with their new way of thinking, which translated into new discoveries of human conditions, rights and liberties, and the relationship between a government and its people. Discovering a new idea about science and the way it can work in our lives led to the people inspiring new ideas about the world