WELCOME April 2, 2001 Issue

A new renaissance

Bill Dawley

In the 1300s in Italy, a movement of thought began, permeated Europe, and laid the groundwork for contemporary culture. It penetrated accepted ways of thinking and resulted in enlightened concepts in art, learning, philosophy, religion, science. It was called the Renaissance.

This was a time of bold, original thinkers. There was Galileo, an Italian mathematician and physicist — one of the world's greatest scientists. There were poets and writers such as Dante, author of the The Divine Comedy. There was the great Dutch painter, Rembrandt, and the Dutch theologian Erasmus. Gutenberg invented a method of printing from movable type and revolution ized communication.

Since the Renaissance, thought has reached further milestones. Agrarian society diminished, and in its place the seeds of the industrial revolution were planted. In the early part of the twentieth century, Einstein developed his theory of relativity and Werner Heisenberg discovered quantum mechanics. And digital electronics launched the age of computers and the Internet.

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