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The '''Scientific Revolution''' is a name that some modern historians use to describe what they call the beginning of modern [[science]] in the mid-1500s. At that time natural philosophers (the term scientist was not coined until the 1800s) began to make some scientific breakthroughs using the scientific method, the systematic use of [[hypotheses]], continually tested with [[observations|observation]] and [[experimentation]]. Most leftist historians typically point to [[Copernicus|Copernicus']] publishing of his [[Heliocentrism|heliocentric theory]] as the beginning of this revolution, although the actual starting date is debated.  The heliocentric theory stated that the Earth revolves around the Sun, as opposed to the [[Geocentric theory|geocentric theory]] that Sun revolves around the Earth.<ref>Eg, see http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture10c.html</ref>

The '''Scientific Revolution''' is a name that some modern historians use to describe what they call the beginning of modern [[science]] in the mid-1500s. At that time natural philosophers (the term scientist was not coined until the 1800s) began to publish scientific hypotheses with the recently-invented [[printing press]]. Most leftist historians typically point to [[Copernicus|Copernicus']] publishing of his [[Heliocentrism|heliocentric theory]] as the beginning of this revolution, although the actual starting date is debated.  The heliocentric theory stated that the Earth revolves around the Sun, as opposed to the [[Geocentric theory|geocentric theory]] that Sun revolves around the Earth.<ref>Eg, see http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture10c.html</ref>

In fact, Copernicus had no observations or experiments to show that his model was better than others, and his methods were not significantly more accurate or scientific than those of Ptolemy that had been in use older cosmological models for over a thousand years.  Rather, his system was praised for reasons that have little to do with science. He symbolized the challenging the millenia-held beliefs of antiquity.

In fact, Copernicus had no observations or experiments to show that his model was better than others, and his methods were not significantly more accurate or scientific than those of Ptolemy that had been in use older cosmological models for over a thousand years.  Rather, his system was praised for reasons that have little to do with science. He symbolized the challenging the millenia-held beliefs of antiquity.