“E. A. Burtt argued that the foundations of science were often theological.” — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“In Victorian times, one of the more serious reasons for opposing Darwin was the fear that his theories would lead to the law of… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“Their goal is to deepen our comprehension of the discussions themselves instead of justifying particular views involved in current debates.” — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“If they were right, there was an absence of conflict not only over the specific case of cosmology but, in principle, over anything else… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“In Victorian times, one of the more serious reasons for opposing Darwin was the fear that his theories would lead to the law of… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“E. A. Burtt argued that the foundations of science were often theological.” — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“If they were right, there was an absence of conflict not only over the specific case of cosmology but, in principle, over anything else… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“With hindsight, it is truly remarkable that, as early as the sixteenth century, Copernicus and his disciple Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514–74) resolved the issue… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“In short, the interaction between science and religion in the Middle Ages was not an abstract encounter between bodies of fixed ideas but part… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“The Middle Ages have served as a historical arena within which two schools of thought have done battle—one school accusing the medieval church of… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“The Judeo-Christian view, in contrast, historically regarded nature as the nonliving creation of a rational God, not cyclic but with a definite beginning and… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
“Science’s best-known victories were those of Copernicanism and Darwinism.” — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
