The willingness to question previously held truths and search for new answers resulted in a period of major scientific advancements, now known as the Scientific Revolution. The Scientific Revolution is traditionally held by most historians to have begun in 1543, when the books De humani corporis fabrica (On the Workings of the Human Body) by Andreas Vesalius, and also De Revolutionibus, by the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, were first printed. The thesis of Copernicus' book was that the Earth moved around the Sun. The period culminated with the publication of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687 by Isaac Newton, representative of the unprecedented growth of scientific publications throughout Europe. COUNT 5
QSN1 What was the Scientific Revolution? ANS1 a period of major scientific advancements QSN2 What year is considered to be the beginning of the Scientific Revolution? ANS2 1543 QSN3 What book by Andreas Vesalius was published in 1543? ANS3 De humani corporis fabrica (On the Workings of the Human Body) QSN4 What was the focus of De Revolutionibus by Nicolaus Copernicus? ANS4 the Earth moved around the Sun QSN5 What book was printed by Isaac Newton in 1687? ANS5 Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica