Yes Full Answer from John Ashtone You have the modern world because of it. The ancient Greeks first applied the idea, and a chap called Roger Bacon was probably the first Englishman in 13th Century to try and deduct by Scientific reasoning. It was in the 17th Century throughout Europe and the age of enlightenment that Scientific reasoning really started to be applied. Michael Faraday was a member of the Royal Institution and experimented with electricity and invented the Dynamo and Alternator, which along with Electricity power the modern world.