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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| 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 |
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
Ronald
L.
Numbers
Myth
1.
That the Rise of Christianity "Was Responsible for
the Demise of Ancient Science
8
David
C. Lindberg
Myth
2.
That the Medieval Christian Church Suppressed the
Growth of Science
19
Michael H. Shank
Myth
3.
That Medieval Christians Taught That the Earth
Was Flat
28
Lesley B. Cormack
Myth
4.
That Medieval Islamic Culture Was Inhospitable to
Science
35
Syed Nomanul Haa
Myth
5.
That the Medieval Church Prohibited Human
Dissection
43
Katharine Park
,ш
CONTENTS
Myth
6.
That Copemicanism Demoted Humans from the
Center of the Cosmos
50
Dennis R.
Danielson
Myth
7.
That Giordano Bruno Was the First Martyr of
Modem Science
59
)ole Shackelford
Myth
8.
That Galileo Was Imprisoned and Tortured for
Advocating Copemicanism
68
Maurice A. Finoccbiaro
Myth
9.
That Christianity Gave Birth to Modem
Science
79
Noah
].
Efron
Myth
10.
That the Scientific Revolution Liberated Science
from Religion
90
Margaret]. Osier
Myth
11.
That Catholics Did Not Contribute to the Scientific
Revolution
99
Lawrence
M. Principe
Myth
12.
That
René
Descartes Originated the Mind-Body
Distinction
107
Peter Harrison
Myth
13.
That Isaac Newton's Mechanistic Cosmology
Eliminated the Need for God
115
Edward B. Davis
Myth
14.
That the Church Denounced Anesthesia in
Childbirth on Biblical Grounds
123
Rennte
B. Schoepflin
CONTENTS
і
Myth
15.
That the Theory of Organic Evolution Is Based on
Circular Reasoning
131
Nicolaas A. Rupke
Myth
16.
That Evolution Destroyed Darwin's Faith in
Christianity
—
Until He Reconverted on His
Deathbed
142
James Moore
Myth
17.
That Huxley Defeated Wilberforce in Their Debate
over Evolution and Religion
152
David
N.
Livingstone
Myth
18.
That Darwin Destroyed Natural Theology
161
Jon H. Roberts
Myth
19.
That Darwin and Haeckel Were
Complicii
in Nazi
Biology
170
Robert]. Richards
Myth
20.
That the Scopes Trial Ended in Defeat for
Antievolutionism
178
Edward
J
.
Larson
Myth
21.
That Einstein Believed in a Personal God
187
Matthew Stanley
Myth
22.
That Quantum Physics Demonstrated the Doctrine
of Free Will
196
Daniel Patrick Thurs
Myth
23.
That "Intelligent Design" Represents a Scientific
Challenge to Evolution
206
Michael Ruse
CONTENTS
Myth
24.
That Creationism Is a Uniquely American
Phenomenon
215
Ronald L. Numbers
Myth
25.
That Modern Science Has Secularized Western
Culture
224
John Hedley Brooke
Notes
235
List of Contributors
285
Index
291 |
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