Timeline of the Revolution

The Scientific Revolution occurred roughly between 1550 and 1700. Some people also refer to the time period to be between the lives of Nicholas Copernicus and Issac Newton, to state who the revolution started with and who it ended with (Hatch). It doesn't mean there aren't changes to our scientific processes today, this was just a time period in our history that has recorded information of large changes happening often. The changes were very large and many people were against the views of the men who made the changes/discoveries. Since people put their religion first, the sudden views that made God nonexistent were immediately ignored by citizens and courts ordered many scientists to stay in their homes at all times. "In the Middle Ages, many educated Europeans took the intense interest in the world around them. However, these 'natural philosophers,' as medieval scientists were known, did not make observations of the natural world," (Spielvogel). This statement tells us that the scientists back then weren't confided like the city thought they were. They could still make observations and calculations while sitting in their parlor. Had the Scientific Revolution not occurred during this time, there's no doubt it would have happened sooner or later. It also opened up a chain of events that led to our scientific way of thinking today.