The origin of modern science was founded upon by key moments in time in which philosophical thinkers begin to construct foundational roots to the science we know today. It began with a society not like any other, in which an atmosphere of new and innovative ideas could flourish. In which questions o...

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Descartes spent four years writing "Le Monde, which embodies an attempt to give a physical theory of the universe- (Ball, 1995), "it was near completion when news that Galileo was condemned to house arrest reached him. ...

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The enlightenment began in an age of, "unprecedented intellectual turmoil which commenced in the mid-seventeenth century,"" and was associated with the scientific progress of the early seventeenth century, especially the discoveries of Galileo. ...

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