Western Civilization II / Unit 5 WC2 0417 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Royal Society and the Académie: State-Funded, Useful Science
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The idea
England's Royal Society first met in sixteen sixty and was chartered by Charles II; France's Academy of Sciences was founded by Louis XIV in sixteen sixty-six, both dates the witness's. Both funded useful science: shipping, ballistics, optics, the military.
In practice
A pattern, the anchor says, that continues to this day.
Where people slip
The anchor puts both in sixteen sixty-two; the witness separates them.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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