Four diarists and the new science of the seventeenth century.
As we stubbornly search for beginnings we are forced to content ourselves with the recognition of significant middles. One man's enmity can change the course of history, and in the seventeenth century one man’s humanitarianism changed the outlook of an age. Brahe, Kepler and Gilbert had underst...
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McGill University
1961
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| Summary: | As we stubbornly search for beginnings we are forced to content ourselves with the recognition of significant middles. One man's enmity can change the course of history, and in the seventeenth century one man’s humanitarianism changed the outlook of an age. Brahe, Kepler and Gilbert had understood the advances of science better than he, and had known the value of repeated observation. Other dreamers had the idea of a co-operative group of scientists. The push came not directly from science but from social reform and it was Francis Bacon who understood the pessimism of his time and where the stumbling-blocks lay. |
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