by Colin Swanson

Claud Bernard (1813-78), a great French physiologist once said, "The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel." The men of the Scientific Revolution (1500 - 1800) certainly felt this way. In the period of history following the Renaissance, people turned their attention to the natural world. They wanted to understand nature, and experience the joy of discovery for themselves. Prominent minds of the time, such as Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Johannes Keplar, and Copernicus made many discoveries into the mysteries of the universe, and people began to question their old beliefs about the way things worked. The Scientific Revolution opened many doors for people to discover the knowledge of the natural world, but is also brought about conflict with the religious establishment. The Church did not like its teachings questioned, and on...