Renaissance+Science


 * The Scientific Method || The Astrolabe || The Telescope ||
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 * This portrait is of a Galileo Galilei, one of the world's most important inventors. Perhaps his most important invention was the concept of the new Scientific Method. This new scientific method was composed of observation, experimentation and hypothesis. This was so new because in previous scientific situations, scientists used the past discoveries and theories of ancient philosophers and religious figures, which were often wrong.

The invention of the scientific method had many effects of the people in Europe at this time. Because Galilei was a humanist, usage of the new scientific method often influenced more people to join this new movement of people, and leave the old way of life of the church. Naturally, this did not make the church authorities happy. They were very angered at Galileo Galilei and the humanists that followed his ways.

This new scientific method also led to much more advanced scientific discoveries. Scientists made breakthroughs in anatomy and many other scientific fields that are still used today, all thanks to Galileo Galilei. || This is a picture of an early version of an astrolabe. The astrolabe was invented during the age of exploration and served the purpose of telling sailors their latitude position at sea. This was extremely helpful to sailors and explorers because they no longer had to worry about getting lost at sea, which was a huge problem for sailors in the past. This made it easier for them to explore foreign lands, discover new trade routes and get new goods. Overall, the astrolabe had political, social and economic effect on society of Early Modern Europe. Politically speaking, it helped nations expand the amount of land that they owned because they were able to explore further lands and conquer them without getting lost. Socially, it made more people want to become sailors and explorers because they didn't have the fear of getting lost anymore. Economically, it helped explorers bring back many new goods and slaves from all over the world. || This is another invention of Galileo Galilei called the telescope. The telescope was first invented in 1610 and the original model is held in the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence, Italy. This telescope was very important to scientific advances at this time because it yielded an entirely new view of the universe. This then caused more people to become involved in astronomy, and make even more scientific advances and discoveries that are still studied today. Also, this ingenious invention caused more people to join the humanist movement because they saw the intelligence of Galileo's other ideas and wanted to believe in his beliefs. ||
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