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Little progress in physics was made in Europe during the middle ages. However, the scientific tradition of the ancient greeks continued in islamic regions during this age. Advancement in physics occurred in the fields of optics, magnetism, mechanics and astrophysics. In general, muslim physicists in this period placed a greater emphasis on experimentation than the ancient greeks, who placed more enphasis in reason. Ibn Al-Haytam is considered the most important physicist of this period. Islamic influence on science dropped when the scientific revolution started in Europe.

Little progress in physics was made in Europe during the middle ages. However, the scientific tradition of the ancient greeks continued in islamic regions during this age. Advancement in physics occurred in the fields of optics, magnetism, mechanics and astrophysics. In general, muslim physicists in this period placed a greater emphasis on experimentation than the ancient greeks, who placed more enphasis in reason. Ibn Al-Haytam is considered the most important physicist of this period. Islamic influence on science dropped when the scientific revolution started in Europe.

==Scientific Revolution==

===Scientific Revolution===

[[Image:Nicolaus Copernicus.jpg|thumb|[[Nicolaus Copernicus]].]]

[[Image:Nicolaus Copernicus.jpg|thumb|[[Nicolaus Copernicus]].]]

As [[scientific method|scientific methodology]] became further developed, the Aristotelian view came under scrutiny. Europe became the the leading centre of scientific research by the 16th century. Force and motion had become topics of interest among scientists of the day.  [[Galileo Galilei]] performed a series of experiments involving rolling balls down inclined planes, and [[Johannes Kepler]] found [[Kepler's laws|mathematical relations]] governing the motion of the [[planet]].  [[Isaac Newton]] was able to explain the results of Galileo and Kepler through the use of three succinct [[Newton's laws of motion|laws of motion]] and an expression that accounted for [[gravity|gravitational]] force.  Newton also made important contributions to the field of [[optics]] and suggested that light consisted of tiny corpuscles (particles).  

As [[scientific method|scientific methodology]] became further developed, the Aristotelian view came under scrutiny. Europe became the the leading centre of scientific research by the 16th century. Force and motion had become topics of interest among scientists of the day.  [[Galileo Galilei]] performed a series of experiments involving rolling balls down inclined planes, and [[Johannes Kepler]] found [[Kepler's laws|mathematical relations]] governing the motion of the [[planet]].  [[Isaac Newton]] was able to explain the results of Galileo and Kepler through the use of three succinct [[Newton's laws of motion|laws of motion]] and an expression that accounted for [[gravity|gravitational]] force.  Newton also made important contributions to the field of [[optics]] and suggested that light consisted of tiny corpuscles (particles).