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What IS the Scientific Revolution?
How did the Age of Exploration—Columbus’ discoveries, contact with Africa, etc.—and seeing new land
that were very different from Europe, lead to the Scientific Revolution?
How would blue-water sailing spur scientific ways of seeing the world/solving problems?
Why does it make sense that the Renaissance led to the Scientific Revolution?
FOCUS QUESTION: Why was the Scientific Revolution a force for change in society and
government? (why does it matter so much, apart from leading to scientific knowledge?)
HOW did it challenge existing ideas, etc. beyond those relating to the natural world?
Why did the leaders of both the Catholic and Protestant churches oppose Copernicus’ ideas?
Why did they care about whether a geocentric or heliocentric model was taken to be true?