"16271691" - 1 õppematerjal

Teaduslik revolutsioon

organization dedicated to scientific activity. The Royal Society was founded at Oxford during the English Civil War [ Inglise Kodusõda ] when revolutionaries captured the city and replaced many teachers at the university. A few of these revolutionaries formed the Invisible College, a group that met to exchange information and ideas. What was most important was the organization itself, not its results: the group only included one scientist, Robert Boyle (16271691). In 1660, twelve members, including Boyle and Sir Christopher Wren (16321723), formed an official organization, the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. In 1662, the Society was granted its charter [ õigus ] by Charles II. The purpose of the Royal Society was Baconian to the core. Its aim was to gather all knowledge about nature, particularly that knowledge which might be useful for the public good. Soon it became clear, however,