Superstition and Science

''A dazzling chronicle, a bracing challenge to modernity''s smug assumptions'' - Bryce Christensen, Booklist

''O what a world of profit and delight
Of power, of honour and omnipotence
Is promised to the studious artisan.''
Christopher Marlowe, Dr Faustus

Between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Europe changed out of all recognition. Particularly transformative was the ardent quest for knowledge a...