The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science by Robert Lomas

The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science

Robert Lomas

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nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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In 1660, within a few months of the restoration of Charles II, a group of twelve men, including Robert Boyle and Christopher Wren, met in London to set up a society to study the mechanisms of nature. At a time when superstition and magic governed ...

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