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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Numbers, Ronald L. (επιμελητής)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
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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
Physical Description:x, 302 σ. ; 22 εκ.
Bibliography:Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφία (σ. [235]-284) και ευρετήριο.
ISBN:9780674033276
0674033272