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Quakers, Jews, and Science

Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900

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Gebonden, 432 blz. | Engels
| e druk, 2005
ISBN13: 9780199276684
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How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science. Drawing on a wealth of documentary material, much of which has not been analysed by previous historians, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science: scientific research, science education, science-related careers, and scientific institutions. The responses of both communities to the challenge of modernity posed by innovative scientific theories, such as the Newtonian worldview and Darwin's theory of evolution, are of central interest.

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ISBN13:9780199276684
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:432

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