Time period – starting around 1700
Newton’s Laws show how to describe the motion of every object
- Force of gravity obeys simple law
- Electromagnetic forces not understood in 1700, but one its way to being described by simple laws
Deterministic mechanical world view!
- Entire universe is like a clock
- In eternal motion – keeps ticking with every detail for all times determined by the state of the universe at one time
Complete change from Pre-Copernican view
- Mechanical and deterministic instead of spiritual and mystical