Galileo goes to jail: and other myths about science and religion
Ronald Numbers has recruited the leading scholars in this new history of science to puncture the myths, from Galileo's incarceration to Darwin's deathbed conversion to Einstein's belief in a personal God who "didn't play dice with the universe." The picture of science a...
| Subtitles: | Galileo goes to jail |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Harvard Univ. Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Reviews: | Galileo goes to jail and other myths about science and religion. Edited by Ronald L. Numbers. Pp. xiii+302. Cambridge, Ma.–London: Harvard University Press, 2009. £20.95. 978 0 674 03327 6 (2010) (Dixon, Thomas)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Natural sciences
/ Religion
/ History
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Religion and state
History
B Collection of essays B Scientists History B Science History B Conference program B Religion and science History |
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| Summary: | Ronald Numbers has recruited the leading scholars in this new history of science to puncture the myths, from Galileo's incarceration to Darwin's deathbed conversion to Einstein's belief in a personal God who "didn't play dice with the universe." The picture of science and religion at each other's throats persists in mainstream media and scholarly journals, but each chapter in Galileo Goes to Jail shows how much we have to gain by seeing beyond the myths. --from publisher description Ronald Numbers has recruited the leading scholars in this new history of science to puncture the myths, from Galileo's incarceration to Darwin's deathbed conversion to Einstein's belief in a personal God who "didn't play dice with the universe." The picture of science and religion at each other's throats persists in mainstream media and scholarly journals, but each chapter in Galileo Goes to Jail shows how much we have to gain by seeing beyond the myths. --from publisher description |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-284) and index |
| ISBN: | 0674033272 |