Science and Society in Restoration England

This works aims to set Restoration science in context, indicating its social milieu, assessing its economic and political affiliations and surveying the contemporary debate over its intellectual and religious implications. This edition features a new introductory essay.

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England in the late 17th century saw unparallelled flowering of scientific activity, associated with the foundation of the first scientific institution in this country, the Royal Society. This book sets Restoration science in context, indicating its social milieu, assessing its economic and political affiliations, and surveying the contemporary debate over its intellectual and religious implications. The reprint includes a new introductory essay by the author which highlights the main developments in the subject area since the book was first published in 1981.