Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty. -Galileo
- How is the Scientific Revolution a change in both science and thought?
- What are the causes and consequences of the Scientific Revolution?
- How did the new world-view affect the way people though about society and human relations?
- What impact did this new way of thinking have on political developments and monarchical absolutism?
- How did the Enlightenment thinkers and writers set the stage for revolutionary movements?
- What were the lasting ideas of philosophes?