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005			20180722222232.0
008			150424r20162016nyuabcf b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781620403440 _q(hardcover) : _c$30.00
020			_a1620403447 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)907966069
092			_a940.252 _bG783
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aGrayling, A. C., _eauthor. _965598
245	1	4	_aThe age of genius : _bthe seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind / _cA.C. Grayling.
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBloomsbury, _c2016.
300			_ax, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), map, portraits ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"First published in Great Britain, 2016"--Title-page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [325]-340) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction. 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?
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aScience _xHistory. _941200
650		0	_aCivilization, Modern _y17th century. _9297889
650		0	_aWar _xHistory. _937144
650		0	_aSeventeenth century. _9297890
651		0	_aEurope _xIntellectual life _y17th century. _9261612
651		0	_aEurope _xHistory _y17th century. _9297891
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