What was the scientific revolution a pivotal time in history

The Scientific Revolution is the name of the period that began in the sixteenth century and lasted until the eighteenth century. From that time on, science, which until then had been linked to theology, separated from it and became a more structured and practical knowledge. The root causes of the revolution can be summarized in: Cultural and Scientific Renaissance, the Press, the Protestant Reformation, and Hermeticism. The term "scientific revolution" was coined by Alexandre Koyre in 1939. It was then popularized by Thomas Kuhn.

The Renaissance brought humanism as one of its characteristics. This current of thought and behavior preached the use of a higher critical sense and greater attention to human needs as opposed to the Middle Ages theocentrism, which preached full attention to divine affairs and thus a lower critical sense. This greater critical sense required by humanism has enabled man to look more closely at natural phenomena rather than deny them the interpretation of the Catholic Church.

With this revolution, science changed its form and function, being rethought along the lines of the new society that was emerging at this time. The aims of the man of science and science itself were redirected to an age free of the mystical influences of the Middle Ages.