Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method

Before the 1500's, scholars and academics would look toward the bible and ancient Greek and Rome for answers and ideas about science. The scientific revolution was when medieval scientific philosophy was abandoned for new methods of science. Scientists such as Bacon, Galileo, and Newton proposed a new ways to answer ideas. It was called the scientific method. The scientific method was a process of research where a problem is identified, data is collected, a hypothesis is made from the data, and than the hypothesis is tested repeatedly until a conclusion is made. This change was important because it allowed scientists to work with mathematicians and astronomers to get better, more reliable results.

The scientific method is made up of a few very simple steps. Firstly, you have to of course, create a question or problem you wish to be answered. Secondly, you do research on your topic so you can predict an answer for your question. Thirdly, you form an hypothesis, or an educated guess of what you think the answer to the question is. Remember that it doesn't matter if your hypothesis is wrong or right. After that, you have to conduct an experiment for your question. It would be best to repeatedly test your question for best results. Than, you have to collect all the data. Finally, you form an conclusion based on all you did.

An example of the scientific method can be when Galileo, a young Italian, proved Aristotle's theory wrong in the late 1500's. Aristotle's theory was that heavier objects fell faster than light objects. Galileo tested the theory by going up to the famous Leaning tower of Pisa and he dropped some stones of different sizes and weights. His experiment proved Aristotle wrong and lead us to what we know now, objects of different weights will fall at the same speed.