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A 3 page discussion of scientific progress and its many impacts. The author contends that these impacts are inclusive not only of positive impacts but also negative impacts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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radical departure from the tried and true norms that had been in place for centuries. People simply began to regard the sciences differently. Not only was science the
key to the answers, it was the key to happiness. If man could control the material world he could use it to satisfy his own desires and to satisfy
and ensure the happiness of the generations which would follow. Numerous scientific and technological advancements which were made in this time period had tremendous impact not only on the
technologies of the time but on practically ever aspect of the peoples lives. From Copernicus to Voltaire, the greatest minds of all time became occupied with the refinement of
scientific knowledge and even the scientific method itself. Science became the measuring stick against which all things were measured. Not all were in agreement about the value of
that measuring stick, however. There was, in fact, serious debate about the value of scientific progress. That debate continues to this day.
Since the advent of science in our world practically all aspects of our existence have changed. Copernicus was one of the first who heralded with major changes.
His revelation that it was the sun, not the Earth, that was the center of the universe shook the church and the foundations of Aristotelian mechanics which held most of
the beliefs of the sixteenth century in place (Meeks, 1997). Copernicus revelation, of course, was just the beginning of the changes
that humanity was to incur at the hands of scientific progress. Galileos observations would support those of Copernicus and ultimately challenge the doctrine of the Church as well (Meeks,
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