In this article I will discuss the question of whether the study of nature in the seventeenth century should be considered a scientific revolution. While some consider it a “truly revolutionary” advance, others believe that seventeenth-century science was built on other achievements of earlier times or ancient periods and therefore its progress was gradual and therefore not revolutionary. There are those who argue that we should distinguish between the various sciences and that there may have been a revolution in some sciences, but not in others. Here, I will try to explain a brief synopsis of the history of science, in relation to the scientific revolution of the 17th century, and its relationship to fundamental changes in society and culture. First, one must look at the debate whether the study of nature in the 17th century can be seen as a scientific revolution. I will use examples from Descartes, Bacon and Galileo. Descartes was a mathematician who developed “The Laws of Nature.” The first law is that whatever is divided or undivided, will...