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The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
David Wootton’s 'The Invention of Science' reveals that the Scientific Revolution wasn’t a single breakthrough but a tangle of five interconnected upheavals. From math becoming the language of nature to the rise of experimentation and new technologies, this book unpacks the messy origins of modern science. How did centuries of debates and inventions reshape our very idea of knowledge?
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