Book by David Wootton — history of the great scientific revolution, which resulted in the birth of science in the modern sense of the word. New science — not just cutting-edge discoveries or methods, this new understanding of knowledge. In the sixteenth century changed not only the approach to it — all the old scientific terms acquired a different meaning. Now we all speak the language of science that emerged in the era of intellectual and cultural reform, the chronological framework which the author defines very precisely. The new civilization had its martyrs (Giordano Bruno and Galileo), its heroes (Kepler and Boyle), the advocates (Voltaire and Diderot) and the modest craftsmen (Gilbert and Hooke). It gave rise to a new rationality emerging from alchemy, astrology, and belief in witchcraft. David Wootton changes our view of how were these symbolic transformation."Science — research program experimental method, the relationship of pure science and new technology, language cancelable knowledge — appeared in the period from 1572 to 1704, the consequences of this are still visible — and, in all probability, will never disappear. But we use not only the technological benefits of science: modern scientific thinking has become an important part of our culture, and now we have it is hard to imagine a world in which people didn't talk about the facts, hypotheses and theories in which knowledge was not evidence based, and where nature has no laws. Scientific revolution was almost invisible simply because it turned out to be surprisingly successful." (David Wootton)