Quakers, Jews, and science : religious responses to modernity and the sciences in Britain, 1650-1900 /

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...

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Cantor, G. N.
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Zusammenfassung:
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 bothcommunities to the challenge of modernity posed by innovative scientific theories, such as the Newtonian worldvie
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1 online resource (433 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-397) and index.
ISBN:
1-4237-5331-3
0-19-153489-7
9786612185946
1-282-18594-2
Schlagworte:
Religion and science > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Religion and science > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Religion and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Society of Friends > Doctrines.
Judaism > Doctrines.
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