Scientific Revolution and Popular Memory

Scientific Revolution and Popular Memory.

  

Week 2 – Assignment

 

Scientific Revolution and Popular Memory
 

The Scientific Revolution holds a powerful place in the popular understanding of science. It is taught in high school physics and history classes, is the subject of entire courses at the college level, and its meaning is still debated by scholars. However, the most popular narrative of the Scientific Revolution is heavily tilted toward Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, and Sir Isaac Newton, with other scientific pioneers often conspicuously absent except for in classes at the college level. First, pick one of the three mentioned above and one of the following or any other scientist discussed in this week’s readings.   Rene Descartes Robert Boyle Johannes Kepler Tycho Brahe Paracelsus William Harvey Gottfried Leibnitz Robert Hooke Giovanni Cassini Edmund Halley

Then, building off of your first response to this week’s “Scientific Revolution” discussion, write an essay that evaluates the scientific accomplishments of the two scientists and postulate why one is better known in the general public than the other. What does this tell us about how popular memories and narratives are created?
 

The paper must be at least three pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least two scholarly sources, one of which can be found in the Ashford Online Library, and the textbook to support your points. Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.
 

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Scientific Revolution and Popular Memory