How did the spirit of enquiry lead to the development of science and technology?

The spirit of enquiry lead to the development of science and technology. The Renaissance spirit encouraged scientific observation and experimentation. The scientific experiments led to many new inventions and discoveries. Some of these discoveries challenged the existing Church beliefs. For example, Copernicus proved that the earth revolves around the Sun challenging the old Christian belief that the Earth was the centre of the universe. Some important scientists of that period were John Kepler, Galileo, Isaac Newton, John Guttenberg and William Harvey.