Research paper

This is a research paper for science history.  For the final paper you are to select the central topic of one of our weeks and write a paper that makes an argument as to why this was a period of most overall significance in the history of science. Significance should be measured by its impact on the time in which it occurred, and not by a measure of science today. For example, Ptolemy’s model of the universe is not followed today, but this does not discount the importance of his work in the period in which he lived. Therefore, an argument could be made for any of our weekly topics:  Medieval and Renaissance Science ,  The Scientific Revolution,  Science in the Enlightenment ,  19th Century Biology ,  20th Century War and Space Science ,  Science Today