History A-Level
Institutionalisation of Science
What Institutionalisation of Science means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Practical science was formalised by the foundation of Gresham College in 1597, which funded public lectures, and later the Royal Society in 1662, which promoted experimental philosophy.
Topics that use Institutionalisation of Science
- Paper 3, Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750 - 2 The wider intellectual context: the coming of the age of science and reason (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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