{"id":43,"date":"2019-06-29T13:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T17:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2020-08-05T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:55:41","slug":"chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 3: Modern Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Science in its modern form<\/strong> arose in Europe during a period often called the Scientific Revolution, a two hundred year long series of developments, discoveries and new approaches beginning around 1500. Here we examine some key figures from this period; their new ideas and approaches to the natural world; the nature of scientific justification; and the role and limitations of the power of observation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- Page-list plugin v.6.3 wordpress.org\/plugins\/page-list\/ -->\n<ul class=\"page-list subpages-page-list \">\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-64 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-1\/\">&#128194; 3.1 The Scientific Revolution<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-488\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-1\/timeline-scientific-revolution\/\">&#128250; Timeline: The Scientific Revolution.<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-457\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-1\/monsters-marvels\/\">&#128203; Monsters, Marvels and the Origins of Science<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2865\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-1\/gravity-simulator\/\">&#128300; Gravity Simulator<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2890\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-1\/the-solar-system-to-scale\/\">\ud83d\udcfa The Solar System to Scale<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1120\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-1\/slideshow-the-scientific-revolution\/\">&#128200; Slideshow: The Scientific Revolution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-295 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-2\/\">&#128194;  3.2 Perception and Illusion<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-340\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-2\/perception-and-illusion\/\">&#128203; The Psychology of Illusion<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-459\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-2\/the-art-and-science-of-vermeer\/\">&#128203; The Art and Science of Vermeer<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-434\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-2\/color-perception\/\">&#128203; Color Perception<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-448\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-2\/slideshow-visual-illusions\/\">&#128200; Slideshow: Visual Illusions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-558 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-3\/\">&#128194;  3.3 Knowledge and Observation<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-77\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-3\/reading-the-motion-of-the-planets\/\">&#128203; Deciphering the Motions of the Planets<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-464\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-3\/detecting-wrinkles-in-spacetime\/\">&#128203; Detecting Wrinkles in Spacetime<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-80\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-3\/video-the-scientific-methods\/\">&#128250; Crash Course video: the scientific methods<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5156\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-3\/measuring-climate-change\/\">&#128250; Measuring Climate Change<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-564\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-3\/slideshow-knowledge-and-observation\/\">&#128200; Slideshow: knowledge and observation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-6379\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-3\/perseverance-has-landed\/\">&#128300;  Perseverance has landed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-275\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-4\/\">&#128194; 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