The Birth of Modern Science

Science is literally all around us every second of every day and gaining understanding of our world through science has molded our modern world. Before any scientific discovery, society was only making baby steps towards substantial advancements. In this more primitive society, during the 14th-15th century, people pondered matters of life using philosophical thinking. They fabricated explanations about subjects like the solar system and nature. When people moved into the 16th century ideas advanced and the scientific revolution was sparked (http://web.clas.ufl.edu)As a result life was no longer a guessing game. Once the concept of science was grasped there was no stopping the explosion of advancements to come. With man’s new perspective on the world they would formulate the scientific method, create the universal language of mathematics, and became equipped society with knowledge that would create life changing inventions.
This revolution took place between 1550-1770. The three main inventors and scientific pioneers were Copernicus, Galileo, and Isaac Newton, these people altered the ways we viewed the world by introducing physics and astronomy. As a result the scientific method was formulated around the 17th century and allowed scientists to logically display theories about the workings of the universe. Modern scientific fields like chemistry, biology, and physics utilize the scientific method every day. This format allowed for discoveries to be conceptualized and built upon and ultimately it can be credited to formation of scientific fields as we know them today. One by product of the scientific method was western medicine. The method mad scientist look at the makeup of the body in a purely scientific way and they left out what makes a person truly human like their feelings and thoughts. This way of thinking was unprecedented in the past but is now necessary to follow the scientific method. The author of a book entitled the Origins of Modern Science summarizes this thought by stating. “The legacy of the modern world -- to our world -- was the scientific way of thinking -- it is a process of thought which is technical, mathematical, logical and precise.”(http://www.historyguide.org). The scientific method was the result of many intellectuals who thought in this specific way and it is a mode of thought that is more accepted and popular than ever. http://www.regentsprep.org
There were many breakthroughs when it comes to the development of thought and inevitably math became intertwined with the new scientific ideas. It is argued that mathematics is the strongest language ever invented by man because it is the only language that is universal. Man is now able to communicate Concept, formulas and equations that any mathematician in the world should be able to understand now matter what their linguistic background is. Science and math are interconnected in great depth and the two subjects would only primitively exist without one another. One example of the mathematical language applied to science is Isaac’s three laws of physics. His fundamental laws of physics used math mathematical equations that defined gravity, velocity, and motion. The basic equations are the fundamental building blocks in physics and since then physicists as a scientific field of science has grown substantially. A plethora of advancements make use of mathematics in a deeply more complex way but Isaac's first brilliant application was essential to the understanding of math and science today.The development of scientific fields was extremely important but the next subject to adress is how all this knowledge is applied to the real world.
Inventions are the obvious product of scientific thinking even during the early scientific revolution there were inventions being developed that the world had never seen before like the microscope. These inventions were the first products of scientific thinking but there would soon be a myriad of life changing inventions as result of scientific study. Great innovations such as electricity, created by the brilliant scientist Albert Entine, transformed human life. It provided light instantly, allowed people to heat their houses without fire, and made further technological inventions possible. However some inventions created in the name of science did not impact humanity positively. For example the simple division of an atom leveled the cities of hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Vietnam war. Now humanity holds the power to obliterate the world if we choose, all because we discovered nuclear power through means of science. This quote displays the positive and negative affects of scientific inventions by explaining that “ Science has given us nylon, fluoride, latex paint as well as 747s, ever-faster microchips and PEZ. But science has also given us fluorocarbons, heroin, nuclear waste, dioxin, sarin gas and the atomic bomb. Science can be a mixed blessing -- with much that is good comes much that is clearly bad.” The amount of inventions as a result of science is innumerable and their impact is just as incalculable.
The scientific method, the development of a mathematical language and the initial inventions would rocket us into a new age. The scientific method allowed for the formation of entirely new fields in science because it provided a formula for logical thinking.The further development of mathematics added to the creation and complexity of science.the inventions developed in the scientific revolution would inspire other great minds to invent more complex inventions that would define our society today. Final statement on Subject: Science allowed for great thinkers to open up their mind to the world and we are now advancing at a lightning speed, the only question is whether science will bring us to a halting stop or whether it will propel us even further into the future.