Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2022-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 911 Whitehead, Alfred North 1861 1947 Whitehead, A. N. (Alfred North) 25021832 Science and the modern world $aUnited States :$bThe MacMillan Company,$c1925. Lowell Lectures, 1925 The origins of modern science -- Mathematics as an element in the history of thought -- The century of genius -- The eighteenth century -- The romantic reaction -- The nineteenth century -- Relativity -- The quantum theory -- Science and philosophy -- Abstraction -- God -- Religion and science -- Requisites for social progress. KD Weeks, Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Science and the Modern World" by Alfred North Whitehead is a series of philosophical lectures presented in the early 20th century, specifically during the 1920s. This work examines the evolution of scientific thought and its profound impact on modern Western culture, framing science as a central force in shaping contemporary philosophy, religion, and ethical perspectives. Whitehead seeks to elucidate the historical context that led to the emergence of modern science and discusses how this scientific mindset has redefined humanity's understanding of nature and existence. At the start of the text, the author lays out his intention to explore the origins of modern scientific thought, tracing its roots back to significant intellectual upheavals that occurred during the Renaissance and the Reformation. He introduces critical figures such as Copernicus and Galileo, who challenged the accepted cosmologies of their times, and illustrates the transition from a predominantly theological worldview to one shaped by empirical observation and mathematical reasoning. Whitehead emphasizes the gradual yet transformative nature of this shift, asserting that the modern scientific mentality has recontextualized not only how people engage with nature but also the underlying metaphysical beliefs that influence wider societal structures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/sciencemodernwor00whit/page/n5/mode/2up 20220119041607whitehead 1925 US Reading ease score: 52.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Science Q Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 610376 2025-07-27T07:56:27.592193 text/html 577977 2024-10-18T23:34:03 text/html 427949 2025-07-27T07:56:36.590175 application/epub+zip 424962 2025-07-27T07:56:30.014257 application/epub+zip 420299 2025-07-27T07:56:28.666311 application/epub+zip 1286286 2025-07-27T07:56:41.230106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1232943 2025-07-27T07:56:35.541202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1228260 2022-09-30T21:13:44.826084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525311 2025-07-27T07:56:26.626202 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 505323 2024-10-18T23:34:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17476 2025-07-27T07:56:41.424121 application/rdf+xml 17044 2025-07-27T07:56:29.076208 image/jpeg 2461 2025-07-27T07:56:28.869167 image/jpeg 2252531 2025-07-27T07:56:27.656221 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia