In the section Science as Cultural Revolution, We get to know some of the scientist that played a part in the scientific revolution before Sir Isaac Newton coined the scientific revolution. Some of these scientist's are: Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo. Nicolas Copernicus was known for his theory on the sun being in the middle of the earth and the planets orbiting it. Galileo further explained this theory and begin study the spots on the Sun as well as Jupiter's moons. This also explained that the universe was bigger than we could imagine. When Newton came along, we were told what the laws of motion were, and he educated people on gravity. After his death, the human body became the topic of discussion and, the main focus was on where the heart was in our bodies, as well as its functions. Just like the earth which was discovered to be the "center" of the universe, Rene Descartes discovered that the heart was not the most important thing in our bodies and that it was just a machine. During and after the scientific revolution, women were shunned from participating in anything science. They were not allowed to be apart of anything the men were doing and could not get credit for any discoveries they had made. Instead, they had to go to convention's as their husbands assistants. I found this to be very unfair especially when a woman was the reason that an unknown comet was discovered ad instead her husband took credit for it. I'm glad women have come so far from this today.
Document 15.2
If i'm reading correctly, in the first section of the document Descartes is reviewing what is going on during this time. In the second section he explaining how things would be better for human kind if people didn't have to face a lot of the things they did, and that soon people would realize this. I'm not sure if this is correct but after reading it three times this is what I got from it.
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