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What was there before the Royal Society? There were still universities, wasn't that 'Academia'? Or is there a specific meaning to the word 'academia' I don't kn
by derrida 15y ago
What was there before the Royal Society? There were still universities, wasn't that 'Academia'? Or is there a specific meaning to the word 'academia' I don't know?
- akkartik 15y agoThere was teaching, yes, but there wasn't modern, peer-reviewed research. Even Newton spent half his lifetime as an alchemist. It just wasn't that clear that science was the more fruitful endeavor. I'm not claiming the Royal Society 'invented' peer-reviewed science. It wasn't a dramatic moment of epiphany, just a gradually growing insight that spread through society. And the Royal Society was at its forefront.
- bootload 15y ago"... What was there before the Royal Society? ..." To get an idea of the formation of empirical science in Europe read Quicksilver by Neil Stephenson ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_%28novel%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_%28novel%29 & a quick synopsis here ~ http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/history.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/history.html