They want you pick choice-B, but it's a terribly corrupted example.
Newton came 100 years AFTER Kepler.
Furthermore, he didn't USE Kepler's laws to work out his law of gravity, but once he HAD his law of gravity, he was able to use IT to show why Kepler's laws must be true.
Answer:
Instead of being a linear process, the scientific method is a complex cycle that involves many people and does not follow set steps, but is more free form in nature. Ideas generate new ideas and lead to new hypotheses, and deeper understanding.
