The 17th and 18th centuries were a period of quest

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Age of Science and Revolution, 1600-1800: The Medieval and Modern World

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By Toby E. Huff (au)
Year: 2005
Pages: 173
Binding Hardcover (no d.j.)
ISBN 019517724X

Product Code: 143795877X

Description

The 17th and 18th centuries were a period of questioning and discovery, of philosophy and scientific experimentation. Such scientists as Galileo, Kepler, and Newton studied the world around them and offered new ways of understanding the earth’s place in the cosmos. It was also the era when thinkers as diverse as René Descartes, Adam Smith, and Mary Wollstonecraft asked challenging questions about human nature and society. It was a time, too, of trade and travel. This narrative shows how the Scientific Revolution spread to the areas of philosophy and politics to produce an intellectual awakening called the Enlightenment, and how new political systems emerged from this brew of new science, ideas, and contact between cultures. Illus.

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