We study the interplay between scientific progress and culture through text analysis on a corpus of about eight million books, with the use of techniques and algorithms from machine learning. We focus on a specific scientific breakthrough, the theory of evolution through natural selection by...

The social scientific perspective -- Social and cultural evolution -- Population growth and demographic transition -- The heritage and dynamics of culture -- Social structures, systems, and processes -- Social movements : concepts and principles -- Movements and revolutions in context -- The...