Action at a Distance Was a Part of Science

Before the scientific revolution, principles that we would now consider part of sics, chemistry and medicine, were then classified as natural magic. For example, it had been a principle of science ever since aristotle, that for one physical body to act on another, they had to be in contact. In 16 87, when sir a newton published his principia mathematica, it caused quite a stir. The sun is 93 million miles away from earth but could nevertheless have a gravitational effect on earth. That kind of action at a distance was considered impossible by the mechanistic school of thought that was dominant at the time. Action at a distance wasn't confined to magical traditions, but increasingly came to