The scientific revolution was a time when scholars made many discoveries about the natural world. describe the stages in the development of scientific thought from the middle ages to modern times

The scientific revolution was the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed views of society and nature.

Thus, has not science advanced greatly since the middle ages? The answer should become apparent. In ethics alone we have progressed and the vanguard of science has too. This isn't even counting the momentous achievements in medical and laboratory science which has saved many a life.