Seventeenth-century England was racked by civil war, plague, and fire. A series of meetings of natural philosophers’ in Oxford and London saw the beginning of a method of thinking based on proof and experiment. This is account of this unparalleled time of discovery explores the impact of the Royal Society.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Pages: 352
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780141015705
ISBN 10: 0141015705