Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion

Name: Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion
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ISBN: 9780674057418

ISBN-10: 0674057414

ISBN-13: 9780674057418

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ronald L. Numbers

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/8/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




That the Rise of Christianity Was Responsible for the Demise of Ancient Science




That the Medieval Christian Church Suppressed the Growth of Science




That Medieval Christians Taught That the Earth Was Flat




That Medieval Islamic Culture Was Inhospitable to Science




That the Medieval Church Prohibited Human Dissection




That the Copernican System Demoted Humans from the Center of the Cosmos




That Giordano Bruno Was the First Martyr of Modern Science




That Galileo Was Imprisoned and Tortured for Advocating Copernicanism




That Christianity Gave Birth to Modern Science




That the Scientific Revolution Liberated Science from Religion




That Catholics Did Not Contribute to the Scientific Revolution




That Renï¿½ Descartes Originated the Mind-Body Distinction




That Isaac Newton's Mechanistic Cosmology Eliminated the Need for God




That the Church Denounced Anesthesia in Childbirth on Biblical Grounds




That the Theory of Organic Evolution Is Based on Circular Reasoning




That Evolution Destroyed Charles Darwin's Faith in Christianity-until He Reconverted on His Deathbed




That Huxley Defeated Wilberforce in Their Debate over Evolution and Religion




That Darwin Destroyed Natural Theology




That Darwin and Haeckel Were Complicit in Nazi Biology




That the Scopes Trial Ended in Defeat for Antievolutionism




That Einstein Believed in a Personal God




That Quantum Physics Demonstrated the Doctrine of Free Will




That "Intelligent Design" Represents a Scientific Challenge to Evolution




That Creationism Is a Uniquely American Phenomenon




That Modern Science Has Secularized Western Culture



Notes


List of Contributors


Index