The aspect of the scientific revolution that would support the interpretation that it was more important than either the Renaissance or the reformation is that it brought advanced technology (medicine and navigation) better than reformation which caused religious wars (thirty years and roses war)
Very abbreviated answer: The Black Death was another name for the plague, this claws caused by rats and lead to death of a large sum of the population.
In one of his speeches he said that the U.S. was behind the Soviet Union in Technological developements. He would pay for many programs to raise graduates and improve working and school conditions to help the U.S. in the space race.
