Galileo goes to jail : and other myths about science and religion / edited by Ronald L. Numbers.

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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: x, 302 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780674033276
0674033272

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2009. x, 302 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-284) and index. David C. Lindberg --. That the rise of Christianity was responsible for the demise of ancient science / Michael H. Shank -- That the medieval Christian church suppressed the growth of science / Lesley B. Cormack -- That medieval Christians taught that the earth was flat / Syed Nomanul Haq -- That medieval Islamic culture was inhospitable to science / Katharine Park -- That the medieval church prohibited human dissection / Dennis R. Danielson -- That Copernicanism demoted humans from the center of the cosmos / Jole Shackelford -- That Giordano Bruno was the first martyr of modern science / Maurice A. Finocchiaro -- That Galileo was imprisoned and tortured for advocating Copernicanism / Noah J. Efron -- That Christianity gave birth to modern science / Margaret J. Osler -- That the scienfitic revolution liberated science from religion / Lawrence M. Principe -- That Catholics did not contribute to the scientific revolution / Peter Harrison -- That Ren�e Descartes originated the mind-body distinction / Edward B. Davis -- That Isaac Newton`s mechanistic cosmology eliminated the need for God / Rennie B. Schoepflin -- That the church denounced anesthesia in childbirth on biblical grounds / Nicolaas A. Rupke -- That the theory of organic evolution is based on circular reasoning / James Moore -- That evolution destroyed Darwin`s faith in Christianity : until he reconverted on his deathbed / David N. Livingstone -- That Huxley defeated Wilberforce in their debate over evolution and religion / Jon H. Roberts -- That Darwin destroyed natural theology / Robert J. Richards -- That Darwin and Haeckel were complicit in Nazi biology / Edward J. Larson -- That the Scopes trial ended in defeat for antievolutionism / Matthew Stanley -- That Einstein believed in a personal God / Daniel Patrick Thurs -- That Quantum physics demonstrated the doctrine of free will / Michael Ruse -- That "intelligent design" represents a scientific challenge to evolution / Ronald L. Numbers -- That creationism is a uniquely American phenomenon / John Hedley Brooke. That modern science has secularized Western culture / 0 Science -- History. 0 Scientists -- History. 0 Religion and science -- History. 0 Religion and state -- History.1 Numbers, Ronald L.41 1 05310 CUGL General 215 NUM

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-284) and index.

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