The moral arc : how science and reason lead humanity toward truth, justice, and freedom by Shermer, Michael

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The story of art by Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: On arts and artists -- Strange beginnings : prehistoric and primitive peoples; Ancient America -- Art for eternity : Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete -- The great awakening : Greece, seventh to fifth century BC -- The realm of beauty : Greece and the Greek world, fourth century BC to first century AD -- World conquerors : Romans, Buddhists, Jews and Christians, first to fourth century AD -- A parting of ways : Rome and Byzantium, fifth to thirteenth century -- Looking eastwards : Islam, China, second to thirteenth century -- Western art in the melting pot : Europe, sixth to eleventh century -- The church militant : the twelfth century -- The church triumphant : the thirteenth century -- Courtiers and burghers : the fourteenth century -- The conquest of reality : the early fifteenth century -- Tradition and innovation I : the later fifteenth century in Italy -- Traditions and innovation II : the fifteenth century in the North -- Harmony attained : Tuscany and Rome, early sixteenth century -- Light and colour : Venice and northern Italy, early sixteenth century -- The new learning spreads : Germany and the Netherlands, early sixteenth century -- A crisis of art : Europe, later sixteenth century -- Vision and visions : Catholic Europe, first half of the seventeenth century -- The mirror of nature : Holland, seventeenth century -- Power and glory I : Italy, later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Power and glory II : France, Germany and Austria, late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries -- The age of reason : England and France, eighteenth century -- The break in tradition : England, America and France, late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries -- Permanent revolution : The nineteenth century -- In search of new standards : the late nineteenth century -- Experimental art : the first half of the twentieth century -- A story without end: The triumph of modernism ; Another turning of the tide ; The changing past.…”


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The ascent of humanity by Eisenstein, Charles, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The way of the world (The scientific method -- Masters of the universe -- Reducing reality -- The origin of life -- My personal age of reason -- The quest for certainty -- The ghost in the machine -- Alone in the universe) -- IV. …”


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Getting out of line : a guide for teachers redefining themselves and their profession by Black, Caren

Table of Contents: “…Defining reality. The age of reason : a culture defines our recent past. The age of information : we redefine reality. …”


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Speaking proper

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The story of Christianity by Collins, Michael, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Roots of Christianity: Old Testament: Story of Israel -- Between the Old & the New Testaments -- "For unto us a child is born" -- Infant church -- Church & empire: New religion -- Worship & leadership -- Challenges to the early church -- Persecution -- Defending the faith -- Triumph of faith -- Developing church -- Great persecution -- Christian empire: Christianizing the empire -- Crisis in the empire -- Church gains power -- Monasticism -- Augustine: Victory of grace --Barbarians in the west -- Church in the east -- Byzantium in its glory -- Era of missions -- Conversion of Europe: Civilizing the barbarians -- Mission & reform -- Invasions in the east -- New empire & a Christian culture -- Western Europe returns to chaos -- Church, state, & monks -- Splendor & schism -- Crusades to Renaissance: Gregorian reformers -- Crusades -- Revival in faith, art, & learning -- Friars & faith -- Devotion & division -- Eastern churches -- Renaissance -- Reformation: Europe at the time of the reformation -- Reformation in Germany -- Reformation in Switzerland -- Radical reformation -- Spread of the reformation -- Catholic reformation -- Early world missions -- Close of the reformation -- Enlightenment & revival: Impact of the enlightenment -- Catholic movements -- Arminianism & pietism -- Churches under attack -- Revival fires -- Orthodox church in the age of reason -- Mission & revolution: New world of freedom -- Christianity attacked, divided, & flourishing -- New movements in Protestantism -- New era for missions -- American Christianity -- Eastern churches -- Christianity in industrial society -- World evangelization -- Fortress Rome -- Facing the new century -- Global church: World at war & a new theology -- Orthodox church in communist Russia -- West between the wars -- World War II & after -- Developing churches -- Ecumenical movements -- Social issues & activism -- Changing catholicism -- New evangelicals -- Pentecostal movement -- World Christianity.…”


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Science wars : what scientists know and how they know it by Goldman, Steven L., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Science, society, and the age of reason -- lecture 9. Science comes of age in the 19th century -- lecture 10. …”


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Measured tones : the interplay of physics and music by Johnston, Ian D.

Table of Contents: “…Mechanical forces ; Energy ; Oscillation theory ; Mersenne's Laws ; Baroque music ; Instruments ; Equal temperament -- Interlude 2 : The piano -- Overtones of enlightenment. Newton and the Age of Reason ; Visualization of oscillations ; Overtones ; Harmonic analysis and synthesis ; Rameau and harmony ; End of the Enlightenment -- Interlude 3 : The violin -- Over the waves. …”


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Political thought in the age of revolution, 1776-1848 : Burke to Marx by Levin, Michael, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…. -- Life -- The American Colonies -- The French Revolution and the Rights of Man -- The Age of Reason -- Conclusion -- 5. Jeremy Bentham. -- Life -- Early Writings -- The American and French Revolutions -- Representation and Colonialism -- Written Constitutions -- Utilitarianism debated -- Legacy -- 6. …”


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Atheism : a reader by Joshi, S. T., 1958-

Table of Contents: “…The system of nature (1770) / Paul-Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach -- The age of reason (1796) / Thomas Paine -- A letter on religion (1918) / H. …”


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Discovering the mammoth : a tale of giants, unicorns, ivory, and the birth of a new science by McKay, John J.

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A history of the Frankfurt Book Fair by Weidhaas, Peter

Table of Contents: “…The original Frankfurt Book fairs (1454-1764) from the Middle Ages to the Reformation and the Age of Reason -- A man hurries through Frankfurt : October 1454 -- A book fair is created -- A thriving centre -- A meeting of minds on Buchgasse -- The Frankfurt Book Fair in the seventeenth century -- The issue of imperial-catholic book censorship -- The gradual decline of the book fair in Frankfurt -- Part 2. …”


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Understanding the human factor : life and its impact by Sojka, Gary A.

Table of Contents: “…Agriculture in the Age of Reason -- 16. Darwin, Galton, and Mendel -- 17. …”


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The triumph of numbers : how counting shaped modern life by Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003

Table of Contents: “…Converting names into numbers -- Numerology in science -- A crusader against numerological superstitions) -- 4. Numbers in the Age of Reason (Hutcheson's moral arithmetic -- Hale's numerical plant and animal science -- Thomas Jefferson : a life regulated by numbers -- Benjamin Franklin and numbers -- Franklin and Malthus -- Franklin on numbers and smallpox) -- 5. …”


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Child development : stepping stones

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Discovering the mammoth : a tale of giants, unicorns, ivory, and the birth of a new science by McKay, John J.

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The Papacy : an illustrated history from St. Peter to Paul VI

Table of Contents: “…The popes and the Thirty Years War: Paul V to Urban VIII / Quintin Aldea -- The popes and the absolute monarchs: Innocent X to Innocent XII / Michel Dierickx -- The Age of Reason: Clement XI to Clement XIV / Ferdinand Maass -- The years of revolution: Pius VI and Pius VII / Burkhart Schneider -- Reaction and revolution: Leo XII to Gregory XVI / Kenneth Scott Latourette -- Pius IX: the end of temporal power / E.E.Y. …”


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Religious issues in American history.

Table of Contents: “…. / William Newham Blane -- The age of reason / Thomas Paine -- Hearing the Word of God / Timothy Dwight -- Measures to promote revivals / Charles G. …”


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Science wars what scientists know and how they know it by Goldman, Steven L., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge and truth are age-old problems -- Competing visions of the scientific method -- Galileo, the Catholic Church, and truth -- Isaac Newton's theory of the universe -- Science vs. philosophy in the 17th century -- Locke, Hume, and the path to skepticism -- Kant restores certainty -- Science, society, and the Age of Reason -- Science comes of age in the 19th century -- Theories need not explain -- Knowledge as a product of the active mind -- Trading reality for experience.…”


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Reformations : the early modern world, 1450-1650 by Eire, Carlos M. N.

Table of Contents: “…Rome, 1626 -- The age of religious wars -- The age of orthodoxy -- The confessional age -- The age of devils -- The age of reasonable doubt -- The age of outcomes -- The spirit of the age -- Epilogue. …”


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