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. Theme: Scientific and technological developments and their consequences: Scientific revolution: 1640-1660 The scientific revolution was produced mainly due to the unreliability of medieval science. Naturally, people sought to understand the universe more on a secular level and less on a religious level. The key aspects of the scientific revolution were the philosophers and intellectuals that participated to form new theories and understandings of reality. These people include Isaac Newton, Galileo, Tyco Brahe, and Copernicus. However, the greatest of all these people, Isaac Newton, combined various theories to form a revolutionary understanding of the universe and is documented in his Principia. The consequences of these new learning’s were that society became less concerned with religion and more focused on earthly matters. Less and less spiritual enhancement was sought as people stove to grow intellectually and secularly.

McKay, John P., Bennett D. Hill, and John Buckler. __A History of Western society__. 7th ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.