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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Numbers, Ronald L. 1942-2023 (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard Univ. Press 2009
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:X, 302 S.
ISBN:9780674033276

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