TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grayling,A.C.
TI  - The age of genius: the seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind 
SN  - 9781620403440
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Science
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - 17th century
KW  - War
KW  - Seventeenth century
KW  - Europe
KW  - Intellectual life
N1  - "First published in Great Britain, 2016"--Title-page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-340) and index; Introduction. Seeing the universe ; The epoch in human history -- A time of wars. The origins of the wars ; The loss of the Palatinate ; The mercenary captains ; The Edict of Restitution, 1629 -- The Swedish apogee ; From Wallenstein to Breisach ; Towards Westphalia ; In the ruins of Europe ; The maritime conflicts -- The cumulation of ideas. The intelligencers ; The short ways to knowledge ; Dr Dee and the potent art ; The Rosicrucian scare -- From magic to science. From magic to method ; The birth of science ; War and science -- The social order. Society and politics ; Language and belief -- Conclusion. Is it a myth?
N2  - "Explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politics ... Grayling points to three primary factors [behind this epochal shift]: the rise of vernacular (popular) languages in philosophy, theology, science, and literature; the rise of the individual as a general and not merely an aristocratic type; and the invention and application of instruments and measurement in the study of the natural world"--Amazon.com
ER  -