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[quote=DAVEBROYLES             ,28011]In Europe, the medieval industrial belt developed in northern Europe, mostly in England, France, and Germany.  Medieval industry depended upon two resources, forests and streams.  Medieval industry developed where both forests and streams were abundant.  Forests were used to make charcoal, which was used to make iron.  Streams powered water wheels, which supplied mechanical power.     The period of rapid industrial development was 1100-1300 AD.  By 1300, all of the available forests and streams were being used.  Further industrial development was not possible until some new resource could be found.  That resource was coal.  Iron could be made using coal rather than wood.  Coal could also be used to power steam engines.  Both of these developments took place in England, during the late 1700s.     Energy theory was developed to explain the new steam engine. At first, energy theory was of greater interest to engineers than to scientists.     Energy theory developed within the larger context of the scientific movement.  The scientific movement was based upon late medieval Christian theology.  Until after Charles Darwin, the sciences were so deeply rooted in Christian theology that science and religion were inseparable.  Even today, some of the most basic tenets of physics are still based upon theology.     I challenge two basic assumptions that underlie all of contemporary physics.  First, I challenge the way we use the three dimensional coordinate system.  We are assuming that the universe exactly parallels the structure of our mathematics.  Second, I challenge our assumption that field assigns qualities to empty space.     There is nothing in science more dangerous than an unchallenged assumption.  Every assumption should be carefully defined and rigorously examined.  If we are to experience massive breakthroughs in science and technology, they will most likely happen when some longstanding assumption is challenged and overturned.[/quote]

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