Monday, October 1, 2007

Scientific Revolution : Scientific Method


During the Scientific Revolution, science was beginning to be more interesting to the Europeans. Interested in science the Greek philosopher Aristotle came up with ideas for the scientific method. With this method the European scientist would be able to ask a question and take it into a process of certain questions. They would first attempt to make a hypothesis. They would later take their problem and experiment with it to find their answer. After experimenting they would see if there hypothesis was correct to their final outcome or incorrect. Many other people were important in the thinking of the scientific revolution. Men such as an English writer by the name of Francis Bacon who believed that all scientist should be able to get an answer to any giving problem by experimenting and observing. Another man by the name of Rene Descartes who was a French mathematician also influenced the scientific method. The scientific revolution was important for the Europeans and the the people after them because till this day scientist still use the scientific revolution.

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