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Bertrand Russell

Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.

Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Russell is saying that the major changes that make today’s world different from the past come from scientific discoveries. He highlights the seventeenth century as the time when science made its biggest breakthroughs that shaped modern life.

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