In the following lecture, learn about science and scientific dreams during the Enlightenment. Using science and reason to understand the world represented a radical change from the previous hegemony of the church. This lecture will help you understand how it opened a whole new vista for seeing and interpreting the natural world, and also for the kinds of aspirations that could be embraced by society.
You can access this lecture as a video or audio file.
Allan Chapman, 'The Jacobean Space Programme' (1:00:00).