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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: x, 302 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780674033276
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 215 22 GAL
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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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Open Shelf Books Bishop Bukenya Library Open Access / General collection 215 GAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 147031
Open Shelf Books Bishop Bukenya Library Open Access / General collection 215 GAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 106581

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

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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