The Big Picture: World Views
The “Renaissance” was a rebirth
- Rediscovery of ideas from ancient Greece
- Preserved by the Moslem world
Introduction of Arabic Numerals, Algebra
- Introduced to Europe in the Renaissance
- Essential for the next steps in science
Revolutions in Science
- Way of understanding the world
- Physics has a central role
Galileo was one of the key players
- Development of the new ideas of experimental science
- Active study of nature to discover the underlying laws