Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… educational institutions, clubs, assembly rooms, coffeehouses, and taverns. Experiments occurred in settings of social interaction and conversation; they were performed as part of educational curricula and in public lectures offered … the Royal Society of London after its formation in 1660. The Royal Society had coalesced as a microcosm of the restored social order in England after the upheavals of the civil wars and interregnum. At its meetings, experiments were … connected with vitality itself. These innovations opened up a new world of natural wonders and restructured the social relations surrounding public experimentation. It seems telling that several commentators likened them to the fervor of …
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