One of the major contributions that Fontenelle made was to
A. reinforce the stand of the Roman Catholic Church against early modern science.
B. push the political ideas of Bishop Bousset.
C. argue for limitations on information to the public.
D. explain to the public the findings of seventeenth-century science.
D
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