Considerably, this may be the one dimension of the history of this period, which other historians have tended to ignore. Most importantly, however, Shapin emphasizes the continuity of 17th-century progressive science with its medieval past. The new scientific ideas, he says, were located along a broad cultural dimension and were closely linked to politics, economics and religion. Furthermore, Shapin presents what people did when they practiced science and who these people were. However, Shapin's concept of scientific revolution can be summarized in five issues. These problems reflect the basic concepts that help him reject the existence of the scientific revolution. The five elements include mechanism, objectivism, methodology, impartiality and