Spend an evening with popular British philosopher and best-selling author AC Grayling as he delivers a thought-provoking address about how the tumultuous seventeenth century heralded ‘the greatest ever change in the mental outlook of humanity.’ It’s a period in which science moved from alchemy to the painstaking observation and astronomy of Galileo, from the classicism of Aristotle to the evidence-based investigation of Francis Bacon. Highlighting a century fueled by original and unorthodox thinking, war and technological invention, he explains how this period became the crucible of modernity. The author of over thirty books of philosophy, biography, history of ideas, and essays Grayling is an engaging and popular contributor to radio and television programmes such as Today and CNN News and a regular contributor to The Times, Financial Times, The Observer, The Economist, Literary Review and many more.