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How did the print culture help scientists and philosophers ?

(i) The ideas of scientists and philosophers easily reached the common people through the print medium.

(ii) Ancient and medieval scientific texts could be compiled with maps and diagrams.

(iii) Scientists like Issac Newton began to publish their discoveries and they reached a wider circle of scientifically minded readers.

(iv) The writings of thinkers like Thomas Paine, Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau were widely popularized. Their ideas about science, reason and rationality became a part of literature.