When did people like Galileo and Isaac Newton begin to use science and reason to explain the world?
A.
during the American Revolution
B.
during the Scientific Revolution
C.
during the Religious Revolution
D.
during the French Revolution

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Respuesta :

B. During the scientific revolution. 

Answer:

B

Explanation:

Europe experienced a series of changes in thought, knowledge and beliefs that affected society, influenced politics and produced a cultural transformation. It was a revolution of the mind, a desire to know how nature worked, to understand the natural laws. These advances in knowledge resulted in a powerful surge emerging from astronomy, mathematics which  swept the habits, the culture, and the social behaviour of an era.

The main Scientists:

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) (some believe his heliocentric theory began the scientific rev.

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

Rene Descartes (1596-1650)

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and Isaac Newton (1642-1727).