Grayling, A. C., <br/><br/>
The Age of Genius :  The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind / 
A.C. Grayling. 
 - First U.S. edition. 
 - London :  Bloomsbury;  2016 
 - x, 351 p.:  illustrations (some color), map, portraits ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> "First published in Great Britain, 2016"--Title-page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-340) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781620403440 9781408870389 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>40025851105 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1600 - 1699 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization, Modern--17th century.<br/>Seventeenth century.<br/>Intellectual life.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Intellectual life--17th century.<br/>Europe--History--17th century.<br/>Europe.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D242  / .G73 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>W40  / G795