The Scientific Revolution refers to a period when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry transformed views of society and nature. It unfolded in Europe between roughly 1550.-1700., beginning with Nicholas Copernicus, who asserted a heliocentric (Sun-centered) cosmos, and ending with Isaac Newton, who proposed universal laws and a Mechanical Universe. From Copernicus' bold bur simple claim a complex series of new developments were necessary to support his view and, at the same time, to replace earlier believes. What was needed was brought by Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Rene Descartes, Christiaan Huygens, etc.
