Science Revolutions and Inseases in Inventions

Science Revolutions and Inseases in Inventions

Over the past millennium there have been several significant

scientific revolutions that have led to an increase in the amount of

inventions within that field of science. Yet some scientific

revolutions have been restricted to a containment of research within

the field and thus meant that no inventions have occurred. Specific

reasons for the increase in research are basically because new

inventions can help the needs of humans, yet the argument against the

increase of inventions is because some revolutions are not accepted or

cannot be researched any further.

The argument can be supported with a significant amount of evidence

that shows that the statement made is accurate. In 1854 John Snow

discovered that the disease named Cholera spread the water supply of

London which caused the spreading of the disease to occur, this was

not only a great discovery but it sparked off a scientific revolution

in the field of medicine. After Snow discovered the idea his ideas

were rejected because people did not believe him and his work was

largely ignored until Robert Koch supported Snow's argument and

identified the cholera bacteria was within the water and food. This

supports the statement and shows that one discovery sparked off

another thus preventing loss of life.

Another argument that supports the statement is the discovery by Ignaz

Semmelweis, Semmelweis discovered that diseases were contagious and

that they could be transferred. He observed this by witnessing medical

students dissecting bodies then immediately rushing to deliver babies

that increased the chances of death for the doctor,...

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Overall in my opinion I do not support the idea that the puts forward.

It is clear to see that the scientific revolutions that were begun by

Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin did not create any invention what so

ever, and they are seen as very highly ranked scientists. Although it

can be argued that Crick & Watson, Semmelweis and Snow did trigger off

the creation of inventions from there discoveries it can be said that

there was not a large increase of inventions made but only a few. And

the inventions are the result from a few scientific discoveries not

just one. Thus it can be concluded that the statement is false and

that scientific revolutions do not led to a large increase in

inventions, but quite the opposite when considering the theories

released by Copernicus and Galileo and the invention they used.