Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or
half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth
century and remain widespread today. The true history of science
and religion is a human one. It’s about the role of religion in
inspiring, and strangling, science before the scientific
revolution. It’s about the sincere but eccentric faith and the
quiet, creeping doubts of the most brilliant scientists in history
– Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Darwin, Maxwell, Einstein. Above all
it’s about the question of what it means to be human and who gets
to say – a question that is more urgent in the twenty-first
century than ever before. From eighth-century Baghdad to the
frontiers of AI today, via medieval Europe, nineteenth-century
India and Soviet Russia, Magisteria sheds new light on this
complex historical landscape. Rejecting the thesis that science and
religion are inevitably at war, Nicholas Spencer illuminates a
compelling and troubled relationship that has definitively shaped
human history.
General
Imprint: |
Oneworld Publications
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Nicholas Spencer
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
480 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86154-730-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-86154-730-6 |
Barcode: |
9780861547302 |
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