World History Spine · Medieval to early modern
The Scientific Revolution
How Europe, 1543–1687, moved from Aristotle and authority to experiment and mathematics: Copernicus, Vesalius, Tycho and Kepler, Galileo's telescope and trial, Bacon and Descartes on method, the Royal Society, and Newton's Principia, plus debates about the label.
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Key idea
Prereqs: The Renaissance; Galileo (Great Minds). Next: The Enlightenment & Atlantic revolutions. Sources: Steven Shapin, *The Scientific Revolution* (1996); David Wootton, *The Invention of Science* (2015); Crash Course History of Science.Next: 1. Milestones