History · GCSE · Early Modern (1509–1745)

Science and the arts: the Royal Society, Wren and Pepys

Science and the arts: the Royal Society, Wren and PepysFree2:02Heddy Score 3 of 7, below the standard
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What you need to know

  • The Royal Society of London was founded in 1660 and received a royal charter in 1662.
  • Fellows met weekly to debate experiments, and Robert Hooke was its Curator of Experiments.
  • The Society published journals and important books, including Hooke's Micrographia in 1665 and Newton's Principia in 1687.
  • Scientific societies made science a public, shared activity and showed governments how useful it could be.

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Runs 2:02, from 10:27 to 12:29 of the full video.

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A concise explanation of what the Royal Society was and why it mattered for science in Restoration England.

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