Question

When did people like Galileo and Isaac Newton begin to use science and reason to explain the world?

Answer 1

B. During the scientific revolution. 

Answer 2

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).