Superstition & science : mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and charlatans / Derek Wilson.
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TextPublisher: London : Robinson, 2019Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Paperback editionDescription: x, 310 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472142580; 1472142586Subject(s): Science -- Europe -- History | Superstition -- Europe -- HistoryDDC classification: 509.40903 Summary: IMPACT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY. Between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Europe changed out of all recognition and particularly transformative were the ardent quest for knowledge and the astounding discoveries and inventions which resulted from it. The movement of blood round the body; the movement of the earth round the sun; the velocity of falling objects (and, indeed, why objects fall) - these and numerous other mysteries had been solved by scholars in earnest pursuit of scientia. Several keys were on offer to thinkers seeking to unlock the portal of the unknown: Folk religion had roots deep in the pagan past. Its devotees sought the aid of spirits. They had stores of ancient wisdom, particularly relating to herbal remedies. Theirs was the world of wise women, witches, necromancers, potions and incantations.
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Originally published: 2017.
IMPACT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY. Between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Europe changed out of all recognition and particularly transformative were the ardent quest for knowledge and the astounding discoveries and inventions which resulted from it. The movement of blood round the body; the movement of the earth round the sun; the velocity of falling objects (and, indeed, why objects fall) - these and numerous other mysteries had been solved by scholars in earnest pursuit of scientia. Several keys were on offer to thinkers seeking to unlock the portal of the unknown: Folk religion had roots deep in the pagan past. Its devotees sought the aid of spirits. They had stores of ancient wisdom, particularly relating to herbal remedies. Theirs was the world of wise women, witches, necromancers, potions and incantations.
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