Question

Which one of the following was NOT the reason for the popularity of scientific ideas among the common people in eighteenth century Europe?

Options

• Printing of ideas of Isaac Newton.

• Development of printing press.

• Interest of people in science and reason.

• Iraditional aristocratic groups supported it.

Answer 1

Traditional aristocratic groups supported it.

Explanation:

• The spread of the printing press and cheap printed books made scientific ideas widely available.
• Publications by scientists (for example, Newton) and growing popular interest in reason and science helped these ideas reach ordinary people.
• Aristocratic and traditional elites were not the main force promoting this popular spread and often resisted challenges to established authority.