In the 18th century much of basic biology and chemistry was developed as part of the Age of Enlightenment. The 19th century saw some of the great names of science: people like the chemist John ...

The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

Nathan Gorelick traces literary criticism and psychoanalysis to their shared origins during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Whether it's asteroids, volcanoes, artificial intelligence (AI) or climate change that keeps you up at night, a new book by ...

This faith in reason, in truth, in human solidarity, which at the age ... Enlightenment of the eighteenth century is held accountable for the catastrophes of the twentieth century. Human reason ...

The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we need to ensure that it doesn’t kill us off.

Occultism and nation-building have been strangely intertwined, particularly in the gestation of America, writes Ed Simon ...

Late on election night in an understandably upbeat and surprisingly conciliatory victory speech at the Palm Beach Convention ...

Châtelet’s scientific contributions were appreciated by some, then forgotten by all. But redeeming her as a mind shouldn’t undermine her as a woman.

This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire. It also shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role ...

By examining the experiences of Gascoigne and his milieu, this book explores English Catholic attitudes towards continental Catholicism, the influence of the European Enlightenment upon their ...

Marie Curie, an emblematic figure in the world of science, has left an indelible mark on the fabric of physics and chemistry.